“The largest public gathering of centrist Democrats.”

WelcomeFest consisted of professional consultants telling politicians, ​“Don’t sound like you listen to consultants!”, followed by politicians saying ​“Ya know in my district there in the Midwest, I talk to regular folks, not consultants.”

Derek Thompson, coauthor of the new centrist Bible ​“Abundance,” jumped in with an inspiration. ​“Stories are for children,” he said, channeling the voice of a politician. ​“What Americans need is a plan.”

“I’m not a storyteller,” he declared, modeling a bold man of action. Then he pulled back from his speech, to pundit once again. ​“What I did there is also storytelling.”

This is how people sound when they’re just talking. Talking and talking, with nothing to say.

I always thought this book was more a techbro nazi utopia sort of bible.