Power. Everyone wants it, and sometimes at any price. I heard the other morning that one candidate seeking the White House in this Fall's US election has already spent 500 million dollars to promote himself as the man who should be the next leader of his party. Despite that, he did not survive Super Tuesday. The money, surely better used in more philanthropic ways, was wasted on self-promotion and the lust for power. But power is the name of everyone's game—political or otherwise. As a society,…