Anand Giridharadas on elite do-gooding: 'Many of my friends are drunk on dangerous BS'

In his recent book, Anand Giridharadas torches the privileged circles he has moved in much of his adult life

Anand Giridharadas was surprised this September when Google invited him to their offices, given his outspoken criticism of tech giants. “I applaud whoever it was who invited me or did not read my book,” Giridharadas said to a few tepid laughs.

Afflicting the comfortable is a talent honed by Giridharadas, and his talk about breaking up monopolistic companies like Google and checking the power of its elite executives – while speaking at Google – is only one recent example.

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