Villains: The Importance of Understanding — Samuel Ortiz

Villains: The Importance of Understanding — Samuel Ortiz

Link · Professional Development · May 12, 2026

A short, sharp TEDx talk arguing that "many villains, at their essence, are heroes trying to do good in all the wrong ways." Ortiz makes the case that genuine villainy is almost always motivated by a coherent (if distorted) moral vision, and that dismissing villains as simply "evil" misses the …