Why There Are Reasons To Be Hopeful About America | Scott Galloway

Hidden Forces

Demetri Kofinas

Government, Business

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2022

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

In Episode 273 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Scott Galloway. Scott is a professor of marketing at NYU’s Stern School of Business, a serial entrepreneur, a prolific media personality, and the author of four books.

His most recent book, titled “Adrift,” attempts to tell the story of America—from the end of world war two to the present day—in order to understand how we arrived at this precarious moment in our nation’s history, the challenges that lie before, and what it will take to navigate those challenges successfully. So that we can emerge from this period with our nationhood and humanity intact.

As Demetri has said on this podcast many times, in a democratic society power ultimately rests with the people. It’s a cliché, but it’s true. When things don’t feel like they are working out, we can either throw up our hands and blame somebody else or we can make the effort to engage constructively on the challenges that confront all of us. Today’s episode is a roadmap to understanding what some of those challenges are, where they come from, how to address them, and why there are reasons to be hopeful about America and the future of this imperfect experiment that is democracy.

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Episode Recorded on 09/19/2022

Transcript

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0:00.0	What's up everybody? My name is Demetra Gafinas and you're listening to Hidden Forces,
0:06.0	a podcast that inspires investors, entrepreneurs and everyday citizens, the challenge consensus narratives,
0:14.0	and to learn how to think critically about the systems of power shaping our world.
0:18.0	My guest in this episode is the one and only Scott Galloway.
0:23.0	Scott is a professor of marketing at NYU Stern School of Business,
0:27.0	a serial entrepreneur, a prolific media personality, and the author of four books,
0:33.0	the most recent of which attempts to tell the story of America,
0:37.0	from the end of World War II to the present day,
0:40.0	in order to understand how we arrived at this precarious moment in our nation's history.
0:46.0	The challenges that lie before us, and what it will take to navigate those challenges successfully,
0:51.0	so we can emerge from this period with our nationhood and humanity intact.
0:56.0	As I've said on this podcast many times, in a democratic society,
1:00.0	power ultimately rests with the people, with you and me.
1:05.0	It's a cliche but it's true, and when things don't feel like they're working out,
1:09.0	we can either throw up our hands and blame somebody else,
1:12.0	or we can make the effort to engage constructively on the challenges that confront all of us.
1:17.0	Today's episode is a roadmap to understanding what some of those challenges are,
1:22.0	where they came from, how to address them, and why there are reasons to be hopeful about the future,
1:28.0	and this imperfect experiment that is America.
1:32.0	For anyone new to the program, hidden forces is listener supported.
1:37.0	I don't rely on advertisers or commercial sponsors,
1:40.0	which is why the second hour of our conversations is normally available to premium subscribers only.
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