The Relevance of Reason: The Hard Facts and Real Data About the State of Current America (Society and Culture, Band 2) - Hardcover
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The Facts of the Matter Our country remains a remarkable, unparalleled, bountiful nation, but many Americans have become grumpy and entitled; mistrusting and cynical; exhausted and withdrawn. And certain aspects of American life have become both baffling and disappointing. There are many reasons for this, one being that we are a simply a large, diverse and complicated nation. Our citizens hold widely varying understandings about the nature and state of our country. Diluting both our sense of commonality and community, we hold widely varying perspectives due in large part to the reality that we have not had access to the facts. In one of the great paradoxes of modern life, in our Age of Information, facts are hard to find. This book about American society and culture and its companion book, The Relevance of Reason- Business and Politics are a humble response. We have tons of google-wiki information, about everything aspect of our American society and culture. However such information is too often scatter-presented with spin, bias and agenda, and the information is perceived through our own disparate filters such as those of age, gender, race, ethnicity, and experience. It is time for us to once again embrace our sense of perspective, our spirit, our confidence, and above all, our sense of humor. Standing on a solid foundation of education and experience, author Mack W. Borgen, presents fascinating, unvarnished data. He doesn't twist the facts, control the data, or push a position. Instead, he simply presents facts and data from a wide range of sources and allows us to determine what they mean. He suggests that having access to an objective and shared reality so that we can -- working together -- make a difference.For those who love facts, care about the truth, and understand the power and the relevance of reason, this book delivers unyielding encouragement and the raw materials for creating a better future for us all. Borgen's book is a treasure trove of solid, fun, and at times even fascinating information we, as a people, can put to good use.You are invited to also review Mack W. Borgen's companion book, The Relevance of Reason - Business and Politics.
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Mack W. Borgen was born in Kalispell, Montana. He was raised in the Pacific Northwest and then Chicago, Illinois. He graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with Honors in Economics (where he also delivered one of last university-wide commencement addresses) and, thereafter, from Harvard Law School. After serving for more than four years in the U.S. Army, he moved to Coastal Spain to write. After his stay in Europe he returned to the United States where he began a career simultaneously practicing business law and for years writing a private newsletter about various economic, political and social matters. Over the last five years he has devoted much of his time to the writing a series of books entitled The Chance of a Life - A Series of Books About the Patient Remaking of American Life. The Relevance of Reason - Business and Politics is the first book in this series. Its companion book, The Relevance of Reason - Society and Culture will be released in October, 2013. He lives with his wife and son in Santa Barbara, California and Bigfork, Montana.
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Facts Are (Too) Hard to Find. Our country remains both remarkable and unparalleled, but it is also large, complicated, and changing. Facts are hard to find, and the actual facts about who and how we are have become, for some, almost negotiable or irrelevant. Data is too often filtered. Facts are routinely presented with bias and agenda or perceived through densely shaded filters based on our age, gender, and experience. Exaggeration is rampant; misinformation is commonplace, and falsities and half-truths are, with tired resignation, both tolerated and even expected. This must change, and this book and its companion book, The Relevance of Reason Business and Politics, are humble responses because when it comes to seeking solutions, we need to return to reason and again embrace our sense of perspective. We need to regain our spirit, our confidence, and, at times, our sense of humor.Standing on a solid foundation of education and experience, author Mack W. Borgen removes the tint from our lenses and presents unvarnished data. He doesn't twist the facts, control the data, or push a position. Instead, he simply presents facts from a wide range of sources and allows us to determine what they mean. He suggests that having access to an objective and shared reality, makes it more possible for us to regain a sense of both community and commonality. Then we can -- working together -- make a difference.Borgen's approach begins by creating an analytical baseline that he calls Modern America; the country from 1957 to the present. He then focuses more specifically upon Current America; the country as it is today so that we can look with clear eyes at both where we were and where we are and so that we can see America in context and with perspective. In this book, Borgen presents fascinating facts about American society and culture. For example: Marriage Nearly 50% of all Americans are now unmarried more than double the 20% in 1950. Housing - 10% of all U.S. occupied homes are now in gated communities. Education The U.S. spends about 5.7% of its GDP on education, which places it 37th in the world slightly below Portugal and slightly above Mexico. Health and Medicine Graduates of foreign medical schools now account for more than 25% of all practicing U.S. physicians and a much higher percentage of primary care physicians. Culture The average age of the Rolling Stones is older than the average age of the Justices on the United States Supreme Court. Culture In 40 states an athletic coach is the highest paid public employee. Culture The U.S. is the only one of the 21 highly-developed countries which does not require employers to offer paid vacation time. Any one of these facts may at first seem to be independent from the others, or, on the surface, possibly just trivia. However, digging deeper and taken together, they start to paint a picture of where we are as a people and a nation.For those who love facts, care about the truth, and understand both the power and relevance of reason, this book delivers encouragement and materials for better understanding the nature and state of our Current America. Borgen's book is a treasure trove of solid information that we, as a people, can put to good use.
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