Higher Ground
Alison Taylor, Lisa Sachs, Stephanie Dolmat, Bruno Giussani, Daniella Ballou-Aares, Paula GoldmanA better place on the internet to talk risk, responsibility, ethics, human idiosyncrasies
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 104 | Founded | a year ago | Last Issue | 2 days ago |
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Gen Z’s Tempered Revolt
Youth protest has been strikingly absent in the second Trump term, but re-engagement with politics may be just beginning
On Tuesday night, I stood in line to vote for well over an hour. The line was three blocks long all day, which was str...
Power and Vulnerability, CEOs and MAGA, Elections, Catskills Autumn
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Can the CEOs de-MAGAfy?
Managing the Machine: a conversation with Paula Goldman, Chief Ethical & Humane Officer
How to give everyone a voice in shaping AI
If you’re anything like me, you’ve about had enough of the corporate conversations about the inexorable advance of AI. There is far less conversation about the practical uses, drawbacks, and reali...
Down with Doom, Data Center PR Fails, Seattle, CEO Handouts, Business Schools
We care, kind of—xoxo the CEOs
Corporate leaders are kind of, sort of, responding to the continued rise of inequality in America. It’s not very convincing.
The CEO of United Airlines, Scott Kirby, has said that inequality is a probl...
Big Tech Learns the Hard Way
Resistance to data centers is the most visible sign that Big Tech firms have lost public trust. What’s the current state of play, and what does it tell us?
The data center backlash is the most fascinating news story of 2026. The movement i...
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Professor at NYU Stern, author of Higher Ground. Lots of other hats, even more opinions. Join me to talk about power, ethics, accountability, human idiosyncrasies.
Sea witch extraordinaire. Adventurer, sailboat captain, relational alchemist, facilitator, strategic communications advisor.
Writer, Curator, Experimenter (Previously TED, Countdown, Stanford U, World Economic Forum, New York Times, FIFDH, CERN, ForumDes100, Swiss & international press)
Daniella Ballou-Aares is CEO of the Leadership Now Project, an organization of business leaders committed to protecting and renewing American democracy. She was previously a founder of Dalberg, a Bain consultant, and an Obama administration official.
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