How to Create a Society That Prizes Decency
It starts with keeping our humanity and recognizing it in others.
By David Brooks
David Brooks became an Opinion columnist for The New York Times in September 2003. He is a commentator on “PBS NewsHour,” NPR’s “All Things Considered” and NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
He is the author of “Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There” and “On Paradise Drive: How We Live Now (And Always Have) in the Future Tense.” In March 2011 he came out with his third book, “The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement,” which was a No. 1 New York Times best seller. He is the author, most recently, of “How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen.”
Mr. Brooks also teaches at Yale University and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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