DAVID BROOKS AND ROMAN KRZNARIC IN CONVERSATION

In a rare visit to the UK, New York Times columnist and author of the bestselling The Social Animal David Brooks explores how to build a life worthy of a headstone rather than a CV.

From sport and government to leadership and parenting, we live in a goal-oriented, self-centred culture. ‘Big Me’ has flourished at the expense of meaningful relationships, collaboration, humility and self-mastery. How can we end this psychotic spiral and reconnect with one another?

In a rare visit to the UK, New York Times columnist and author of the bestselling The Social Animal David Brooks will reveal how to build a life to be proud of. Through the deeply moving life stories of remarkable figures including George Eliot and Dwight Eisenhower, whose drive for self-improvement led to extraordinary achievement, David will tell us how to bring purpose, service and selflessness into our inner lives and public culture alike. In this soul-searching, deeply honest entreaty, he will ask us to confront our own weaknesses – and his own – to reconnect with the now.

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