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A New Year’s Resolution for the Rich

Sam Harris · 29 Dec 2010

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  1. Who will pay for this? There is only one group of people who can pay for anything at this point: the wealthy.
  2. Most seem to think that while a person may not be responsible for the opportunities he gets in life, each is entirely responsible for what he makes of these opportunities. This is, without question, a false view of the human condition.
  3. Our public school system is an international disgrace.
  4. We should have devoted ourselves to a clean-energy Manhattan Project thirty years ago.

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