Putnam became famous for this idea of social capital.
Robert Putnam was a kid, we saw two different things that were coming up.
Robert Putnam talks about social capital.
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Robert Putnam wrote this famous book called "Bowling Alone" in 2000, where he pointed out that, you know, going back to the 1950s,
that Putnam was even more right than he knew.
So we know Robert Putnam , of course respect Robert Putnam .
with the America Putnam is writing about 50 years ago, it is less separated than it was.
And our friend Bob Putnam really helped educate us about these issues.
And Robert Putnam in the book "Bowling Alone" talked about this on a societal level.
Twenty years ago Robert Putnam wrote "Bowling Alone" about the decline of civic participation in society.
back to Robert Putnam -- when you're not sending a kid out on the street, when he's not part of that Boy Scout troop,
There's Robert Putnam , the Harvard sociologist, breaks it down.
of the home side of what Robert Putnam is talking about.
Basically, was Putnam wrong or was he kind of right and we still see some of that, but what you're really finding
A woman who flew like that could get a test Fort Putnam tomorrow.
So I feel very close to the work of Putnam and other people like him, who were talking about the macro, whereas my work focuses more on the micro.
Uh, Robert Putnam 's great book from about 12 years ago.
So there's a book called "American Grace" by Putnam and Campbell where they just look at whether religions have a net benefit to society.
-- there's a new book out in fact by Robert Putnam , who wrote "Bowling Alone"; he was on Forum, you can listen to the program--this is not a plug--
Some of his Broadway roles include "The King and I," "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee," "Wonderland," "Flower Drum Song," "Rent," "Street Corner Symphony,"
much the current philosophical wisdom on philosophy of mind-- the work of Hilary Putnam and and others is because so many people on second thought,
And we think of that as maybe an exotic thing that Robert Putnam studies at Harvard.
Also, regional theater productions include "25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee," "Wild Party," and "Songs for a New World," Marla Mindelle.
It sounds like you're writing a story that's really the complete opposite of what Putnam found.
And I'm just curious about how you see your work in the context of what Putnam found.
Now a few years ago, I got to debate with Robert Putnam , a very famous Harvard political scientist, who wrote a book called "Bowling Alone."
So when he was 23 years old, he won an award called The Putnam Medal, which is awarded to the top mathematician in the country.
And there's a chapter in the book that's about social capital, what Robert Putnam and others have talked a lot about.
Several years ago, the Harvard political scientist, Robert Putnam , wrote a book called "Bowling Alone."
We know it is because one of Facebook's first users was this guy, Harvard University Professor Robert Putnam .
But Putnam ’s really a good thinker and he did a lot of research, a lot of deciduous research talking
And this gets not just to Jonathan Height's work, but also to the political scientist Robert Putnam 's work in bowling alone. So, as Putnam famously noted, your chance of dying in
I mean, that's what Putnam raised the alarm about in his book Bowling Alone.
And it's funny because in 2000, a lot of academics rose up and they said, you know, "Bob Putnam , he's just wrong.