"It's people's minds that cause the problem. Man cannot enslave man. Man enslaves himself," he says. "I'm never going to make a joke about mac donalds again, because i was really guilty of doing it." 'How large is your office? Our trading floor occupies one room. It's not huge. 12 people in it on the desk,' Warren Buffett adds. "'You can't win if you're always looking over your shoulder' You've got to be able to look at yourself and say: What am I thinking here?' And then act like an adult.'"
In this episode of Infinite Loops, we spoke with Chris Arnade, author of the bestselling book Dignity: Seeking Respect in Backrow America. We discussed:
- Why Chris left Wall Street to document ‘back row America’.
- How Wall Street has changed over the years
- Why Chris’s work triggers certain crowds of people
- The importance of McDonald's to American communities
- The lessons he’s learned from traveling around America’s lower-income communities.
- And more…
If you’d like to order Chris’ book, you can find it here:
https://www.amazon.com/Dignity-Seeking-Respect-Back-America/dp/0525534733