Robert Putnam and Shaylyn Romney Garrett on, The Upswing: How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again
<p><strong>America is more technologically connected than at any point in history. Yet, social capital seems to be in decline,</strong> political divisions run deep, communities are crumbling, and the country appears to be more narcissistic and fragmented than ever before. <a href="http://robertdputnam.com/">Robert Putnam</a>, the Malkin Research Professor of Public Policy at Harvard University and author of<a href="http://bowlingalone.com/"> Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community</a>, and <a href="https://shaylynromneygarrett.com/about/">Shaylyn Romney Garrett,</a> writer and founding contributor to <a href="http://v">Weave: The Social Fabric Project</a> are co-authors of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Upswing-America-Together-Century-Again/dp/198212914X.">The Upswing: How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again</a>. Today with Boyd they discuss if <a href="https://www.deseret.com/opinion/2021/1/7/22219266/capitol-riot-protest-trump-mike-pence-electoral-college-vote-certification">the answer to what ails society is found in the “We” of “We the people</a>,” on this episode of "<a href="https://pages.deseret.com/therefore-what">Therefore, What?</a>”</p>
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