there's kind of this individualistic troubled way to think about it is to say, white people are leaving and that's what's causing the cities to go down. if white people had stayed, the cities wouldn't be suffering these social calamities. again, when you take structure into consideration, when you ask questions about the structures that have a history of causing problems in the cities, the simple fact of white people leaving doesn't explain what caused the crisis. also, just by saying, well, white people left the cities, it leaves it as an indu

there's kind of this individualistic troubled way to think about it is to say, white people are leaving and that's what's causing the cities to go down. if white people had stayed, the cities wouldn't be suffering these social calamities. again, when you take structure into considerati,

willing to take ernest on, and the decision is basically too prominent a figure, too much of an individualist, we can't have him here. they look at special intelligence, which is the espionage side of the house, running agents. how they look at morale obligations, which is black propaganda. nobody thinks they want this 45-year-old out on a battlefield doing tactical intelligence. they don't even look at that. and they send a cable back to joyce saying thank for the idea. this is a nonstarter. we're not going to sign ernest up for the oss. probably a good call, ernest had mixed feelings about the oss. he loved some of the guys. he loved joyce. he loved what bumbi did in the oss. but he was really critical of anybody -- 9/11 the oss, which is the haven of free thinkers in the american war effort. even in the oss, there's still a lot of conventional bureaucracy and government behavior, and this just drives ernest crazy and he writes a letter after the war, he says yeah, there were some great people in oss, but there was also a lot of chicken dot, dot, dot in oss. so ernest does not have an offic

i think it's to individualistic, but, sure, the idea of value-based insurance design is a sound one and it's being tried but won't be tried in the medicare program. providers, driving a lot of things. great to see this group of specialty societies recently put out under the banner choosing wisely, a list of things that they strongly urge their practitioners to reconsider, whether they were in need to do those things. that's a good idea. new business structures that provide real financial incentives for physicians to rethink their style of practice. that makes a lot of sense, if we could find the right kinds of structures. i don't think we found them yet. what about consumers? in the end, once a consumer, it's a patient. i'm a consumer. and if i could find the right thing for me today, i'd go out and buy it and i'd be paying for it with my own money, chances are, and be delighted to do it. so what i'd like to know, what all consumers would like to know, no just what is it going to cost me? a question barely answered today, but also what, how is it likely to affect me? and that's really h

and there's been more than one person that's wrestled with a capitalist, individualist, materialist society, and we all enjoy some of the good things, living in a society like this. but, if you are such - if you are a person that is - has that religious spark we've talked about, who's really on a religious quest, who really puts spirituality first, then where do you go with your christianity? where do you go with your doctrinal interpretation of the life and teaching of jesus? and to use our analogy here, where does your belief move you ethically in terms of your behavior towards your fellow human beings out into society? and if society does not then measure up, what do you do? do you try to fix society? which jim jones certainly tried to do, and during the heyday of the mid seventies, or early seventies in san francisco, jones was even appointed to a position on the housing authority, i believe, by mayor george moscone - i think he was the one that was later assassinated by harvey milk, if i'm not mistaken. but in any event, jones had risen up to a position of respect in that very liberal

but i don't think you've had them this firmly on a radically individualistic side before.s why it makes this election such a fundamental choice. >> e.j., you write in a way, and you embody in your life as a public intellectual, this idea of mutual respect among people who disagree. and you write a lot about your administration for conservative thought in this book. and part of your prescription is that we need to respect balance and seek it. if you are seeking balance, how do you do that with people who reject balance out of hand? how do you start the conversation here? i know you believe that we can. i'm more skeptical. >> well, i am skeptical of doing business right now with folks who reject balance. i mean, the fact of the matter is that for the moment, it's progressives who are the moderates, because we are not out there saying, we want total state ownership of the economy. we're not out there saying, we reject individual liberty as a concept. we're arguing that if you look at the new deal, franklin roosevelt talked all the time about balance. he didn't reck capitalism

we have this rugged individualists that pervades our culture we don't like it when people tell us whatme traction in the face to dealing with the problem tell people that hate, these scientists and people want to multipass carbon emissions limits are trying to take away your personal freedom. that has resonance, even though it argued that we submit the climate changes the team team if we stay in the course if we stand the course rerun will have if we stand the course rerun will have because we'll lose food and water resources. but the national security threats that arise because because we'll lose food and water resources. but the national security threats that arise because of climate change. the very real ways our freedom, liberty will be threat by the impact of climate change. but i think that argument is that resonates with people in the u.s. it's different in canada and it's interesting. the same tactics are being used with our neighbor to the north. they are meeting fierce resistance. when you talk to the indian people, their outreach to what has happened at what their prime mini

