Steven Pruitt has made nearly 3 million edits on Wikipedia and written 35,000 original articles. It’s earned him not only accolades but almost legendary status on the internet.
When Bad Behavior Goes Viral
The internet’s reward system favors anger, and it’s catching up with us
Government by Bureucrats or Charismatic Leaders
A century ago, during the tumultuous Weimar Republic, Max Weber delivered a lecture titled “Politics as a Vocation”. Democracy in modern nations, he argued, could take one of two forms: rule by bureaucrats acting from self-interest and “living from” politics; or a “leadership democracy” in which a charismatic leader commands a party machine that can mobilise voters. Weber would not have been surprised by the Putins, Orbans and Erdogans of today. His teachings remain eerily relevant
Anand Giridharadas: “Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World” | Talks at Google
Anand Giridharadas, MSNBC analyst and Aspen Institute fellow, discusses his new book, “Winners Take All,” which explores the philanthropic practices of the global elite and argues that they reinforce social inequities rather than ameliorate them.
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