David Brooks: belief

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…Here’s one. I hope it offends no one in the audience. This is from Ted. “To David, would you agree with Tyler that New York City is no longer a cultural center of America?” The cultural center, I would say. It’s a cultural center, really. My family has been here for five generations, so that’s a tough one. I would say I think New York City — to the extent that America has a cultural center, which I’m not sure it does anymore — I would still say New York City is (a) the cultural center, (b) the most dynamic city in America. But, and it pains me to say this, I do think, if you ask me the most dynamic city in the world, given my experience, I would have to say London is more dynamic than New York. I think London has gotten considerably worse in the last five to ten years, actually. China aside, which is just a different comparison, I would say the Bay Area.…

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