Three Cups of Deceit
by Jon Krakauer · first published 2011
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Argues that author and humanitarian Greg Mortenson, noted for his campaign to open schools for girls in Pakistan and Afghanistan, has not been truthful about his past, his reasons for opening schools, or his abduction by the Taliban.
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…http://byliner.com/originals/one-way-forward One aspect of Byliner that's interesting (we hope) is the ability for authors to either update their stories, or provide detail behind their stories. A good example is Jon Krakauer's Three Cups of Deceit. In the months since its publication Jon has added 20,000 words of updates to his story: http://byliner.com/jon-krakauer/stories/excerpt-three-cups-o... Most of our authors continue to evolve their…
on “Lawrence Lessig's New Book: One Way Forward” ↗It's interesting to note that Jon Krakauer also wrote Three Cups of Deceit, when Three Cups of Tea was required summer reading for me in high school. Funny how opinions about people change--though in this case it's sad instead of angering.
on “How Chris McCandless Died” ↗…foundation Repeating and italicizing the claim that the case is typical isn't actually justifying the claim; in any case, there's a pretty big difference between the allegations against Mortenson in Three Cups of Deceit (or the findings of the Montana investigation into Mortenson's use of CAI funds) and bona fide administrative expenses. Abuse of funds (whether administrative or not) is an issue orthogonal to the share…
on “Click here, save a life, for real” ↗…think of themselves as businesses with a bottom line. I speak as a philanthropist with many decades of experience. > ... there's a pretty big difference between the allegations against Mortenson in Three Cups of Deceit (or the findings of the Montana investigation into Mortenson's use of CAI funds) and bona fide administrative expenses. You clearly missed the point of the "Three Cups" story. It only came to light because…
on “Click here, save a life, for real” ↗I would look at these two links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Mortenson#60_Minutes_and_... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Cups_of_Deceit
on “Understanding Pakistan through the story of Karachi” ↗