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assumption that what was good for them was good for everyone. Globalization, he argued,
Anand Giridharadas • Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World
Several trends have combined to create a perfect Nonessentialist storm. Consider the following.
Greg Mckeown • Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft
Anand Giridharadas • Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World
evil”—but it seemed to have a blind spot regarding the consequences of its own technology on privacy and property rights.
Steven Levy • In The Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives
“I just think you should stop ranting at inequality,” a friend in private equity had snapped at him a few nights before the KKR event. “It’s a real turn-off.” Walker had broken what in his circles were important taboos: Inspire the rich to do more good, but never, ever tell them to do less harm; inspire them to give back, but never, ever tell them
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Starting in the 1960s, the social and legal institutions of America were remade to try to eliminate unfair choices by people in positions of responsibility. The new legal structures reflected a deep distrust of human authority in even its more benign forms—a teacher’s authority in the classroom, or a manager’s judgments about who’s doing the job, o
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