Nick had to learn some hard lessons. Tomás, who we heard from earlier, said that prisoners struggle to learn how to move ahead in life. They understood the risks of investing but wanted to do it anyway. Nick: "The prison system in America is entirely about punishment"
Charitable giving is being disrupted by the same youthful tech folk who got rich disrupting other sectors: these days it is fast, data-driven and bureaucracy-light. We meet a new class of investors who trade shares from behind bars. And reflecting on the life of Maya Widmaier-Picasso, who spent her childhood painting alongside her father, becoming an expert on his work.
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