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We have to ask ourselves, what fraction of the economic activity that surrounds us is profitable only by virtue of the fact that those who make the m… - Bret Weinstein
" "We have to ask ourselves, what fraction of the economic activity that surrounds us is profitable only by virtue of the fact that those who make the money are externalizing the cost to somebody else. If we were to eliminate such behaviors, we would... reduce the amount of activity by a lot... but we would reduce it by exactly the fraction of activities that shouldn't have existed in the first place.
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About Bret Weinstein
(born 21 February 1969) is an American evolutionary biologist and podcaster who came to national attention during the 2017 Evergreen State College protests. He is among the people referred to collectively as the "," a term coined by Weinstein's brother .
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Bret S. Weinstein
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Dr. Bret Weinstein
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B. S. Weinstein
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Bret Samuel Weinstein
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In the case that... what is good for the company is somewhat different than what is good for society, the ruthless corporation has the greatest advantage... because it can do anything it wants, and the corporation that is bound by what's good for society can't do anything. The corporation that tries to balance these concerns finds that it competes best with the ruthless corporation the more ruthless it becomes, and the outcome is predictable.
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