… a building that a lot of people live in, that provides comfort and so forth, I think that's good. But I think what we've allowed in our modern society, what Meritocracy has warped ambition into ambition for ambition's sake, not to build something beautiful. but to get ahead of other people. Ambition not to make an amazing product, but ambition to make a lot of money for money's sake. (26:28–26:35)
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Asserts that modern meritocracy has distorted ambition into a self-serving pursuit rather than constructive achievement.
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