Book description
From the author of the New York Times bestsellers Humankind and Utopia for Realists—“a more politically radical Malcolm Gladwell” (The New York Times)—comes a bold manifesto daring us to harness our talents and transform our idealism into action, all with the goal of making the world a wildly better place.…
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1 author picked Moral Ambition as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I couldn’t agree more with Rutger’s central thesis: that the overlap between those who are most ambitious and success-driven, and those who spend their working hours focused on doing good in the world, is a heck of a lot smaller than it should be.
This is a great wake-up call to the best and brightest who are spending all of that energy, creativity, and intelligence on things that might make them a decent salary but that have no real impact on the world.
From Nick's list on have a truly big positive impact on the world.
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