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Noah Baumbach
Noah Baumbach

Noah Baumbach is an American screenwriter and filmmaker known for his profound insights into modern urban life. Born on September 3, 1969, Baumbach graduated from Columbia University. His works often focus on interpersonal relationships and emotional entanglements, characterized by his delicate emotional expression and unique narrative structure. more

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“One of the things that I realized when I left office was that in the 1990's citizens across the world applied more power than they had ever had, as compared with the government, because of more people living under democracies than dictatorships for the first time, the power of the internet, which the young Chinese used to basically change China's policy on the SARS epidemic, and shut it down, and because of the rise in non-governmental organizations like my foundation.”

“I figured if I could get really good people who were going to be able to have a big impact in the world over the next decade to come together once a year for ten years and actually sign a pledge to take action themselves, if we did that every year for ten years we could do a lot of good in the world. That's the difference between my meeting and any other. If you don't want to promise to do something, don't come to my meeting, stay home.”