E343: David Solbach - The 1960s Changed Human Consciousness: A Journey Through Revolution, Reinvention & Backlash

Learn More about David at: https://davidsolbachauthor.com/ SHOW NOTES 🎵 [1:28] Music was the first thing in the world: got a clarinet in second grade🌉 [4:18] Arrived in San Francisco in 1965: beats were old-fashioned, hippies arriving⚡ [6:32] The Cold War colored everything: ducking under desks for nuclear holocaust drills✍️ [7:48] Decided he was going to be a great novelist🚕 [12:41] Driving a taxi was a real education🎷 [15:13] Jazz taught him improvisation and also how to write🦠 [17:08] *In the Shadow of the Plague* – set in Oregon during COVID recovery🌳 [21:08] 10 square miles of forest land: either protect it or log it for family money📝 [22:46] A letter to his brother – beautiful reflection on the half-century his brother missed🌡️ [27:29] "We've totally given up on preventing climate change – now it's adapt to it"🌍 [30:00] His grandfathers grew up farming with horses and lived to see a man on the moon📰 [33:11] "We no longer agree on the facts – we've given up on reality"💡 [35:42] The 60s were a shift from salvation ethic to self-realization ethic⚔️ [39:52] The Civil War is still being fought – unresolved issues have resurfaced🌌 [45:41] There's a force that defies entropy – it's in all of us  Please leave a review or send us a Voice note letting us know what you enjoyed at:Back2Basics reconnecting to the essence of YOU (podpage.com)Follow us on IG and FB @Back2BasicsPodcast