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    Cover of How we got here

    How we got here

    David Frum · 1999

    The author presents his views that the decade of the 1970s̕ created modern American culture and changed the American personality.

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    1recommend
    2mentions
    2people
    2020–2023years
    50% recommend50% neutral

    Mentions per year

    2020202120222023

    What Hacker News says

    1. chubotJan 2020
      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 and knows his stuff, but it wasn't very well written. There seemed to be a lot of detail without defining terms, but it was also "breezy" and fast. Just my opinion.

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    2. machiawelicznyJul 2023
      How We Got Here: A Slightly Irreverent History of Technology and Markets
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