The modern world. What i found even more telling was how things are invented. How invention itself is encouraged and nurtured. At least how it has been encouraged and nurtured in this country in the past. Its easy to say, as i do in my book, that we are a nation of tinkerers. We americans like to think of ourselves as natural adventurers, risktakers, entrepreneurs. But what does that mean exactly. . I am a believer in american exceptionalism. But as marines like to say, it has to be earned, never given. How did we earn it . How did we do what we did and . And how could we get back to doing it right . As the first nation to exist wholly in the modern age, United States has also insisted when timeed wholly in that making things when we were extracting them from the earth. We invented almost everything about america. We have constantly reinvented almost everything as we deemed it necessary, including our institutions, our customs, our laws. Above all, our definition of who is american and
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Are watching American History tv, all weekend every weekend on American History tv. Tv,ext on American History novelist and historian kevin baker discusses his book, america the genius how a generation of tinkerers changed the world. At an event in cape cod, mr. Baker describes what he thinks are key factors in the nations innovative spirit. Guestant to thank our tonight. Kevin baker has written several your, at you are still in but also was raised in rockport, massachusetts. He has experienced being a massachusetts person. Tonight,ing forward to keeping an ion the weather, but please welcome kevin baker. Mark, for having me. Great to be on the cape, if only virtually. Hoped to be there, but i am going to have to make do. Talk to you about america the ingenious, this book i wrote. The best thing about writing books is that hopefully, you learn something. I learned a great deal writing this. Americansory of how invented, developed or learned to exploit so many innovations that would sha
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