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David Brooks

Guest on Conversations with Tyler

2 books recommended · 1 episode

Recommends

Books they recommend that someone else wrote.

“There was a guy named James Q. Wilson who wrote a great book called The Moral Sense, which I highly recommend.”

Why: Highly recommended for understanding the moral order.

The Moral Sense by James Q. Wilson
Guest on Conversations with TylerDavid Brooks on Audacity, AI, and the American Psyche (Live at 92NY)

“Back in 1955, Walter Lippmann, a great columnist, wrote a book called The Public Philosophy. And in that book, he says, if what is right or wrong is determined by what each individual feels, then we have left the grounds of civilization.”

The Public Philosophy by Walter Lippmann
Guest on Conversations with TylerDavid Brooks on Audacity, AI, and the American Psyche (Live at 92NY)

Passing References

Named without an opinion attached.

“I just reread a book I hadn't read since college called The Age of Reform by Richard Hofstetter, a very great historian.”

The Age of Reform by Richard Hofstadter
Guest on Conversations with TylerDavid Brooks on Audacity, AI, and the American Psyche (Live at 92NY)

“Buckley comes to campus and he just published a book called Overdrive, which is one of his memoirs of name dropping the Pope and David Niven and all these people.”

Overdrive by William F. Buckley
Guest on Conversations with TylerDavid Brooks on Audacity, AI, and the American Psyche (Live at 92NY)