Summary of Brian Klaas's Corruptible

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Book Preview: #1 The story of Beacon Island is a tale of two islands. On October 28, 1628, a 160-foot-long spice ship called the Batavia set sail from the Netherlands. The trading vessel was part of a fleet owned by the Dutch East India Company, a corporate empire that dominated global trade.

#2 When the ship broke apart, Cornelisz was one of the few who survived. He eventually made it to the refuge of soggy sand on what is now Beacon Island. The chaos and anarchy of survival instincts reverted to the established order of hierarchy and status.

#3 The island of Ata, in the Tongan archipelago, was the home of six boys who ran away from their boarding school in 1965. They stole a fishing boat and started sailing north. On the first day, they only made it five miles before they decided to drop anchor and rest for the night. As they tried to sleep, a strong storm tossed around their boat, ripping away the anchor and destroying the rudder.

#4 The boys were shipwrecked on a remote island, and were saved by an Australian named Peter Warner. They were brought back to Tonga, and were reunited with their families.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Mar 4, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669355915

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The story of Beacon Island is a tale of two islands. On October 28, 1628, a 160-foot-long spice ship called the Batavia set sail from the Netherlands. The trading vessel was part of a fleet owned by the Dutch East India Company, a corporate empire that dominated global trade.

#2

When the ship broke apart, Cornelisz was one of the few who survived. He eventually made it to the refuge of soggy sand on what is now Beacon Island. The chaos and anarchy of survival instincts reverted to the established order of hierarchy and status.

#3

The island of Ata, in the Tongan archipelago, was the home of six boys who ran away from their boarding school in 1965. They stole a fishing boat and started sailing north. On the first day, they only made it five miles before they decided to drop anchor and rest for the night. As they tried to sleep, a strong storm tossed around their boat, ripping away the anchor and destroying the rudder.

#4

The boys were shipwrecked on a remote island, and were saved by an Australian named Peter Warner. They were brought back to Tonga, and were reunited with their families.

#5

I’ve been studying the question of whether worse people get power, and if so, how it affects their behavior. I’ve found that while some do become worse after gaining power, others don’t.

#6

I once visited Madagascar to meet with the yogurt kingpin, Marc Ravalomanana. He had grown up poor, but became president and ruled over the island’s fast-growing economy.

#7

When Ravalomanana took over as president, he was accused of being extremely corrupt. He had spent $60 million of state funds on a presidential aircraft, and tried to license it to himself rather than to the government. It was a bloodbath when his opponents marched on the palace, and he was overthrown in a coup d’état.

#8

The idea that power