Woke, Inc.: A Sunday Times Business Book of the Year

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Woke, Inc. delves into the dark secrets of American corporations and exposes their true nature. Companies often hide behind woke culture and promote social causes, only to benefit more in the end and close an eye to problems that truly matter. Reading this book will open your eyes to the reality we’re all facing, whether we like it or not – corporations rule the world we live in. Who would I recommend the Woke, Inc. summary to? In 2007, Ramaswamy graduated from Harvard University with a Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, in biology, and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. [25] At Harvard, he gained a reputation as a brash and confident libertarian. [26] He was a member of the Harvard Political Union, [3] becoming its president. [4] He told The Harvard Crimson that he considered himself a contrarian who loved to debate. [3] While in college, he performed Eminem covers and libertarian-themed rap music under the stage name and alter ego "Da Vek", [4] [27] [28] and was an intern for the hedge fund Amaranth Advisors and the investment bank Goldman Sachs. [4] He wrote his senior thesis on the ethical questions raised by creating human-animal chimeras and earned a Bowdoin Prize. [25] George P. Davison (right) the head of the Grace Church High School in Manhattan, sent a letter to parents and staff saying he was 'disappointed' math teacher Paul Rossi (left) had publicly blasted the private school in a blog post The pharmaceutical-development process, which involves moving drugs through rounds of testing and approvals, is slow, and drugs are often abandoned along the way. Sometimes a drug doesn’t work. Other times, the decision to drop a product is economic: executives determine that the drug, no matter how effective, won’t be profitable, or won’t align with their business strategy. Ramaswamy’s idea was that Roivant could license drugs that had been left languishing, take them through the rest of the development process, and share the proceeds with the original manufacturer.

Lippman, Daniel (February 13, 2023). "The 'CEO of Anti-Woke Inc.' Has His Eye on the Presidency". Politico. Archived from the original on March 22, 2023 . Retrieved February 21, 2023. The 30-year-old person who’s passionate about politics and conflicts around the world, the 38-year-old aspiring diplomat who wants to delve deeper into American corporate philosophy, or the 40-year-old politics teacher who is a casual reader of news and important matters around the world. Take Goldman Sachs for example – the Wall Street investment company. They recently advocated for a new policy they implemented: they’ll only take public companies that have a “diverse” board. For them, diversity meant female board members. The catch? All the companies in the S&P500 already had a female board member, so it wasn’t an uncommon thing to find that structure. Their risk was nearly zero, yet the gains were immense. Lesson 2: Mixing politics and business is a dangerous combination for the world The argument goes even further, as Ramaswamy suggests, if woke ideology itself is considered a religion. In this view, Damore might have had the basis for a religious discrimination lawsuit against Google, under the assumption that he was fired for not professing a belief in the church of secular humanist woke-ism. Ramaswamy argues that, under current religious freedom precedent and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) policy, woke political beliefs are consistent with the federal government’s longstanding definition of religion. As he says, “Like Christianity or Islam, wokeness purports to provide a system of beliefs that explains everything.”I think the way we describe this country to them will affect the way it works in the next generation, and that's something to be really frightened of.' Presidential Candidate Vivek Ramaswamy Wants a Second American Revolution" (Vivek Ramaswamy says his own name at 17m17s), Honestly with Bari Weiss, 1 August 2023.

When Ramaswamy remarked to a colleague that it should be called Social Day, not Service Day, the colleague asked him if he’d ever heard of the Golden Rule. To treat others as one wished to be treated, Ramaswamy offered. “No,” the colleague told him. “He who has the gold makes the rules.” Meyer, Ken (June 4, 2023). "Vivek Ramaswamy Proposes 'Major Concessions to Russia' in Contentious Interview With ABC's Martha Raddatz". Mediaite. Archived from the original on June 4, 2023 . Retrieved June 4, 2023. Al Idrus, Amirah (July 17, 2018). "Here comes another 'vant' – this one focused on China". Fierce Biotech. I am inherently interested in questions of justice,” he told me. “It was a disciplined way to explore and figure out what I believed about things. I thought, I have to do this.” While continuing to work at QVT, he enrolled at the law school. In the years he was there, he said, he made around ten million dollars. At Yale, he established important connections: with Vance, a fellow Cincinnati Bengals fan; Thiel, who hosted an intimate lunch seminar for select students, and who later staked him on a venture helping senior citizens access Medicare; and his future wife, Apoorva, who lived across the way from him while attending medical school.

Including representation in ad campaigns (a homosexual couple in a commercial, a person of color in a magazine spread, and so on)

Toppan, Jamel (August 21, 2023). "How Vivek Ramaswamy Became A Billionaire". Forbes . Retrieved August 21, 2023. In this week’s episode we talk about the surprisingly low demand for free transit, the demographics of higher education in the U.S.,… During his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination, Ramaswamy has sought to appeal to evangelical Christian right and Christian nationalist voters, an important part of the Republican base, some of whom are reluctant or unwilling to support a non-Christian presidential candidate such as Ramaswamy, who is Hindu. [20] In campaign stops and interviews, Ramaswamy has criticized secularism, [20] saying that the U.S. was founded on Christian values [20] or Judeo-Christian values; [71] that he shares those values; [20] [71] and that he believes in one God. [20]Adam Feuerstein & Matthew Herper, Vivek Ramaswamy wants to 'gut' the FDA. His claims don’t hold up to scrutiny, Stat News (July 31, 2023).

Huynh, Anjali (August 24, 2023). "However People Say It, Vivek Ramaswamy Is Happy to Be in the Conversation". New York Times. Pahwa, Nitish (May 15, 2023). "The Presidential Hopeful Running as a Younger, More "Anti-Woke" Trump". Slate. ISSN 1091-2339 . Retrieved August 18, 2023. Sykes, Stefan (August 29, 2023). "Eminem tells GOP presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy to stop rapping his music". CNBC. Woke culture is 'infecting schools' and turning education into indoctrination by 'poisoning' children's minds, 'Woke Inc' author warns

In Woke, Inc., entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy discusses what he calls Wokenomics, in which American corporations hide their corruption and greed behind the disingenuous virtue signaling of liberal values. He argues that by engaging in Wokenomics, corporations go beyond selling a product; they are selling Americans a new standard for the right way to think and live. He contends that their false alliance with social causes allows them to influence legislation, manipulate consumers, and silence dissent. He argues that Wokenomics’s deceptive practices are weakening democracy—polarizing citizens and concentrating political power in the hands of a small group of corporate elites.