I talk about important psychological experiments which demonstrate our vulnerability to conformity and deference to authourity.
Hi, this is Jody Paulson with what they don't tell you.
Emerson wrote "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds," and I've always been fascinated by how this quintiscentially human trait can be exploited towards nefarious ends. How do normal, intelligent people get sucked into cults and fascist dictatorships? Two things -- conformity and deference to authority.