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THE GENIUS OF CHARLES DARWIN -- ILLUSTRATED SCREENPLAY & SCREENCAP GALLERY |
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on the unceasing struggle of the jungle.
[Man] Today the giants of the oil industry
stand as monuments to Rockefeller,
the architect of our business age. [Richard Dawkins] Social Darwinism is still with us. In the 1990s, the American energy company, Enron, ran a kind of nasty Darwinian experiment, lining up 15% of the least fit of their workforce to be fired each year. It didn't end well. Enron selected not necessarily the best but the most ruthless individuals who turned a blind eye to the widespread fraud that brought the company down in scandal. [Man] Ken Lay, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Enron.
[Richard Dawkins] I've come to a convention of entrepreneurs in London
to observe today's business animal up close.
[Man] My best friend is a money broker in the city
and has more money than he knows what to do with,
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