David Brooks
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
We're going to have individual freedom.
We're going to try to reduce racism, reduce sexism.
We're going to shift the culture.
And so the shift in culture from the 1950s to the 1960s was epic.
If you looked at the high school yearbooks in 1965, all the guys had crew cuts.
In 68, half the guys had crew cuts, half had long hair.
By 75, they all had long hair.
So it's a shift from a group collective culture to a very individualistic culture.
And that can happen super fast.
I don't,
Remember, when I was a kid, I loved New York Jets, and Super Bowl III was a competition.
That's rough.
That's rough.
Yeah, I know.
Well, now I've switched.
I'm an opportunist.
But Baltimore Colts quarterback Johnny Unitas, crew cut, 1950s guy.
On my team, Joe Namath, Broadway Joe, playboy, swinger.
He wrote a memoir called I Can't Wait Until Tomorrow Because I Get Better Looking Every Day.
And so you see how quickly culture can shift.