# 2022 National Book Festival: Citizens Unite with Gal Beckerman and Kathryn Judge

These writers want to create tangible community in our rapidly changing public sphere. In "The Quiet Before," Gal Beckerman traces the origins of radical thought, arguing that today's social movements, often mobilized online, wither and burn out. In "Direct," Kathryn Judge investigates surprising ways that middlemen control our economy and argues for what she calls a return to "direct exchange." Moderated by Sewell Chan.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2022
- By: National Book Festival (u.s.)
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2024698240/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/loc/2024698240?play=1)