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“In the end, I think it had to do with a unique combination of four characteristics you almost never find in a single person. But taken together, folks at the school have them all. Call them the four main ingredients of moral ambition:
1 the idealism of an activist
2 the ambition of a startup founder
3 the analytical mind of a scientist
4 the humility of a monk”

“He was principled in his ideals, but pragmatic in his methods.” pp.84

“Moral ambition is the will to make the world a wildly better place. To devote your working life to the great challenges of our time, whether that's climate change or corruption, gross inequality or the next pandemic. It's a longing to make a difference - and to build a legacy that truly matters.”