Here’s where you can learn more about the people and ideas in this episode:

EXPERTS

• Eric Schmidt, former C.E.O. of Google.
• Dick Nisbett, social psychologist at University of Michigan.

RESOURCES

• “Team Players: How Social Skills Improve Team Performance,” by Ben Weidmann and David J. Deming (2020).
• “Disdain for the Less Educated Is the Last Acceptable Prejudice,” by Michael J. Sandel (The New York Times, 2020).
• “Intelligence: Definition, Theories and Testing,” by Charlotte Ruhl (Simple Psychology, 2020).
• “Thinking Is Expensive. Who’s Supposed to Pay for It? (Ep. 307),” Freakonomics Radio (2017).
• “The Mayor and His Money,” by Chris Smith (New York Magazine, 2005).
• Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World, by Anand Giridharadas.
• Just Giving: Why Philanthropy is Failing Democracy and How We Can Do Better, by Robert Reich.

EXTRA

• Schmidt Rise, a wing of Schmidt’s philanthropic initiative that aims to build a network of talented young people.
• “The Last Dance,” (E.S.P.N., 2020).
• The Reimagine Podcast, hosted by Eric Schmidt
• Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill and Melinda Gates’s nonprofit organization.