Coming February 6, 2024 . . .
MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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Coming February 6, 2024 . . . MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE by Michael Wolraich Pre-order at Barnes & Noble / Amazon / Books-A-Million / Bookshop |
“Hubris syndrome,” as he and a co-author, Jonathan Davidson, defined it in a 2009 article published in Brain, “is a disorder of the possession of power, particularly power which has been associated with overwhelming success, held for a period of years and with minimal constraint on the leader.” Its 14 clinical features include: manifest contempt for others, loss of contact with reality, restless or reckless actions, and displays of incompetence. In May, the Royal Society of Medicine co-hosted a conference of the Daedalus Trust—an organization that Owen founded for the study and prevention of hubris.
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Thanks to a commenter, the 14 "clinical features" are:
1- Sees the world as a place for self-glorification through the use of power
2- Has a tendency to take action primarily to enhance personal image
3- Shows disproportionate concern for image and presentation
4- Exhibits messianic zeal and exaltation in speech
5- Conflates self with nation or organization
6- Uses the royal 'we' in conversation
7- Shows excessive self-confidence
8- Manifestly has contempt for others
9- Shows accountability only to a higher court(history or God)
10- Displays unshakable belief that they will be vindicated in that court
11- Loses contact with reality
12- Resorts to restlessness, recklessness, and impulsive actions
13- Allows moral rectitude to obviate consideration of practicality, cost, or outcome
14- Displays incompetence with disregard for nuts and bolts of policy making
But no, the article isn't about Trump (except as perhaps an exceptional example).
by barefooted on Mon, 06/19/2017 - 12:40pm