Derek Thompson

Yeah, we kind of broke the book down into two. We joked at the beginning of the process that the book might end up being a little bit like, remember the Outkast album, Speaker Box, Love Below, where Andre 3000 took one half of the album and Big Boy took the other half of the album? This book is a little- Who is Big Boy in this? Not getting into that one.

Yeah, we kind of broke the book down into two. We joked at the beginning of the process that the book might end up being a little bit like, remember the Outkast album, Speaker Box, Love Below, where Andre 3000 took one half of the album and Big Boy took the other half of the album? This book is a little- Who is Big Boy in this? Not getting into that one.

Yeah, we kind of broke the book down into two. We joked at the beginning of the process that the book might end up being a little bit like, remember the Outkast album, Speaker Box, Love Below, where Andre 3000 took one half of the album and Big Boy took the other half of the album? This book is a little- Who is Big Boy in this? Not getting into that one.

I guess I would like to think that I'm Andre 3000. But yeah, so we both basically wrote the introduction by, I drafted it, sent it to him, he redrafted, sent it back to me, I redrafted. Same kind of thing with the conclusion. And then with the middle of the book, we kind of just had one person be the CEO of those chapters. So Ezra was kind of the CEO of the chapters about housing and energy.

I guess I would like to think that I'm Andre 3000. But yeah, so we both basically wrote the introduction by, I drafted it, sent it to him, he redrafted, sent it back to me, I redrafted. Same kind of thing with the conclusion. And then with the middle of the book, we kind of just had one person be the CEO of those chapters. So Ezra was kind of the CEO of the chapters about housing and energy.

I guess I would like to think that I'm Andre 3000. But yeah, so we both basically wrote the introduction by, I drafted it, sent it to him, he redrafted, sent it back to me, I redrafted. Same kind of thing with the conclusion. And then with the middle of the book, we kind of just had one person be the CEO of those chapters. So Ezra was kind of the CEO of the chapters about housing and energy.

We definitely leaned a lot on his work on this chapter about how to make liberal governance better. And then there are chapters about science and technology. And I'm really deep in reporting on science and technology. And so I was the CEO of those chapters. And so we did a lot of cross-editing.

We definitely leaned a lot on his work on this chapter about how to make liberal governance better. And then there are chapters about science and technology. And I'm really deep in reporting on science and technology. And so I was the CEO of those chapters. And so we did a lot of cross-editing.

We definitely leaned a lot on his work on this chapter about how to make liberal governance better. And then there are chapters about science and technology. And I'm really deep in reporting on science and technology. And so I was the CEO of those chapters. And so we did a lot of cross-editing.

But I would say there's definitely, there was like a mutual understanding between us that one person was going to be the primary drafter of each individual chapter.

But I would say there's definitely, there was like a mutual understanding between us that one person was going to be the primary drafter of each individual chapter.

But I would say there's definitely, there was like a mutual understanding between us that one person was going to be the primary drafter of each individual chapter.

It is. And in fact, just like Speakerbox Love Below, Ezra narrates the first half of the book and I narrate the second half of the book. So I guess maybe in this context, I am big boy because I think his CD came second in that album, that double album. But yeah, we recorded it separately.

It is. And in fact, just like Speakerbox Love Below, Ezra narrates the first half of the book and I narrate the second half of the book. So I guess maybe in this context, I am big boy because I think his CD came second in that album, that double album. But yeah, we recorded it separately.

It is. And in fact, just like Speakerbox Love Below, Ezra narrates the first half of the book and I narrate the second half of the book. So I guess maybe in this context, I am big boy because I think his CD came second in that album, that double album. But yeah, we recorded it separately.

I think Bill Clinton was genuinely inspiring in 1991, 1992. I was six years old at the time. So this is just my sense.

I think Bill Clinton was genuinely inspiring in 1991, 1992. I was six years old at the time. So this is just my sense.

I think Bill Clinton was genuinely inspiring in 1991, 1992. I was six years old at the time. So this is just my sense.

And then the obvious answer is when I was graduating from college in Northwestern, Barack Obama was an absolute sensation. And so I would say that Obama might have, at least at the moment for me, felt like the most... movementy president of the post JFK era. All right.

And then the obvious answer is when I was graduating from college in Northwestern, Barack Obama was an absolute sensation. And so I would say that Obama might have, at least at the moment for me, felt like the most... movementy president of the post JFK era. All right.