The Athena Doctrine: How Women (and the Men Who Think Like Them) Will Rule the Future

Chapter 5

Colombia and Peru

“Today's times require we be more kind and empathetic to others.” (80% agree)

The road from the José María Córdova Airport to the city center of Medellin climbs steeply into the central range of the Andes—the Cordillera Central—where switchbacks and blind curves will make a speeding taxicab sway and buck like the cars on a roller coaster. It is night, and the lush trees of the forest drip with recent rainfall, but no one on the road is slowed by the slippery conditions. Everyone races toward the city at breakneck speed as if it's the El Dorado of Spanish myth.

At mile sixteen, on a road aptly named Via Santa (Way ...