
The Relationalist Manifesto

David Brooks • The Relationalist Manifesto
David Brooks • The Relationalist Manifesto
David Brooks • The Relationalist Manifesto
David Brooks • The Relationalist Manifesto
David Brooks • The Relationalist Manifesto
- A good society is like a dense jungle. There are vines and intertwining branches. There are enmeshed root systems and connections across the canopy. There are monkeys playing at the treetops, the butterflies darting below. Every creature has a place in the great ecosystem. There is a gorgeous diversity and beauty and vitality.
- A good person leading
David Brooks • The Relationalist Manifesto
David Brooks • The Relationalist Manifesto
- Relationships do not scale. They have to be built one at a time, through patience and forbearance. But norms do scale. When people in a community cultivate caring relationships, and do so repeatedly in a way that gets communicated to others, then norms are established. Trustworthy action is admired; empathy is celebrated. Cruelty is punished and os