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Quit Your Useless Job with Rutger Bregman

Apr 23, 2025
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INSIGHT

Wasted Talent in Meaningless Jobs

  • About 25% of people in modern economies find their job socially meaningless.
  • Talented individuals often work in status-driven roles with little societal impact.
ANECDOTE

Nader's Raiders Activism Success

  • Ralph Nader recruited talented law graduates in the 60s and 70s to fight corporate wrongs.
  • His team influenced 25 federal laws, making activism highly prestigious then.
INSIGHT

Pragmatism Over Purity

  • Effective activism often requires pragmatism over moral purity.
  • Successful historical movements built broad coalitions and adjusted tactics for maximum impact.
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