Ignorance in this degree, concentrated in both the head and belly of a lumbering superpower, is now a problem for the entire world.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Harris argues that deep ignorance within US leadership creates global risks.
- In plain terms
- US ignorance threatens the world.
- What can you take from it?
- Leadership ignorance has worldwide consequences.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Who holds power in your society?
Another view
It generalizes all leaders as ignorant.
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