<photo: at the start of the Everest Base Camp trek, Lukla, Nepal>
the Stanford Prison Experiment was an experiment conducted on 24 male students selected to take on randomly assigned roles of prisoners and guards in a mock prison situated in the basement of the Stanford psychology building. the experiment was supposed to run for a fortnight, but on the sixth day it was terminated because the so-called guards started abusing the prisoners and the prisoners started to act like real prisoners and suffered emotional disorders.
this classic experiment showed what the human mind is capable of. we can decide for ourselves what doors we want to open, and what rooms we want to lock ourselves in.
“A man will be imprisoned in a room with a door that's unlocked and opens inwards; as long as it does not occur to him to pull rather than push.” - Ludwig Wittgenstein