by Robert D. Putnam
Other reviewers have expressed it more eloquently, but it's not a very good book. It's a magazine trend piece about how the US is going to hell in a handbasket these days because no one belongs to bowling leagues anymore. Because a single correlation must equal causation, right? Idiot.
If you believe Snapchat and Twitter have satisfied humanity’s need for community, then Bowling Alone’s not for you.If, on the other hand, recent events have made you wonder how Americans can be so well connected and so bitterly divided, then you might want to have a look.This book is not perfect. I...