![]() ![]() ![]() Ferguson, a psychology professor at Stetson University in Florida, is also a passionate student of history. Combined with charisma, it can add a sense of drama and excitement to any leadership role. It can help people focus and push on when others would give up. Sometimes, madness seems to be a benefit. For one thing, some seemingly mad people can be effective in their own spheres of influence – at least for a while. ![]() What is madness? Who is mad and who is not? These are not simple questions. Is this behaviour mad – at least some of it? On the modern scene: President Clinton hardly slept as they stayed up late studying policy arcana, while Trump skipped all that and instead manipulated public opinion by mastering the twitterverse. Look back in history: bad guys like Caligula and Hitler, mixed-up guys like Alexander the Great, good guys like President Lincoln, brilliant but vindictive scientists like Isaac Newton. ![]()
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