A book that tries to understand what happens to people when they acquire
power, that I found powerful (:p) is "The Power Paradox"
by Dacher Keltner
Dacher is a Prof of Psychology leading Berkeley's Social Interaction Lab.

I'd be doing a horrible job by trying to summarise the already thin book
here.

1 idea that stayed with me was the Loss of empathy - as people gained
power.

On a separate note -Having seen the 2 Flipkart founders who both became
billionaires: I felt they both demonstrated very very different behaviours.

- Mekin



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On Sat, 14 Feb 2026 at 2:35 PM, Deepa Mohan <[email protected]>
wrote:

> If there are just a few, yes. But a dense, impenetrable thicket of words
> and phrases, alas, passes, fighter- formation-like, over my head ( sorry
> for the mixed metaphors!)
>
> D.
>
> On Sat, 14 Feb, 2026, 14:06 Udhay Shankar N via Silklist, <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, Feb 14, 2026 at 1:35 PM Deepa Mohan via Silklist <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Sorry to say this, but the thread is becoming so full of technical jargon
>>> as to leave me quite blissful, as I am quite ignorant about all these
>>> phrases and catchwords!
>>>
>>
>> My personal response to terms that I don't understand is to look them up.
>> Assuming I care enough about the thread to make the effort.
>>
>> Udhay
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