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“Just as the worst slave-owners were those who were kind to their slaves, and so prevented the horror of the system being realised by those who suffered from it, and understood by those who contemplated it, so, in the present state of things in England, the people who do most harm are the people who try to do most good.”
Winners Take All
Anand Giridharadas
The calculations and actions that a leader makes and takes constitute how she governs. And what, for a leader, is the “best” way to govern? The answer to how best to govern: however is necessary first to come to power, then to stay in power, and to control as much national (or corporate) revenue as possible all along the way.
The Dictator's Handbook
de Mesquita Bueno
The history question acknowledges that cultural evolution, like all forms of evolution, can be highly path-dependent. Cultures don’t just change in any direction. Different histories mean that different mechanisms for regulating social processes are likely to have evolved (the mechanism question) and these mechanisms are likely to be transmitted across generations in different ways (the development question).
This View of Life
David Sloan Wilson
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