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

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But herein lies the dilemma: we also rely on news media to help us navigate the false claims and fake news that spread like wildfire around the world on the speedy pathways of the internet. Galloway’s influence grows as he masters multiple media. Whether he reaches his goal of being the most influential thought leader in business history remains to be seen, but he will be continue to be a great source of insight at the very least.

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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%.And while this book is primarily a look at a superpower facing existential challenges, it also offers important insights and advice on a range of topics from the necessity of openness to new ideas to the benefits of risk and the value of strong community connections. Just as in 1945 and 1980, America is once again a nation at a crossroads. This time, what will it take for our nation to keep up with the fast and violent changes to our new world? The result? We have increasingly less access to good information – even as social media companies drive us to divisive and anxiety-inducing content. Self-made millionaire: 'Following your passion is bulls---'—do this instead". CNBC. February 18, 2019. A must Watch video: The 4 Giants by Scott Galloway | Stellar Search". Stellar Search. February 22, 2016 . Retrieved March 23, 2017.

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Here is Galloway's thesis: The competition at the heart of capitalism is the ultimate engine of human "progress," encompassing everything from economic prosperity to social health, but it must be constrained by institutions (more on these later) which protect the middle class. Beginning in the 1980s under President Reagan, those institutions began to decline, leading to an economic stagnation that has produced a host of woes facing the United States. The solution: remove some institutional barriers to competition while restoring some institutional protections for the middle class. This book attempts to figure out exactly what the problems are, why they happened, and if they can be ameliorated. Its focus is on the last 40 years or so, when the postwar era officially ended and Reagan came on the scene. Charts, graphs, and infographics examine various aspects of society, from commerce to our environment to our social lives, to explain what has changed and speculate on how those changes have altered our society.

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In 1973, a whopping 72 percent of jobs only required a high school diploma. The situation is reversed now. By 2020, only 36 percent of jobs were open to people with just a high school education. And, in that same time span, the share of jobs requiring a bachelor’s or master’s degree has more than doubled from 16 percent to 35 percent. For you, those wise choices may include focusing on community connections, ensuring you and your children have the education they need, embracing risk and new opportunity, and learning to be smart about the tech companies trying to influence you. Much of life has moved online and that comes with advantages. Working online can save you lots of time, not to mention big money on commuting and office attire. It can also help companies hire the right workers, no matter where they live, and do their business more efficiently. We’re also seeing recreation move online, with tech companies investing in the metaverse, a place for ever more immersive online gaming and interaction. It's at minimum a plausible argument, and over the course of the book Galloway actually provides solid evidence (some of it in the form of charts, as he ecstatically points out) for it. The problem is 1) Galloway fails to put those ideas all in a sequential paragraph, instead scattering them throughout the book, and 2) he constantly muddies the water with both observations irrelevant to his point and pat aphorisms. (Side note, why does every older man constantly spout " their phrases"? Older men just love aphorisms, and Galloway is no exception) From bestselling authorand NYU business school professor Scott Galloway comes an urgent examination of the future of our nation – and how we got here.

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Yet, despite that, there are still glimmers of hope scattered throughout our rapidly changing world. While Scott Galloway does discuss major challenges in Adrift, he also brings a refreshing sense of optimism and a willingness to focus on the positive aspects of modern life. It’s both a warning and a hopeful call for a better society. By understanding what’s going wrong, we can make choices that put us on a better course. GALLOWAY: Yes, I don’t know. I think it’s difficult to try arbiter or be an arbiter of what people find interesting. What I think you can do though is say, all right, if you have misinformation on election or vaccine in misinformation, yes, the dissenter voice is important. What is dangerous about our current media environment is that through technology, the dissenter — the dissenting opinion that creates the most enragement, gets the most sunlight. So, should you be able to say that the vaccine alters your DNA? I believe, yes. I think one of the hallmarks of a democratic society is that pretty much anyone can say pretty much anything about pretty much anybody. But should these companies have a profit incentive to give more sunlight, more circulation, more oxygen to the most enraging things, because as a species were like a tyrannosaurus rex, were drawn to movement and violence? So, these conspiracy theories would just not organically get this kind of interest or legitimacy unless they enraged people. And unfortunately, we now have a profit incentive around enragement because enragement equals engagement. So, I think certain carveouts to Section 230 around medical information or election misinformation that would make these platforms subject to the same viability that you and I are subject to when we do a podcast or write a book makes a lot of sense. But in terms of telling people what they should or shouldn’t be interested in, I think just as parents we need to do a better job of telling the history of the U.S., exposing more people to more civic workers to stop being so critical of our government. I believe the U.S. government is the most noble organization in history. And just telling better stories to our children about just how America is responsible for 50 percent of philanthropy globally. It starts here. The most important product over the last hundred years isn’t their iPhone or TikTok, it’s the vaccines that have saved 1 to 2 million Americans. And by the way, no one is lining up to get a Chinese or a Russian vaccine. So, I think it’s incumbent upon us to tell the stories. And I do think we have to do something to ensure that the most incendiary misinformation does not get unnatural organic reach. As a result, this still remains an important book that I recommend to EVERYONE - especially (and unfortunately) those people who will probably never read it or even hear about it. Yes, these shouldn't be "wow, I never realized" revelations; but in today's MAGA America, many of Galloway's conclusions are either unknown, questioned, ridiculed or outright - and increasingly angrily - disbelieved. Which is a shame, because the true value of these charts is that to the extent possible, the admittedly progressive Galloway presents these issues as irrefutable (at least in a perfect world) fact-based realities, not Left/Right arguing points.

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CNN Plus Taps Scott Galloway to Host Biz-Tech Show: 'Think "Queen's Gambit" Minus the Talent and Production Values' ". Variety. September 28, 2021 . Retrieved September 28, 2021. Galloway is currently married to his second wife, Beata Galloway, a real estate developer born in Germany, whom he met at the Raleigh Hotel pool in Miami. [34] They have two sons together. CNN Taps Scott Galloway As Host For New Streaming Service". Deadline. September 28, 2021 . Retrieved September 28, 2021. Between 1965 - 1975 more than 66% of members in Congress served the country in uniform, today its less than 20%—not a surprise here given how dumb US politicians are.