At a recent meeting in San Francisco, with a bunch of professional idea peddler types who, like me, often work closely with rich people trying sincerely to do "good" things, the topic of getting them to work together came up. We arrived at the consensus that this is really hard to do, even when it is obvious that there is strong alignment among their efforts and a big upside to pooling resources and influence. A phrase (which I later learned is due to either Ross Perot or Stewart Brand) came up to describe this limit to the power of wealth:
Eagles Don't Flock, Elephants Don't Dance
Eagles Don't Flock, Elephants Don't Dance
Eagles Don't Flock, Elephants Don't Dance
At a recent meeting in San Francisco, with a bunch of professional idea peddler types who, like me, often work closely with rich people trying sincerely to do "good" things, the topic of getting them to work together came up. We arrived at the consensus that this is really hard to do, even when it is obvious that there is strong alignment among their efforts and a big upside to pooling resources and influence. A phrase (which I later learned is due to either Ross Perot or Stewart Brand) came up to describe this limit to the power of wealth: