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David Brooks

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Paddington Bear

“I read a book when I was seven called Paddington Bear, and I’ve written pretty much every day since then. People know to get out of my way before I write for two hours in the morning; that’s just how I live.”

Conversations with Tyler · 6 Jun 2018

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Reinhold Niebuhr

“Then I went to an Episcopal camp for 15 years, and then I read Reinhold Niebuhr, and then I fell in love with Saint Augustine, and somehow you find that story settling into you.”

Conversations with Tyler · 6 Jun 2018

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The thing I learned most from in high school and college was my romantic relationships, they were more meaningful to me than my classes, even the breakups.

“The thing I learned most from in high school and college was my romantic relationships, they were more meaningful to me than my classes, even the breakups.”
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David Brooks
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Conversations with Tyler

03 / belief

I think AI is also kryptonite in the exact same way, that if you’re a college kid, and you’re not doing any of your papers, you’re just using your GPT to write your papers — that’s kryptonite.

“I think AI is also kryptonite in the exact same way, that if you’re a college kid, and you’re not doing any of your papers, you’re just using your GPT to write your papers — that’s kryptonite.”
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David Brooks
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Conversations with Tyler

06 / belief

One of the things I learned from them is that if you had looked at the media in the ’60s, you would have thought sexual behavior changed radically because suddenly there was porn everywhere, there was nudity everywhere.

“One of the things I learned from them is that if you had looked at the media in the ’60s, you would have thought sexual behavior changed radically because suddenly there was porn everywhere, there was nudity everywhere.”
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David Brooks
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Conversations with Tyler

08 / belief

In my view, they were right about the idea that the internal nature of regimes determines the foreign policy of those regimes, that a dictatorship is bound to be more dangerous than a democracy.

“In my view, they were right about the idea that the internal nature of regimes determines the foreign policy of those regimes, that a dictatorship is bound to be more dangerous than a democracy.”
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David Brooks
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Conversations with Tyler

09 / belief

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.

“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.”
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David Brooks
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Conversations with Tyler

10 / belief

I can say it may have weakened the power of the mainstream media and created more fringe, but I think what influences people is their direct lived experience, not so much media.

“I can say it may have weakened the power of the mainstream media and created more fringe, but I think what influences people is their direct lived experience, not so much media.”
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David Brooks
Publisher
Conversations with Tyler

11 / belief

I’d say even though there are some mayors — I think LA, San Francisco, I think Atlanta — I’d say we’re in a period where the quality of our mayors is surprisingly low in a way that it didn’t used to be. It used to be, I would think, the happiest people I know were people who left Congress and became mayors, and the most unhappy were people who left mayors and became congressmen, because you can actually get something done.

“I’d say even though there are some mayors — I think LA, San Francisco, I think Atlanta — I’d say we’re in a period where the quality of our mayors is surprisingly low in a way that it didn’t used to be. It used to be, I would think, the happiest people I know were people who left Congress and became mayors, and the most unhappy were people who left mayors and became congressmen, because you can actually get something done.”
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David Brooks
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Conversations with Tyler

14 / belief

I think a Reaganite foreign policy is still possible, which urges democracy promotion, human rights abroad, but is not quite thinking that we’re going to solve human evil within three years.

“I think a Reaganite foreign policy is still possible, which urges democracy promotion, human rights abroad, but is not quite thinking that we’re going to solve human evil within three years.”
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David Brooks
Publisher
Conversations with Tyler

15 / belief

If anything, there’s a bit of a movement, especially among the young, toward a more pro-life position. And on the basic stability of bourgeois virtues, I think the conservatives are actually winning that argument.

“If anything, there’s a bit of a movement, especially among the young, toward a more pro-life position. And on the basic stability of bourgeois virtues, I think the conservatives are actually winning that argument.”
Speaker
David Brooks
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Conversations with Tyler
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