Why Ordinary People Commit Evil... From Fact to Fiction

In the wake of World War II, a Nazi named Adolf Eichmann was tried in Jerusalem for his participation in the Holocaust. The narrative was simple. This man is a monster; a cold, calculating, sadistic, unfathomably evil monster. And why not? Certainly this is a convenient explanation, that of some inner depravity intrinsic in certain human beings. Certainly this is easier to understand, Hannah Arendt might say, than the truth. 

In this video, I will explore how our psychology can be exploited to turn ordinary people into mindless drones capable of incredible violence and depravity. I will look at history, science, and fiction, from Terry Gilliam’s Brazil to Kendrick Lamar’s good kid, MAAD city. - The Stories We Tell

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