Charles A. Reich
Charles Alan Reich was an American academic and writer best known for writing the 1970 book The Greening of America, a paean to the counterculture of the 1960s. Excerpts of the book first appeared in The New Yorker, and its seismic reception there contributed to the book leading The New York Times Best Seller list. Due to the theme and implications of this book Reich was described as a "high priest of antitechnology".
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- Born in
- New York City
- Educated at
- Oberlin CollegeYale Law SchoolCity and Country SchoolNew Lincoln School
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Trending topics shown first"No person's gain in wisdom is diminished by anyone else's gain."
"What looks like a man is only a representation of a man who does what the organization requires. He does not run the machine; he tends it."
"Technology has deprived the family of almost all its functions."
"One of the most clearly marked trends for over twenty years has been the decline in civil liberties."
"Organizations are not really "owned" by anyone. What formerly constituted ownership was split up into stockholders' rights to share in profits, management's power to set policy, employees' right to st…"
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1928
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