Disclosure: I helped organize this event at Cooper Union in NYC.<p>For those interested, Jeff Atwood (Stack Overflow/Discourse/Coding Horror) and Alexander Vindman (former NSC official) will be discussing the future of the American Dream. They'll explore how we might bridge our current divisiveness, which I'd say has been accelerated by technology.<p>The conversation happens in Cooper Union's historic Great Hall, where Lincoln delivered his "Right Makes Might" speech in 1860. They'll address what core values unify Americans today, how to rebuild a collective sense of purpose, and approaches to economic mobility in an era of inequality.<p>It's a free event on March 20th, but registration on EventBrite is required for in-person attendance (first-come-first-served).
I can't make it, but I'd be interested in a summary of the event afterwards.<p>> How do you make long-term structural change that creates opportunity for everyone? It is an incredibly complex problem. But if we focus our efforts in a particular area, I believe we can change a lot of things in this country. Maybe not everything, but something foundational to the next part of our history as a country: how to move beyond individual generosity and toward systems that create security, dignity, and possibility for all.<p>In general, if you're talking equal opportunity, I won't be hard to convince. If you're moving "beyond individual generosity" to a system which <i>forces</i> others to be "generous" (via taxation) in order to achieve equality of outcomes, I will be <i>very</i> hard to convince.
Related previous discussion of "Stay Gold": <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42620278">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42620278</a>