Adrift: 100 Charts that Reveal Why America is on the Brink of Change

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He was elected to the 1999 class of the World Economic Forum's "Global Leaders of Tomorrow", which recognizes 100 individuals under the age of 40 whose accomplishments have had impact on a global level. [15] [16] The result? We have increasingly less access to good information – even as social media companies drive us to divisive and anxiety-inducing content.

Adrift: America in 100 Charts: Galloway, Scott: 9780593542408 Adrift: America in 100 Charts: Galloway, Scott: 9780593542408

The book is a great summary of where the country is today, as compared to the past or to other countries or comparative technologies, or, or, or! HARI SREENIVASAN, INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Christiane, thanks. Scott Galloway, thanks again for joining us. My favorite kind of book, lots of pictures, lots of graphs, lots of charts. This is called “Adrift.” First of all, what’s the title about? Galloway is a four or five-time entrepreneur (depending on how you count it) who has been teaching economics at NYU Stern for 21 years. He is insightful and brilliant when he analyzes subjects related to entrepreneurship or economics; like when he describes the exorbitant costs (and benefits) of higher education, or outlines how worker productivity and inflation have wildly outstripped the minimum wage, or relates how social media monetizes our attention. He is much less insightful when he makes generalizations about U.S. foreign policy or tosses out aphorisms about the meaning of life.I think most people can agree that there are things in America that are not good. We may vehemently disagree on what those things are, how they came to be, and what to do about them, but I don't really know anyone who is walking around saying, "Man, things are just super awesome in the ol' US of A these days!" Social media, for example, makes money when it has our attention. And it does that by appealing to outrage, which drives us apart and harms democratic institutions and norms in the process. In this way, social algorithms inevitably push us to divisive content.

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Immigrants know about risk. They make the choice to upend their lives and move to an entirely new culture. And by doing so, they bring a needed jolt to the economy, not just by supplying labor, but also from their willingness to launch new businesses. Many important startups were founded by immigrants. Over the past few decades, they’ve been as much as two times more likely than adults born in the US to launch a new business. Well, OK, they also come with a lot of downsides. Nobody asks for a crisis like a global pandemic throwing everything into confusion. But at the same time, risk and instability can actually foster innovation and research. When old ways of doing things fall apart, people come up with new ideas. New and better restaurants may move into a neighborhood to replace failed ones. Tanking rents may not be great news for landlords but they can clear the way for more people to move into an area for job opportunities. The number of young adults who live with their parents is at its highest rate. At the end of the Great Depression, 48% lived with parents, post covid, that number is at 52%.From bestselling author and NYU business school professor Scott Galloway comes an urgent examination of the future of our nation - and how we got here. So while none of us likes upheaval or a crisis, we should learn to value the attitude of immigrants who learn to be flexible and take risks in changing times. The economy is better for it, and we can be too. Students are behind in their learning due to COVID and the biggest concern is that students who do not learn to read proficiently by third grade have difficulty catching up and are 4 times less likely to graduate from high school = lifetime achievement of millions is lowered. a b c d e f Beam, Christopher (August 2, 2022). "Is Scott Galloway the Howard Stern of the Business World?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved August 2, 2022. Knowing a bit about Scott Galloway, I've expected some non-obvious data sets, interesting reasoning, and maybe even well-thought-through suggestions on what to do with that. I've got nothing like that - the charts were not surprising at all, they didn't bring any revelation, I've done no notes, and there was nothing memorable.