Alexander Vindman, retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel and former Director for European Affairs at the National Security Council, joins Jeff Atwood, software developer, writer, and co-founder of Stack Overflow and Discourse, to discuss concerns about the American Dream and propose a blueprint for its revival.  

Vindman's story, from Soviet refugee to the upper echelons of American national security, embodies the power and spirit of American opportunity. His defense of democratic principles offers unparalleled insight into our contemporary national challenges.  Atwood's pioneering work building digital communities based on American democratic principles connected millions worldwide. He provides a complementary perspective on what we can learn from self-governing online digital communities to create economic frameworks for a new era.  Together, they address three fundamental questions: 

• What core values unify Americans: what is the American Dream?
• What actions can resurrect our collective sense of purpose and possibility?
• How do we rebuild economic mobility in an age of widening inequality? 

Combining their personal stories of how they lived the American Dream, Vindman and Atwood construct a pragmatic, hopeful framework for national renewal – with specific remedies for reviving prosperity, security, and the social contract.

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