On Paradise Drive: How We Live in the Future Tense

Author David Brooks spoke about the growth of suburbs in America and described the different suburban “zones” he discovered while researching his book, On Paradise Drive: How We Live Now (And Always Have) in the Future Tense, published by Simon and Schuster. In his book, he argued that because Americans were increasingly moving to suburban areas where, to a large extent, only like-minded individuals live, the country was becoming extremely divided. A reflection of this development, he said, could been seen in the rhetoric of the two major political parties in Washington. Mr. Brooks added that while the country was divided politically, there existed a common energy that continued to define us as Americans. Afterwards, Mr. Brooks took questions from members of the audience. close