This is how you rule the world
Summary
Theo Baker, a Stanford student and youngest George Polk Award winner, discusses his book "How to Rule the World," which exposes the university's secretive "Stanford inside Stanford" subculture. He details how venture capitalists and elite classes like "How to Rule the World" exploit 18-year-olds with pre-idea funding and extractive tactics, often prioritizing fraud over ethics. The episode also covers Baker’s investigation into former Stanford President Mark Tessier-Lavigne, whose failure to retract falsified research led to his unanimous ousting by the board.
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