Andrew Yang - What good is a high GDP if some, or even...

What good is a high GDP if some, or even many, Americans are left behind?

Biography

Author Profession: Public Servant

Nationality: American

Born: May 15, 1955

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American, Behind, Even, GDP, Good, High, Left, Many, Some

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Overnight successes are generally years in the making. And most progress is made in isolation, far from the public eye.

Progress Eye Isolation Years

I'm a capitalist, and I believe that universal basic income is necessary for capitalism to continue.

Believe Capitalism I Believe Continue

Automation is no longer just a problem for those working in manufacturing. Physical labor was replaced by robots; mental labor is going to be replaced by AI and software.

AI Problem Robots Automation

As a society, we can't hide from the future; we have to build and own it.

Future Society Hide Own

Mistakes are acceptable if they're the result of moving forward.

Moving Forward Mistakes Result Moving

I grew up a skinny Asian kid who was often ignored or picked on. It stuck with me and branded my soul. As I grew up, I tried to stick up for whoever seemed excluded or marginalized.

Me Soul My Soul Skinny

We need people building companies all over the country to innovate in aviation, consumer products, education, health, cybersecurity, biotech, manufacturing, and everything in between.

Education Health People Building

Universal basic income is not a solution in search of a problem - it is the obvious solution that has been in front of us for years. It only requires us to have the vision, empathy and courage to adopt it for the American people before it is too late.

Courage People Vision Empathy

The vast majority of small business owners want nothing to do with figuring out a website. They are neck-deep in their business trying to keep it going.

Business Nothing Small Trying

The first thing I do when I wake up in the morning is push my dog off of me. He likes to sleep on top of me. I think it's because I'm warm and breathing.

Morning Me Dog Sleep

Just about any growth company is going to need smart salespeople, account and project managers, business development, marketing, operations, customer service, content creation, communications, analytics, and social media.

Business Social Media Service Growth

In most every business, you learn by doing. The apprenticeship model is much more effective than the classroom for cultivating entrepreneurs.

Business You Doing Classroom

I can't sit by and do nothing as our country disintegrates.

Country Nothing Sit Our

The reason Donald Trump was elected was that we automated away four million manufacturing jobs in Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. If you look at the voter data, it shows that the higher the level of concentration of manufacturing robots in a district, the more that district voted for Trump.

You Look Robots Data

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