Eat People: And Other Unapologetic Rules for Game-Changing Entrepreneurs

Alinsky’s harshest critics claim his goal was radical socialism and redistribution of wealth. Maybe that’s true, maybe not. But the guy is dead, well before I could ask him one simple question, which is how was all that wealth you planned on giving away created in the first place? To redistribute it, someone has to create it.

When I finished Alinsky’s book, I stopped laughing and got angry. My first thought was that Alinsky can kiss my ass. Alinsky can keep his Haves and his Have-nots. It’s really more about the Makes and the Takes, isn’t it? It’s not zero sum. Someone’s Making wealth, while others are Taking it. Redistributing wealth helps a swath of society, but progr

you’ll be in an ever-smaller cadre of those doing the inventing. The rest of the world, despite their whining, will line up around the block to pay up for what you invent because it will make their lives just a little bit better.

A Free Radical is someone who gets wealthy inventing the future by helping others live longer and better.