Jim Brumm: Long-Term Thinking for a Short-Sighted World

We worship individualism in our society. This emphasis on the individual has caused many of us to insulate ourselves from each other and created a loss of community. America has long promoted the belief/myth that “anyone who works hard can pull themselves up by the bootstraps” and achieve success. There is some truth to this, of course, but over time it has fostered an economic model that emphasizes “looking out for number one.”