Quotes by Geoff Mulgan

About Geoff Mulgan:

Geoff Mulgan is Chief Executive of the National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts (NESTA) and Visiting Professor at University College London, the London School of Economics and the University of Melbourne. Previously he was:
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Immigration isn't always good for the economy or jobs.

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Huge sums are invested globally in medical research and development - and with good reason.

Geoff Mulgan

Deeper fulfilment is rather different from the happiness of seeing a good film or watching your team win at football, and it doesn't come at the push of a button.

Geoff Mulgan

In Britain, polls show large majorities in favour of mansion taxes and higher taxes on the finance sector.

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So is civil society prepared for the future? Probably not. Most organisations have to live hand to mouth, juggling short-term funding and perpetual minor crises. Even the bigger ones rarely get much time to stand back and look at the bigger picture. ...

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Young people who were relaxed about posting every detail of their life on Facebook become a lot less relaxed when they realise just how transparent their life has become to future employers.

Geoff Mulgan

The wrongful arrest of tens of thousands of British Muslims after the September 11 attacks can be explained by the very poor intelligence the police had, and, just possibly, excused by the fact that a terrorist action in Britain linked to British Mus...

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Over 5,000 years, states have made surprisingly consistent claims about their duties. They have promised to protect people from threats; promote their welfare; deliver justice and also, perhaps less obviously, uphold truth - originally truths about t...

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Predation is part of the everyday life of capitalism, in sectors as mainstream as pharmaceuticals, software and oil - where people's money, their data, their time and their attention are routinely taken in fundamentally asymmetrical exchanges.

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All over the world, social innovation is tackling some of the most pressing problems facing society today - from fair trade, distance learning, hospices, urban farming and waste reduction to restorative justice and zero-carbon housing. But most of th...

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There is incredible potential for digital technology in and beyond the classroom, but it is vital to rethink how learning is organised if we are to reap the rewards.

Geoff Mulgan

Learning isn't something you should only do solo.

Geoff Mulgan

Most governments do have inbuilt biases in favour of the rich and powerful, and most do contain plenty of manipulators who love intrigue, who have lost whatever moral compass they may once have had and who protect themselves with steely cynicism.

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A tablet replacing an exercise book is not innovation, it's just a different way to make notes.

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Recycling is an area where jobs could be created at low cost. Green collar workers. That's not very sexy.

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The market turns out to be just one special case of collective decision-making.

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L'Oreal's slogan 'because you're worth it' has come to epitomise banal narcissism of early 21st century capitalism; easy indulgence and effortless self-love all available at a flick of the credit card.

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All of nationalism can be understood as a kind of collective narcissism.

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A modest dose of self-love is entirely healthy - who would want to live in a world where everyone hated themselves? But taken too far, it soon becomes poisonous.

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Societies advance through innovation every bit as much as economies do.

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Lots of creativity is and should be solitary.

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Author Bio

  • NameGeoff Mulgan
  • DescriptionBritish political advisor
  • Born1961
  • AwardsCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire