David Brooks on his book 'The Social Animal'

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    1. worldwatcher  05/07/2011 05:29 AM Report

      CROSS-REFERENCE -- To hear and read more on this topic by David Brooks see/read (especially comments by worldwatcher):

      The Charlie Rose Show

      David Brooks of "The New York Times" on his book "The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement"

      Monday, March 7, 2011

      http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/11522

    2. Steefen  03/13/2011 11:55 AM Report

      I liked the comment about what the Social Network didn't get right. Mark Zuckerberg got the code right! I had the same feeling when I finished my books (available on Amazon):

      The Greatest Bible Study in Historical Accuracy

      (on the Kindle as "Insights on the Exodus, King David, and Jesus")

      and

      Water Bearing Fish, Part I (a New York Memoir on religion and culture)

    3. NeilMacCallister  03/12/2011 09:09 PM Report

      So I guess this is love, eh doodah?

      I'll see your Barbara Lewis, and match you a Pamela Brown:

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXwkJYNGOic

      ***

      j. q. public has a problem with Mr. Brook's ratio of free-will v. environment.

      Then again, he admits that Mr. Brooks said only that "environment CAN change you".

      There really is free-will (..see Tom T. Hall above!)

      ***

      Mr. Brooks is way smart, ..but did you see in his companion video this week how he first deconstructed President Obama, ..but then went on to condescendingly dismiss ex-President Bush with a smug shrug of his own oh-so-lightly-loaded shoulders?

      That so disorderly and disrespectful "argument from silence" was just so distressing to me, ..as it was so unabashedly obsequious to Mr. Rose and his so-called "liberal" fan-base, ..that I just can't stand this show being here represented as a "discussion hour"!

      I am going to accept the "sheepskin coat and felt boots" which I deserve, ..and go to live my two months of "re-education".

      Good luck, God Bless, Live strong!

    4. john_q_public  03/11/2011 04:43 PM Report

      Brooks says that there is free will exists but is indirect. He says you can choose your environment which then can change you. But, what makes you choose your environment? Answer: Based on his reasoning, it must be your current environment which you didn't choose. So, I think his argument for free will proves precisely the opposite.

    5. doodah  03/11/2011 06:56 AM Report

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlMhBB3GQuM&feature=related

    6. doodah  03/11/2011 06:49 AM Report

      Come back to us, Neil MacCallister Harry Krishna Beauregard . :(

    7. NeilMacCallister  03/10/2011 09:40 PM Report

      May I apologize, Mr. Brooks, and then go take another 2 months off?

      Thanks.

      The economy is surely changing, and we all now need to maintain several professional pathways.

      Good luck in all you do.

      It's been fun.

    8. NeilMacCallister  03/09/2011 05:41 PM Report

      Hello, ..I am David Gergin, ..No!, ..I mean, David Brooks!!!!

      I am a "Social Animal"!

      I consume, ..the consomme, that is provided to us by the village-State!

      I compete!! (..savagely!) ..for airtime, against my partners Mark Shields, and David Remnick!!

      I am a primordial BEAST!!

      ..a veritable fire-ant!!

      I love NPR!!!!!!

      Sarah Palin needs to read my column!!!! ..and Paul Krugman's, too!!!