There seems to me to be a major difference between today's circumstances and the situation when Watergate blew up. For all his flaws, Goldwater was able and willing to walk into the Oval Office and deliver some version of his famous line to Nixon. "Mr. President, it's time for you to resign. Your party will no longer support you."
There seems to me to be a major difference between today's circumstances and the situation when Watergate blew up. For all his flaws, Goldwater was able and willing to walk into the Oval Office and deliver some version of his famous line to Nixon. "Mr. President, it's time for you to resign. Your party will no longer support you."
Back then we all had the same information. The same three television channels. And there was no social media with algorithms that push the most divisive information (See: Stolen Focus by Johann Hari, a superb and wide-ranging book. I do think that neither Trump, nor Bolsonaro would have been elected without Facebook, Youtube, & Twitter. And I'm also sleeping better due to stuff I've learned from this book.)
Thank you for the reference to Stolen Focus! Having had "a look inside" I think that not only I but society as a whole would benefit by reading and understanding what Johann Hari has discovered. Ilook forward to receiving my copy!
You're most welcome. The more people that read it, the better off we'll be. I've also lately been recommending a book called Ladyparts, by Deborah Copaken, especially to women of post reproductive age and the men who love them. It's a memoir, but so much more, including some recommendations that greatly improved her health, and should do so for a lot of women. She also nicely skewers the US medical system, the lack of a social safety net (complementary to stuff on that issue in Stolen Focus), American corporate culture... I found out about Stolen Focus and two other books I've bought and enjoyed listening to Christopher Lydon's Open Source (on NPR stations).
These references are very interesting! I will get Ladyparts, judging from what I've read of her medical nightmares, she also has quite the sense of humor. I see Christopher Lydon has several videos, a couple called Open Source that I will give a listen.Thank you!
There seems to me to be a major difference between today's circumstances and the situation when Watergate blew up. For all his flaws, Goldwater was able and willing to walk into the Oval Office and deliver some version of his famous line to Nixon. "Mr. President, it's time for you to resign. Your party will no longer support you."
Back then we all had the same information. The same three television channels. And there was no social media with algorithms that push the most divisive information (See: Stolen Focus by Johann Hari, a superb and wide-ranging book. I do think that neither Trump, nor Bolsonaro would have been elected without Facebook, Youtube, & Twitter. And I'm also sleeping better due to stuff I've learned from this book.)
Thank you for the reference to Stolen Focus! Having had "a look inside" I think that not only I but society as a whole would benefit by reading and understanding what Johann Hari has discovered. Ilook forward to receiving my copy!
You're most welcome. The more people that read it, the better off we'll be. I've also lately been recommending a book called Ladyparts, by Deborah Copaken, especially to women of post reproductive age and the men who love them. It's a memoir, but so much more, including some recommendations that greatly improved her health, and should do so for a lot of women. She also nicely skewers the US medical system, the lack of a social safety net (complementary to stuff on that issue in Stolen Focus), American corporate culture... I found out about Stolen Focus and two other books I've bought and enjoyed listening to Christopher Lydon's Open Source (on NPR stations).
These references are very interesting! I will get Ladyparts, judging from what I've read of her medical nightmares, she also has quite the sense of humor. I see Christopher Lydon has several videos, a couple called Open Source that I will give a listen.Thank you!