America, 1926: What a Forgotten 100-Year-Old Report Says About Who We Are
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Derek Thompson examined a report from nineteen twenty-six — a hundred-year-old snapshot of American life — to explore what it reveals about who we are today. According to Thompson, the findings highlight surprising patterns: the ways American ambition, contradictions, and cultural preoccupations have persisted and evolved over a century. What does a forgotten report from the Jazz Age tell us about ourselves now?
Source: https://www.derekthompson.org/p/america-1926-an-absurdly-...
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