Theo Baker details stories of outsized power and influence at Stanford

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Theo Baker enrolled at Stanford University to study coding, but as the son of two well-known journalists, once he got on campus he began reporting on a story that would ultimately oust the then president of the university.

And he kept going.

In his new book “How to Rule the World,” Baker details stories of outsized power and influence at Stanford.…

Theo Baker enrolled at Stanford University to study coding, but as the son of two well-known journalists, once he got on campus he began reporting on a story that would ultimately oust the then president of the university.

And he kept going.

In his new book “How to Rule the World,” Baker details stories of outsized power and influence at Stanford.…

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