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Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
The issue now and during the next decade is access to the center of gravity of the technocracy, the leading universities that not only teach subjects but train you in the social rituals that allow you to belong to the technocracy. Those universities are increasingly closed to those who didn’t descend from this group.
George Friedman • The Storm Before the Calm: America's Discord, the Coming Crisis of the 2020s, and the Triumph Beyond
At the Veterans Health Administration, Ken Kizer, appointed by Bill Clinton in 1994, inherited an antiquated, inefficient health-care system. The VA faced changes in its client population, the competitive healthcare environment, and modalities for delivering care.2 In just five years, Kizer instituted an electronic medical record system, made struc
... See moreJeffrey Pfeffer • Power: Why Some People Have It—and Others Don't
Hannah Murdoch • Sora | Union Square Ventures
By late 2017, Berkeley had replaced Oxford as the financial capital of effective altruism. One reason for this was that Facebook cofounder Dustin Moskovitz and his wife, Cari Tuna, signaled their intent to give away most of their multibillion-dollar fortune to effective altruist causes—but there were others. Oxford was still the movement’s intellec
... See moreMichael Lewis • Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
Opinion | I Am the C.E.O. of Uber. Gig Workers Deserve Better. (Published 2020)
Dara Khosrowshahinytimes.com