I Think Rutger Bregman and the School for Moral Ambition Are Full of Shit
I Think Rutger Bregman & the School for Moral Ambition Are Full of Shit
Disclaimer : I'm just a random person on the internet and this article is my personal opinion. This article was written without AI.
The first time I heard from Rutger Bregman was due to his remarks at Davos about taxing the billionaires . His speech went viral and I was rooting for him. Later on he got to troll Tucker Carlson about Carlson being a millionaire working for billionaires. Absolutely fantastic.
A few books in, Bregman started the School for Moral ambition in 2024. Although he is a co-founder, he seems to be face of this non-profit organisation, doing a lot of high-visibility interviews and he's the author of the book "Moral Ambition".
The idea behind the School for Moral Ambition (SMA) is quite simple: use your talent to address the world's biggest problems. To paraphrase: "don't become a consultant at McKinsey but do something more valuable and worthwhile with your talent". The argument is similar to what Steve Jobs said to John Sculley: "Do you want to sell sugar water for the rest of your life, or come with me and change the world?"
It sounds all very noble, but I've become a skeptic for multiple reasons.