The Hunger for Hope and a Positive Future

The past week I just spent in New York City launching my latest book, “America’s Golden Age.” I had a remarkable conversation about the future on The New York Sun’s “Sanity” podcast.Two weeks of interviewing with radio stations, TV networks, and podcasts around the country made it clear to me that there is a tremendous hunger for a positive, hopeful sense of a better future.When I joined Mark Levin on Fox News last Sunday night, two days before the book was officially released, we had an hour-long conversation about a better future. That night alone, 5,000 books were sold on Amazon. People are that eager for good news and hope.I have done more than two dozen radio interviews about the book so far. Repeatedly, the hosts focus on the optimism I write about in “America’s Golden Age.”I thought people would find the chapters on space, healthcare, artificial intelligence, next generation education, and other breakthroughs interesting. I did not count on the cumulative impact of these ideas — or how they would serve as an antidote to the grim, negative, nasty state of our press and politics.People are clearly tired of being drowned in attack ads. People are fed up with a news media which can spend a week driving a presidential press secretary out of office but doesn’t report on indications of a potential cure for Alzheimer’s — or the historic implications of Elon Musk’s Starship. The innovation is the largest rocket ever built will lift 100 people or 200 tons of cargo into orbit with every launch.All these discussions made me realize “America’s Golden Age” is a cultural rather than political book.I wrote two other books like this over the years. My first book was “Window of Opportunity,” which was published in 1984. That book was designed to influence President Reagan’s second term with a positive vision. We had great help from NASA and other institutions — and a lot of good information and proposals. Sadly, it made almost no impact on the risk- and idea-averse mid-level leaders in Reagan’s administration.Then, in 2003, I wrote “Saving Lives and Saving Money” with Anne Woodbury and Dana Pavey. It focused on rethinking the health system. We put saving lives first, because health is essentially a moral endeavor. First, you take care of patients, then you try to save money. It is immoral to put saving money first. Sadly, virtually every major new idea in that book is still relevant. The various power centers of the health system are too entrenched and good at protecting themselves from change.So, now I am making my third try at putting together the ideas which could create a better future and solve many of America’s problems.Based on the intensity and enthusiasm of the response in these opening days, I think the American people may be ready to break out of the pessimism and negativity and get back to the solution-oriented, pragmatic, entrepreneurial spirit of creating a better future.

The Hunger for Hope and a Positive Future

The Hunger for Hope and a Positive Future

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