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What does it mean?
Ideas drive history more than vested interests.
In plain terms
Thinking shapes the future more than money or power.
What can you take from it?
Focus on ideas to create real change.

Where it applies

  • activism
  • innovation
  • political debate

Putting it to work

  • share compelling ideas
  • challenge status quo

Questions to consider

  • What idea changed your life?
  • Are ideas or interests more powerful?

Another view

Interest groups often fund idea propagation.

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