The unwinding is nothing new.
The unwinding brings freedom more than the world has ever granted and to more kinds of people than ever before.
The unwinding is nothing new.
The unwinding brings freedom more than the world has ever granted and to more kinds of people than ever before.
So "The Unwinding " is a book about the past generation of American life really from the late '70s up to the present,
In the unwinding , everything changes and nothing lasts, except for the voices-- American voices-- open, sentimental, angry, matter of fact, inflected with
So that's "The Unwinding ."
And in the unwinding , winners win bigger than ever, floating away like bloated dirigibles.
In the unwinding , everything changes and nothing lasts except for the voices-- American voices-- open sentimental, angry, matter of fact, inflected with
There have been unwindings every generation or two, the fall to earth of the founders heavenly republic in a noisy marketplace of quarrelsome factions, the war that tore
There have been unwindings every generation or two, the fall to earth of the Founders' Heavenly Republic in a noisy marketplace of quarrelsome factions, the war that tore
All of those are themes of "The Unwinding ."
No one can say when the unwinding began, when the coil that held Americans together in its secure and sometimes stifling grip, first gave way.
Given that you've studied the unwinding , what are you seeing as being what could potentially be the renewal?
Do you believe that contributed to the unwinding ?
No one can say when the unwinding began, when the coil that held Americans together in its secure and sometimes stifling grip first gave way.
And that's what "The Unwinding " is about.
An unwinding of this massive purchase of mortgages is going to be an unbelievably challenging-- when do you do it?
And with freedom, the unwinding brings its illusions.
Winning and losing are All-American games and in the unwinding , winners win bigger than ever, floating away like
As these obscure Americans find their way in the unwinding , they pass alongside new monuments where the old institutions once stood.
Or do you think it's part of the unwinding 's emphasis on personal choice and personal freedom?
And that was the beginning of my thinking about "The Unwinding ."
And with freedom, the unwinding brings its illusions, for all these pursuits are as fragile as thought balloons popping against circumstances.
As these obscure Americans find their way in the unwinding , they pass alongside new monuments where the old institutions one stood, the outsized lives of their most
It's kind of like a picture of the unwinding , like no one is talking to each other, no one is looking at each other.
Like any great change, the unwinding began at countless times, in countless ways.
Like any great change, the unwinding began at countless times, in countless ways, and at some moment, the country-- always the same country--
I think the best point of comparison is Europe where there have been unwindings across the continent,
In your introduction, you talk about the unwinding and subsequent renewals throughout American history.
And then, two books, "The Unwinding " and "This Town" together.
We're very pleased to welcome George Packer here today to talk about his new book, "The Unwinding ."
I'm going to talk a bit about "The Unwinding : An Inner History of the New America," and read a bit from it.
I think what you're pointing to is the fact that two seemingly contradictory things have been happening over the course of the period in the unwinding .
Can you talk a bit about how you feel, if any, Silicon Valley has contributed to the unwinding at all?