Steve,
For several years I subscribed to Civil Horizon, a blog b
y Mark Johnston. He is a very thoughtful free-market thinker and I (o
f course) enjoyed his perspective. He wrote on a number of topics fro
m politics, business, growing older, athletics (he rowed at Princeton and r
ode a bike from coast-to-coast), among other topics.
He stoppe
d publishing Civil Horizon in late 2021, much to my chagrin. He has k
ept me and about 60 others on an email chain. His latest missive came
this week and it made me think he would be a fascinating speaker for LSDM.
After a few email exchanges, he has agreed to address us if w
e would like him to do so. I explained LSDM and the typical participa
nt to him. Given the wide range of his Civil Horizon topics, I asked
him if he had one that might appeal to our cohort. He suggested the f
ollowing:
Following a brief biographical sketch (college, law
school while working, 13 years at big banks, 5 years as a founder of a brok
er/dealer, 17 building a private conglomerate as #2 and a host of education
al and philanthropic endeavors), some observations on changes in our cultur
e specifically the differences in outlook between our generation and today&
rsquo;s youth. He promises not to launch a kids-these-days rant, but
look instead to some of the antecedent causes.
He is available
next week or the week of 2/28 or later. Can you please suggest a day
or two. I think this might be pretty thought provoking stuff.
&nb
sp;
Jack Rubin
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