listening to npr, a rebroadcast of an old radio show and the episode i heard was aired on v-j day and bing crosby was the host of the show and all the big stars were on. he got out and said we just won world war ii but i guess we're not proud. we're just glad we got through it. burgess meredith got out and read a passage from ernie powell war correspondent. we won this war with great soldiers and great allies. we have blood in material abundance. we didn't win it because we are anything special. we should just be glad of the peace. that tone of humility was so striking on the day they won world war ii that i get home and turn on the tv and watch football and a quarterback tackled a wide receiver and does this victory dance for his great achievement and it occurred to me i have seen greater self puffery after a two yard game and then after world war ii. this is a change in culture of self-effacing and, no one is better than me and i'm nowhere better than anyone else to a culture of self celebration. the polling data used to support this, my favorite one is seniors in 1950, are you a very important

bing crosby was the host. all of the big stars or on. he get out there and said, we just learned that we won world war two, but i guess we are not proud. we just feel humble. burgess meredith got out there and read a passage from a great war correspondent. we won this war because we have brave soldiers to emigrate allies, a material abundance. we did not win it because we are god's chosen people or anything special. we should just be glad and worthy of peace. that tone of humility was so striking to me. i get home and turn on the tv. i'm watching football. the quarterback tackles the wide receiver and does this victory dance to himself for his great achievement. occurred to me i had seen greater self puffery after a 2-yard gain than winning world war two. i do think that this is a change from a culture of self f basement, no one is better than me, i know better than anyone else, to a culture of self celebration. be polling data used to support this, my favorite one, gallup asked high-school seniors, are you a important person. 12 percent