How we got here
by David Frum · first published 1999
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The author presents his views that the decade of the 1970s̕ created modern American culture and changed the American personality.
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FWIW I read most of How We Got Here book last year after having it in my reading list for something like 15 years :-/ Somehow it popped up after all that time. I thought it was a great concept for a book, and the author has a unique viewpoint…
on “Ask HN: What are the best unknown books you have read?” ↗How We Got Here: A Slightly Irreverent History of Technology and Markets
on “Ask HN: Good Books on the History of Technology?” ↗