Adarsh Khare

“Elections determine who is in power, but they do not determine how power is used.”
― Paul Collier, The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done About It

“The world’s not just a stage. It’s a casino, and our lives are games of chance. And when people calculate the odds in any life situation, they are often making judgments about similarity—or (strange new word!) representativeness. You”
― Michael Lewis, The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds

“If state tries to impose a set of values different from those of its citizens it forfeits trust and its authority erodes.”
― Paul Collier, The Future of Capitalism: Facing the New Anxieties

“A common enemy is the best catalyst for forging a common identity, and humankind now has at least three such enemies - nuclear war, climate change, and technological disruption.”
― Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century