The Stanford Prison Experiment: A Look Back with Psychologist Dr. Phil Zimbardo
Guy Kawasaki
On a mission to make people remarkable. Chief evangelist, Canva. Host, Remarkable People podcast.
Have you ever wondered why good people can do bad things? Maybe it’s not that we all have badness in us, but that circumstances and surroundings exert such pressure that resistance is futile.
This week on Remarkable People, I interview Dr. Philip Zimbardo, the Stanford psychology professor who conducted the infamous Stanford Prison Experiment. He explains what happened in the experiment, why he had to cut it short, and what lessons we can apply from the experiment to modern-day occurrences such as the Abu Ghraib prison and the treatment of people by ICE. Zimbardo also explains how to avoid sliding down the slippery slope to evil.
Have you wondered what happened behind the scenes of the controversial Stanford Prison Experiment? Click to listen, and you’ll find out.
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Guy Kawasaki is the chief evangelist Canva, an online graphic design tool. He's also a brand ambassador for Mercedes-Benz and an executive fellow of the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley. He was previously the chief evangelist of Apple and a trustee of the Wikimedia Foundation. His books include Wise Guy: Lessons from a Life, The Art of Social Media: Power Tips for Power Users, APE: Author, Publisher, Entrepreneur — How to Publish a Book, What the Plus!, and Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Action. He has a BA from Stanford and an MBA from UCLA, as well as an honorary doctorate from Babson College. He and his wife, Beth, have four children.
Guy Kawasaki I have known this terrifying experiment by reading chapter 79 “Work as a Prison?” in your book “Reality Check” several years ago. It was so shocking to me that I felt like stopping reading it along the way.?? #remarkablepeople
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5 年Love this. Met Dr. Zimbardo at a TED Salon in Chicago. It was fascinating to hear his journey!
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5 年Read Phil Zimbardo's book, How goo people turn evil and it is a masterpiece! Highly recommend.
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5 年Great podcast!
Free Agent
5 年Guy, you should well know that there is still much controversy surrounding this experiment, particularly in regard to its controls and scientific rigor, what was told in private to the guards and prisoners, and the misgivings then and now of the "prison consultant" and ex-con Carlo Prescott and Dr. Zimbardo's graduate student assistants at the time.? This is not to say that Dr Zimbardo's voice should be suppressed or that his work was not important but only to suggest that you give your readers/listeners much more context than you've given.? If you'd like to interview another remarkable person, perhaps take a look at Craig Haney (one of the aformentioned grad students) and his work on prison conditions, prisoner psychology, and capital punishment.