The Weekender
Three stories, perfectly packed for your weekend. Today's edition: lessons in courage from Alexei Navalny and the judgment of Silicon Valley's technocrats.
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If you only read one thing this week, read our first article, “Life is too short to look the other way”, a speech given by Alexei Navalny in 2014.
Short and sweet this week 💪🏼
From Alexei Navalny: “Life is too short to look the other way”
Yes, everyone was taught to be evil, but why did you have to be top of the class?
Alexei Navalny, Putin’s chief political rival died in a Russian prison last week. In this version of a 2014 speech he gave in a Russian court after being convicted on false charges, translated and abridged by
, Navalny throws down a moral gauntlet.He refers to the people in the courtroom as the ‘the people who look the other way’, a Russian phrase he appropriates to describe how men and women up and down the power structures of Russia keep turning a blind eye to the evil and corruption around them. It wasn’t just figurative. He literally calls out the people in the courtroom who refuse to make eye contact with him.
It’s worth reading, and re-reading.
5 min read ⚖️
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