popular notion out there that ideas change the world. That’s wrong. People change the world. People making commitments and sacrifices and doing somet… - Andrew Yang

There’s a very popular notion out there that ideas change the world. That’s wrong. People change the world.

The idea that poor people will be irresponsible with their money and squander it seems to be a product of deep-seated biases rather than emblematic of the truth.

Spending your twenties traveling four days a week, interviewing employees, and writing detailed reports on how to cut costs will change you, as will spending years editing contracts and arguing about events that will never come to pass, or years producing Excel spreadsheets and moving deals along. After a while, regardless of your initial motivations, your lifestyle and personality will change to fit your role.

increasing automation accompanied by social ruin. We must make the market serve humanity rather than have humanity continue to serve the market.