https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/13/magazine/robert-putnam-interview.html
"More than two decades ago, Robert Putnam became something rare: a celebrity
academic. In 2000, he published a groundbreaking book, “Bowling Alone: The
Collapse and Revival of American Community,” in which he demonstrated, with
copious data, that America was transforming from a nation of joiners to a
nation of loners — we were going to church less, joining clubs less and, he
warned, losing trust in our fellow Americans and our institutions. But even
before the book reached shelves, Putnam’s work attracted widespread attention,
including from President Bill Clinton, who invited him to the White House. For
a moment it seemed as if those in power might work toward reversing the trends
Putnam warned about.
We all know how the story unfolded from there. Putnam, who has spent most of
his career as a political scientist at Harvard, is now 83. He has watched as
the nation has become more divided, more lonely and less confident about the
way forward. That’s why, when I heard about “Join or Die” — a new documentary
about Putnam and his work — I knew I wanted to talk to him about where American
community stands today."
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