I think we've come a long way since then. At that point, it was like, hmm, I mean, Dan Rather can make a mistake. And I think New York Times says the tone for American journalism and everybody follows suit. But in his book A Time to Build, which is ironically titled relative to your book, which is your books about the urge of the public to tear down institutions. You know, eventually get to the idea of what we might do about the world we're living in if we have time.
Author Martin Gurri, Visiting Fellow at George Mason University's Mercatus Center, talks about his book The Revolt of the Public with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Gurri argues that a digital tsunami--the increase in information that the web provides--has destabilized authority and many institutions. He talks about the amorphous nature of recent populist protest movements around the world and where we might be headed politically and culturally.