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On dignity

Akimbo: A Podcast from Seth Godin

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Is It Arrogant to Ask a Question?

Is it arrogant to seek a change on behalf of others, or is it our obligation? What happens when an organization like the acumen fund funds a business that wants to engage with the poor as customers? When we say to some one, you are the customer. Will you choose to pay for these reading glasses? Do you want to pay for this solar lantern? We grant the customer the prospect dignity, the dignity to say, no, no, thank you. It's too expensive. I don't like the color. Come back to morrow. This is the dignity that each of us already has and that we insist upon. The dignity of saying no, the dignity of saying yes.

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