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humanodon · 3982 days ago · link · · parent · post: The Dark Side of Emotional Intelligence - Adam Grant - The Atlantic
Even Hitler Had a Girlfriend I hear you. The Hitler thing actually does make sense in this context, though it is sloppily presented in that way you are averse to, here. The problem you are highlighting isn't that people treat famous figures as absolutes, but rather that people often treat others as abstract entities. People do this all the time, even for people they've met.
Tell me about it. (I recently had to deal with someone who not only made snap judgements of people's entire personalities mostly based on their appearance and within the first 30 seconds of meeting them, but considered this a positive trait.)People do this all the time, even for people they've met.