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How Unchecked Power Loses Judgment Power almost never collapses when it is challenged. It collapses when it stops being corrected. That failure happens quietly-long before crisis, revolt, or visible breakdown. This book examines that earlier moment. The one most explanations skip. Across markets, governments, institutions, platforms, and technologies, the same pattern repeats: Dominance accelerates decisions. Feedback thins. Confidence replaces calibration. Judgment erodes while outcomes still look defensible. Nothing feels wrong. Everything still works. That is the danger. Power Needs An Enemy is not a political book, a reform manifesto, or a warning about bad actors. It does not argue ideology, morality, or leadership quality. Most of the damage described here happens under competence, success, and good intentions. The focus is structural. How power behaves when rivals weaken. Why systems lose signal before they lose control. How winning trains blindness. Why moral language appears after calculation disappears. Why rules fail without power balance. And why technology now removes the natural enemies that once restrained dominance. This book treats power as a mechanism, not a personality. Different contexts. Same failure curve. It explains why stability is often the most dangerous phase. Why speed feels like strength while quietly increasing fragility. Why centralized authority performs well in crises-but struggles to give power back. Why data and AI sharpen execution while dulling judgment. And why rivalry-not virtue, not rules-is the only force that reliably restores correction. You will not find advice, steps, or solutions here. This book does not tell you what to do. It changes what you notice. You'll learn to recognize: When calm surfaces are masking signal loss When success becomes a cognitive hazard When explanation replaces listening When confidence rises faster than correction When systems feel ""fine"" while judgment is already failing The goal is not certainty. It is calibration. If you finish this book feeling urgent, you misread it. If you finish it slower to trust stability, less impressed by confidence, and more alert to what is no longer being questioned, it has done its job. Power Needs An Enemy is written for readers who operate inside systems-leaders, professionals, investors, analysts, builders-where decisions carry delayed consequences and irreversible costs. It does not promise answers. It gives you a lens. And once you see how power fails quietly, some future mistakes become harder to repeat. Regards, Nishant Chandravanshi

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