Robert Putnam

And I don't think people my age are actually going to be good at guessing what will work in the middle years of the 21st century. Old guys like me can sometimes be helpful in saying that there is a problem because I personally remember when we weren't so isolated as we are now. But it's my grandchildren who are now mostly in their 20s.

And I don't think people my age are actually going to be good at guessing what will work in the middle years of the 21st century. Old guys like me can sometimes be helpful in saying that there is a problem because I personally remember when we weren't so isolated as we are now. But it's my grandchildren who are now mostly in their 20s.

and maybe even my great-grandchildren, let's hope they come along sometime, they're the ones who are going to have the mindset tuned for the middle and late 21st century. So what I can say to them, and I do say to them, because I've got seven nice grandchildren, you didn't cause this problem. But history has bequeathed you the responsibility for fixing it. It's not impossible.

and maybe even my great-grandchildren, let's hope they come along sometime, they're the ones who are going to have the mindset tuned for the middle and late 21st century. So what I can say to them, and I do say to them, because I've got seven nice grandchildren, you didn't cause this problem. But history has bequeathed you the responsibility for fixing it. It's not impossible.

and maybe even my great-grandchildren, let's hope they come along sometime, they're the ones who are going to have the mindset tuned for the middle and late 21st century. So what I can say to them, and I do say to them, because I've got seven nice grandchildren, you didn't cause this problem. But history has bequeathed you the responsibility for fixing it. It's not impossible.

Indeed, I can give you some guidelines about how we fixed it the last time. And the last time, among other things, we focused on young people. We focused on young men. We focused on isolation. And we came up with, would you believe, the Scouts. Now, the Scouts may not seem right to my grandchildren or great-grandchildren.

Indeed, I can give you some guidelines about how we fixed it the last time. And the last time, among other things, we focused on young people. We focused on young men. We focused on isolation. And we came up with, would you believe, the Scouts. Now, the Scouts may not seem right to my grandchildren or great-grandchildren.

Indeed, I can give you some guidelines about how we fixed it the last time. And the last time, among other things, we focused on young people. We focused on young men. We focused on isolation. And we came up with, would you believe, the Scouts. Now, the Scouts may not seem right to my grandchildren or great-grandchildren.

But I'm trying to say to them, you've got to come up with something like that. And maybe, almost certainly, it will involve the internet, but it won't be just internet-based. It'll be something that brings young people together, having fun, but also learning to respect one another. I'm sorry, that's my sermon for the day. I don't know if that makes sense, but... No, it's good.

But I'm trying to say to them, you've got to come up with something like that. And maybe, almost certainly, it will involve the internet, but it won't be just internet-based. It'll be something that brings young people together, having fun, but also learning to respect one another. I'm sorry, that's my sermon for the day. I don't know if that makes sense, but... No, it's good.

But I'm trying to say to them, you've got to come up with something like that. And maybe, almost certainly, it will involve the internet, but it won't be just internet-based. It'll be something that brings young people together, having fun, but also learning to respect one another. I'm sorry, that's my sermon for the day. I don't know if that makes sense, but... No, it's good.

of course, you'd expect an author to defend his work. Of course. But I think that the upswing, which let's just say, let's say quickly for readers who have not yet had the pleasure of reading the upswing, it's in a way like Bowling Alone, except it steps back in two senses. It doesn't just look at social connections. It also looks at political polarization.

of course, you'd expect an author to defend his work. Of course. But I think that the upswing, which let's just say, let's say quickly for readers who have not yet had the pleasure of reading the upswing, it's in a way like Bowling Alone, except it steps back in two senses. It doesn't just look at social connections. It also looks at political polarization.

of course, you'd expect an author to defend his work. Of course. But I think that the upswing, which let's just say, let's say quickly for readers who have not yet had the pleasure of reading the upswing, it's in a way like Bowling Alone, except it steps back in two senses. It doesn't just look at social connections. It also looks at political polarization.

It also looks at inequality, and it looks at cultural change, the degree to which we were either in any given year, a we society or an I society. Bowling alone basically looked at the previous 25 years. This looks at the previous 125 years. So it goes way back.

It also looks at inequality, and it looks at cultural change, the degree to which we were either in any given year, a we society or an I society. Bowling alone basically looked at the previous 25 years. This looks at the previous 125 years. So it goes way back.

It also looks at inequality, and it looks at cultural change, the degree to which we were either in any given year, a we society or an I society. Bowling alone basically looked at the previous 25 years. This looks at the previous 125 years. So it goes way back.

And the advantage of doing that, those two changes, widening the scope of what you're looking at and lengthening the time over which you're looking at it, reveals that there was a time About 125 years ago, at the beginning of the 20th century, when we faced essentially the same problem as we have today. What's today's problem? We're very unequal. We're very polarized. We're very self-centered.

And the advantage of doing that, those two changes, widening the scope of what you're looking at and lengthening the time over which you're looking at it, reveals that there was a time About 125 years ago, at the beginning of the 20th century, when we faced essentially the same problem as we have today. What's today's problem? We're very unequal. We're very polarized. We're very self-centered.

And the advantage of doing that, those two changes, widening the scope of what you're looking at and lengthening the time over which you're looking at it, reveals that there was a time About 125 years ago, at the beginning of the 20th century, when we faced essentially the same problem as we have today. What's today's problem? We're very unequal. We're very polarized. We're very self-centered.