and australia, we have this rugged individualist ethos in our culture, and we don't like to be told what to do, and dealing with the problem tell people that, hey, scientists and people who want to pass carbon limits are trying to take your personal freedom. that has resonance, although i think it's opposite. if we stay on the course we're on, there's less freedom. there's food and water threats, national secret threats rise. in a way, our liberty is threatened by the impacts of climate change. that has resonance with people in the u.s.. it's difference in canada. the same tactics are used now with our, you know, our neighbor to the north, they meeting fierce resistance, and we talked to the people, and they are outraged at what's happening with what the prime minister is doing. there's no need for these actions at all, but they do have control of the government right now, so it will be interesting how that plays out in the next election. i know the people that i've met just -- and i literally happened to come across, and maybe i just, you know, i'm not talking to the right people, of co

chairman, the largest date in the americas, alaska, the great nation of alaska, home of rugged individualists and home of the did dividend -- owned by the people cast our vote, one for gary johnson and one for lee wrights. >> the great state of arkansas, where the libertarian party, for the first time in arkansas history, will have full ballot access. [applause] cast its votes as follows -- for votes, gary johnson, one vote lee wrights. >> mr. chairman, the great state of arizona, beautiful land of desert, pine covered mounds, and the grand canyon, where we are celebrating our centennial anniversary as a state and where we find the work -- the most notorious politicians, which proudly cast our votes as follows. 11 for gary johnson, 94 lee wrights, and one for -- 94 --9 for lee wrights. >> for california, land of zero entrepreneurs and risk takers -- land of on to vendors and risk on trooperland of onto norri norent --repreneurs and risk takers passed the following boats, gary johnson 68, and lee wrights, 18. thank you. >> mr. chairman, the great state of colorado, the centennial state, the bi

the kind of atomistic, individualistic story that we like to tell ourselves in american life as a matter of character is, hey, as long as i'm not actively harming somebody else, actively screwing over somebody else, i should be able to do whatever the heck i want. back off. don't tread on me. society becomes how you behave is a different way of looking at the world. it's looking at the world not as atomized and disconnected, but looking at the world as ecosystemmic, deeply entwined. and so when i am courteous, society becomes courteous. when i am civil, society becomes civil. when i am compassionate, society becomes compassionate. i'll use an example that i think all of you can relate to. i saw a billboard not long ago. i don't think it was in l.a., but it was a billboard by this completely still highway, nothing was moving. and it said you're not stuck in traffic, you are traffic. [laughter] you laugh ruefully here in los angeles -- [laughter] but it's true, you are traffic, right? so you're not stuck in broken politics, you are broken politics. you're not stuff in a winner-takes-all ma

they're not becoming western, not becoming individualistic in a western way.y still are profoundly chinese, profoundly tied to the family and the obligations to society. >> and they like it that way. >> well, there's a tension. they like it but on the other hand it's limiting. they don't want to rebel, but they accept it. this is natural for them. >> they're told to like it that way, too. that all falls in line, correct? >> the basic unit of chinese society still isn't the individual, it's the family. so, if you cross the red line of rebellion, you become an outcast. have you no choice not to accept it. that's just the way it is. it's been that way for thousands of years and it will stay that way in the future. >> you say that understanding chinese consumer culture is a good starting point to understand the nation. what do we learn by understanding their consumer culture, about them, the people? >> the role that plays in consumers' lives is to resolve a tension between on the one hand regimentation, structure, hierarchy, but on the other hand standing out, mov

they tend to be more autonomous, individualistic, and more selfish, which shows that rich people are more likely to cut others off in traffic. money does all sorts of things. it is not all bad. money and class are hugely important for understanding reality or it thank you. and thank you all. [applause] [applause] [applause][inaudible conversati] [inaudible conversations] >> for more information, visit the authors website. people.virginia.edu. local oklahoma author bob burke tells us about the book writing process now from oklahoma city. >> when i wake up in the morning, because i am an old farm boy, i'm ready to go. i don't want to lay around in the bed and do nothing. i immediately get up. i can get out of my house in 19 minutes. freshly shaven and freshly showered. i want to come to the office. it is usually in the shower in the morning, when i know that i want to spend three hours writing, i developed the title to the next chapter. that is something i do in the shower. rather than singing, because i do so very badly, i come up with a title for the next chapter. i try to write one

i consider myself conservative individualist. i think it is important to talk about the importance of community. i would encourage young people to save as well. i do not think it is a problem. likely we are not saving enough. i do not see that as a problem. certainly we have to think about community as well. host: he asks about the future. guest: i think is likely in the future most journalists will start out as bloggers. if you are a young entrepreneurial person, there are a couple of different paths. outlets are closing down. if you are a young person and want to be a journalist, you could try to get a job at the new york times or washington post and work your way at or you could start your own blog. i have an internet just started for me. the way he got the internship was by criticizing the -- me. i wrote something about the nebraska senate race a couple of weeks ago. he wrote me criticizing me in a respectful way. he used twitter to contact me. the next thing you know, he is now helping us out. it is the start of a great jour