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Anand Giridharadas: A letter to all who have lost in this era

Summer, 2016: amid populist revolts, clashing resentments and fear, writer Anand Giridharadas doesn't give a talk but reads a letter. It's from those who have won in this era of change, to those who have, or feel, lost. It confesses to ignoring pain until it became anger. It chides an idealistic yet remote elite for its behind-closed-doors world-saving and airy, self-serving futurism — for at times worrying more about sending people to Mars than helping them on Earth. And it rejects the exclusionary dogmas to which we cling, calling us instead to "dare to commit to the dream of each other."

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  • Originally Aired August 18, 2016
  • Runtime 15 minutes
  • Content Rating United States of America TV-PG
  • Network YouTube
  • Created October 18, 2016 by
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Name Type Role
Anand Giridharadas Guest Star