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Mike Lazzo
Senior VP of programming and production, Cartoon Network
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, by Michael Chabon "Like the real-life creators of Superman and Batman, Joe Kavalier is a young comic artist who escapes Nazi Germany and finds himself trapped in a new country, out of contact with his family. Chabon's novel shows how the invention of the superhero came from the feelings of powerlessness and doom. Artists knew they couldn't destroy Hitler, but they imagined characters who could. The villains in these early comics often resembled Nazis or personified armies. After the war was over, the superheroes receded somewhat and gave way to things like EC Comics."
Paul Billings
Cofounder and executive vice president, GeneSage
The Gift: The Form and Reason for Exchange in Archaic Societies, by Marcel Mauss "In this classic anthropology text, originally published in French in 1925, Mauss observes many cultures' giving practices and concludes that there are no free gifts. From tribal potlatches to research endowments, bestowing gifts is a stylized activity that establishes economic relationships, confers power, and sparks competition. Mauss would say that social welfare today is an appropriate extension of our gift-giving culture. In my field, we constantly talk about biotech as a gift to the sick and to society as a whole, and scientists get power and wealth from their contributions."
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