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How the Pandemic Era May Have Deterred Witnesses From Trying to Stop a Rape
For many, that might be easier said than done. But without people willing to help, Langdon says, society crumbles.
“The opposite of a hero is not a villain,” he says. “It’s a bystander.”
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How to Make a Hero
"We've been saddled for too long with this mystical view of heroism," he says. "We assume heroes are demigods. But they're not. A hero is just an ordinary person who does something extraordinary.”
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'Evil Scientist' Wants To Teach People To Do Good
He's betting that by studying heroic narratives, learning about human nature and taking on community service projects, the students will actually change the way they act.
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The Science of Being a Hero
"In every case there's always a minority who resist," he says. "But nobody's ever studied that minority because we have all been fascinated by the people who did what we didn't think could be done," he says.
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Phil Zimbardo And 50 Years Of The Stanford Prison Experiment
He had an ‘aha’ moment when an audience member asked him, “Why do you focus so much on the study of evil? What about the study of heroes?” Phil found that no psychologist had ever done a study of heroism. That led to the creation of the Heroic Imagination Project (HIP) in 2010.