Rutger Bregman Wants to Save Elites From Their Wasted Lives
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/17/magazine/rutger-bregman-interview.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Sunday, May 25, 2025
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"…There's this study called the American Freshman Survey, it's been done since the late 1960s. At that time, when students were asked about their most important life goals, about 80 to 90 percent said that developing a meaningful philosophy of life was most important. Today that's 50 percent. In the '60s, 50 percent said making as much money as possible was a really important goal. Today, that's 80 to 90 percent. The numbers have reversed. For me, that shows that this is not human nature. It is culture. It can change..."
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