{"id":148233,"date":"2025-09-12T09:34:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T07:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=148233"},"modified":"2025-09-12T09:34:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T07:34:16","slug":"the-lucifer-effect-why-good-people-become-monsters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=148233","title":{"rendered":"The Lucifer effect: Why Good People Become Monsters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"922\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RrEIm-z5Ixc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In this mind-bending exploration of Philip Zimbardo&#8217;s *The Lucifer Effect*, we dive deep into the unsettling truth that good people\u2014yes, even you\u2014can turn into monsters under the right circumstances. 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From the infamous Stanford prison experiment to the shocking obedience revealed in the Milgram experiment, we unravel how ordinary individuals are led down dark paths by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":148235,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[193],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-148233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-videos"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-lucifer-effect-why-good-peop.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":148781,"url":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=148781","url_meta":{"origin":148233,"position":0},"title":"what we are reading","author":"thebrainbehind","date":"03\/10\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"The Candle, the Pumpkin, and Lucifer\u00a0is a darkly whimsical\u00a0short story\u00a0that continues the fable of Lucifer, the tuxedo cat with world-domination in his eyes. 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