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Yeh, C. and Hoffman, R. (2018). Conclusion. In Yeh, C. and Hoffman, R. Blitzscaling. HARPER COLLINS UK, pp. 293-300

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The economic reform and growth of China over the past thirty years has lifted eight hundred million people out of poverty—more than any other policy or program during that time. Despite the very real social and environmental price of that growth, the world is much better off for it. Blitzscaling also improves social mobility. Compared with a child born to parents in Detroit’s poorest 20 percent, a child born to parents in San Francisco’s poorest 20 percent has double the chance of ending up in the richest 20 percent as an adult. We believe that blitzscaling can bring that kind of economic miracle to other areas of the world, and that educated blitzscalers will be more likely to fulfill their ethical obligations to strive for positive societal impact.

orrrr what if you made it so that being in the poorest 20% wasn't such a tragedy

—p.295 by Chris Yeh, Reid Hoffman 4 months ago

The economic reform and growth of China over the past thirty years has lifted eight hundred million people out of poverty—more than any other policy or program during that time. Despite the very real social and environmental price of that growth, the world is much better off for it. Blitzscaling also improves social mobility. Compared with a child born to parents in Detroit’s poorest 20 percent, a child born to parents in San Francisco’s poorest 20 percent has double the chance of ending up in the richest 20 percent as an adult. We believe that blitzscaling can bring that kind of economic miracle to other areas of the world, and that educated blitzscalers will be more likely to fulfill their ethical obligations to strive for positive societal impact.

orrrr what if you made it so that being in the poorest 20% wasn't such a tragedy

—p.295 by Chris Yeh, Reid Hoffman 4 months ago