JulianMorrison comments on Why Does Power Corrupt? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: JulianMorrison 14 October 2008 06:52:43AM 9 points [-]

In terms of mechanism it sounds like a classic case of hyperstimulus - a mechanism designed to make the most of a little, suddenly handed a lot.