What Do You Call a World That Can't Learn From Itself?

Why Don't Americans Understand How Poor Their Lives Are?

Whenever I go back and forth between Europe and the States, a curious set of facts strikes me.

In London, Paris, Berlin, I would — before the pandemic — hop on the train, head to the cafe (it’s the afternoon, and nobody’s gotten to work until 9am, and even then, maybe not until 10), order a carefully made coffee and a newly baked croissant, do some writi…