The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway
00:53:36 · Scott Galloway, David Brooks
[00:53:36] S0: That's a pretty big ask. Yeah. Alright. Well, we'll stop. And then, you you talked about finding your purpose. Last question. What is David Brooks' purpose? [00:53:46] S2: Oh, my purpose now is to, you know, there's a concept I figured who came up with it called the lake. We all pour into the lake. The lake is the our conversations. And we all are little tributaries pouring into the lake. And we learn, we listen, we listen to your podcasts, and we we learn, and we improve our lives just because we were... We're all learning from each other. And so part of my job is just to pour into the lake like everybody's job. But I think my my two core missions, if I have to ask, first is to try to defend a political ideology, belief system, this conservatism of Alexander Hamilton. I try to embody that. Second, I try to embody as just a civil way of being in the world. And third, I think American society is, as you can tell from my conversation in the last forty five minutes, is overpoliticized and undermoralized. I think we think too much about politics and too little about our moral and relational growth. And so I try to write books that are sort of about that, giving people tips and pointers of how to be better friends, how to be better listeners, how to be better conversationalists. And I think it's in those minute interactions of life that really the health of society is determined.
00:54:53 · Scott Galloway, David Brooks
[00:54:53] S0: David Brooks is one of the nation's leading writers and commentators. He is an op ed columnist for The New York Times and a writer for The Atlantic. He is the bestselling author of The Second Mountain, The Road to Character, The Social Animal, Bobo's in Paradise, and On Paradise Drive. He joins us from Washington, DC. David, I've admired you for so long, from afar. I feel as if I know you and I realize we've never met in person. And you bring this peanut butter and chocolate combination of your commentary as puncturing, unafraid, analytical, very strong, but you always feel like at the end of the day, you're a gentle soul. I think you're a wonderful role model for young men and really appreciate your contribution, not only to your domain, but just to to larger society. It was a real pleasure to meet you, and I appreciate your time. [00:55:41] S2: Thank you. I'm... I've always... I've been a fan of yours and a huge honor to be on this on this podcast, so I I really appreciate the invitation.