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The War on Normal People

From 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang, a captivating account of how "a skinny Asian kid from upstate" became a successful entrepreneur, only to find a new mission: calling attention to the urgent steps America must take, including Uni

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“Intelligence and character aren’t the same things at all. Pretending that they are will lead us to ruin.”

— Andrew Yang, amazon.com

Tagged: Inrelligence, character

“There’s a big distinction between humans as humans and humans as workers. The former are indispensable. The latter may not be.”

— Andrew Yang, amazon.com

Tagged: Universal Basic Income, Automation

“The future without jobs will come to resemble either the cultivated benevolence of Star Trek or the desperate scramble for resources of Mad Max.”

— Andrew Yang, amazon.com

Tagged: mad max, Star Trek, Automation

“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.”

— Andrew Yang, amazon.com

Tagged: Universal Basic Income, Poor People, Bias

“Our fixation on college readiness leads our high school curricula toward purely academic subjects and away from life skills.”

— Andrew Yang, amazon.com

Tagged: Education, College, Academic, life skills

“Scarcity will not save us. Abundance will.”

— Andrew Yang, amazon.com

Tagged: Free Market, Scarcity, abundance

“Time only flows in one direction, and progress is a good thing as long as its benefits are shared.”

— Andrew Yang, amazon.com

Tagged: Free Market, Time, Progress

“Are we not, as the citizens of the United States, the owners of this country?”

— Andrew Yang, amazon.com

Tagged: Free Market, United States, Government For The People

“Grit, persistence, adaptability, financial literacy, interview skills, human relationships, conversation, communication, managing technology, navigating conflicts, preparing healthy food, physical fitness, resilience, self-regulation, time management, basic psychology and mental health practices, ar…”

— Andrew Yang, amazon.com

Tagged: Free Market, Grit, Persistence, Adaptability, College

“The market doesn’t care what’s best for us.”

— Andrew Yang, amazon.com

Tagged: Free Market

“The market rewards business leaders for making things more efficient. Efficiency doesn’t love normal people.”

— Andrew Yang, amazon.com

Tagged: Free Market, Business Leaders, Efficiency, Normal People

“The challenge we must overcome is that humans need work more than work needs us.”

— Andrew Yang,

Tagged: Work, Meaning of Work

“America is starting 100,000 fewer businesses per year than it was only 12 years ago, and is in the midst of shedding millions of jobs due primarily to technological advances.”

— Andrew Yang, amazon.com

Tagged: America