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The Rich Roll Podcast · December 15, 2025 · 120m

Moral Ambition

Rutger Bregman on the crisis of meaning in modern work: 25% of workers believe their jobs are socially useless. Moral ambition — redirecting talent toward the world's real problems — is the antidote to both bullshit jobs and the meaning crisis.

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Bregman: financial ambition produces hedonic treadmill. Moral ambition — using your talent to reduce suffering — produces durable meaning. The happiest professionals aren't the highest paid; they're the ones whose work matters.
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