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Keynote Speaker: David Brooks, The New York TimesRespondents: Alex Sink, Chief Financial Officer, State of Florida; Steven Reinemund, former chairman of the board and CEO of PepsiCo.

"I wrote this book not sure I could follow the road to character, but I wanted at least to know what the road looks like and how other people have trodden it.

A practical, heartfelt guide to the art of truly knowing another person in order to foster deeper connections at home, at work, and throughout our lives-from the author of The Road to Character and The Second Mountain

With unequaled insight and brio, David Brooks, the New York Times columnist and best-selling author of Bobos in Paradise, has long explored and explained the way we live.

David Brooks talked about his yearly “Sidney” awards, which recognize his favorite magazine articles and essays over the course of the year.

But now the bohemian and the bourgeois are all mixed up, as David Brooks explains in this brilliant description of upscale culture in America.

New York Times columnist David Brooks speaks at the 2011 TED conference about some of the ideas in his latest book The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement.

Has the two-party system in America created a toxic dynamic where the most extreme members of each political party can no longer work together?

David Brooks, a New York Times Op-Ed columnist and a commentator on "The PBS Newshour," talked about his life and career. He also responded to telephone calls and electronic communications.

Everybody tells you to live for a cause larger than yourself, but how exactly do you do it? The best-selling author of The Road to Character explores what it takes to lead a meaningful life in a self-centered world.