Why We Hate Us: American Discontent in the New Millennium

I agreed way too much with this author. And would get so mad at times, while reading this book, I would have to put it down for a couple days to regain emotional balance. But I still consider it a great read.

Dick Meyer first outlines a very long list of things and people who are the causes of our irritation disillusionment and anxiety. This is a very long read and many things may not be very surprising, but it is a rather comprehensive summary. He then goes on to propose solutions to fixing or problems, such as authenticity, and also pluralism in other words getting out head out of your ass and...more

Dick Meyer first outlines a very long list of things and people who are the causes of our irritation disillusionment and anxiety. This is a very long read and many things may not be very surprising, but it is a rather comprehensive summary. He then goes on to propose solutions to fixing or problems, such as authenticity, and also pluralism in other words getting out head out of your ass and learning to respect other people, their views opinions and gasp even religious beliefs. This is a great read even if it doesn;t really break any new ground.   hide

Clever, thought-provoking, and fairly optimistic~ for the most part, I feel like the author just gave voice to many of the frustrating things about our modern culture while encouraging a bit of a vague solution. But then again, isn't the solution ours to uncover anyway?

This book was assigned for class. Come to find out, it was great.

Everyone should read this book.

Interesting read, well-researched, with a lot of other authors one should read. Not sure if he comes to the right solutions or not, though he documents the problems very well.

Bought at the airport. Easy read. Interesting.

Interesting perspective.

This book describes the current human condition (U.S. in the millenium) so perfectly. It's straight and honest. Though there are no easy solutions laid-out, in the last chapter the author challenges us to live more authentically, thoughtfully, and unselfishly - so that we may hate us less.