Social susceptibility: Leader-follower dynamics of influential individuals in a social group

[unable to retrieve full-text content]This is the story of a spider, small but bold. This particular arachnid, in fact, has helped to debunk the Great Man Theory, a 19th-century notion positing that highly influential individuals use their power -- be it personal charisma, intelligence, wisdom or political skill -- to maximize their impact in shaping the course of history.