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Breakout: Pioneers of the Future, Prison Guards of the Past, and the Epic Battle That Will Decide America's Fate by [Newt Gingrich]

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It is not between the Left and the Right, but between the past and the future.

America is on the edge of a breakout. In fact, we are poised for one of the most spectacular leaps in human well-being in history. Pioneers of the future—innovators and entrepreneurs—are achieving breakthroughs in medicine, transportation, energy, education, and other fields that will make the world a dramatically different and better place.

Unless the “prison guards” of the past stop them. Every American must choose a side. Will you be a champion of the future or a prisoner of the past?

Every potential breakthrough has to get past a host of individuals and institutions whose power and comfort depend on the status quo. These prison guards of the past will strangle every innovation that threatens to change the way things have always been done—if we let them.

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In Breakout you’ll learn:

Why environmental extremists cling to the myth of “peak oil,” and how the fracking revolution is about to make America the world’s leading oil producer
How personalized healthcare—radically individualized treatments made possible by advances in genetics—and regenerative medicine could wipe out our most feared diseases, and why they’re on a collision course with Obamacare
How self-driving cars are on the verge of making traffic jams—and traffic deaths—a thing of the past, unless regulators wreck them before they leave the lot
Why a one-size-fits-all education will become a historical curiosity, unless the teachers’ unions and professional academicians succeed in preserving the current dysfunctional systems
How NASA—once the repository of American dreams of the future—became a textbook case of death by bureaucracy
Americans don’t have to settle for a shrunken future. We can escape from the prison of the past into a future of undreamed of opportunity and abundance. All we need is the courage to break out.

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In Breakout you'll learn:

Why environmental extremists cling to the myth of "peak oil," and how the fracking revolution is about to make America the world's leading oil producer
How personalized healthcare--radically individualized treatments made possible by advances in genetics--and regenerative medicine could wipe out our most feared diseases, and why they're on a collision course with Obamacare
How self-driving cars are on the verge of making traffic jams--and traffic deaths--a thing of the past, unless regulators wreck them before they leave the lot
Why a one-size-fits-all education will become a historical curiosity, unless the teachers' unions and professional academicians succeed in preserving the current dysfunctional systems
How NASA--once the repository of American dreams of the future--became a textbook case of death by bureaucracy
Americans don't have to settle for a shrunken future. We can escape from the prison of the past into a future of undreamed of opportunity and abundance. All we need is the courage to break out.

--This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00EGWEXKQ
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Regnery Publishing; Reprint edition (November 4, 2013)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 4, 2013
Language ‏ : ‎ English
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Wayne Lundberg

Newt's attack on todays Luddites is a strong shot of hope.

Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2013

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The awesome power of the amygdala (reptilian brain) is the true villain in this story of humanity's progress toward some kind of heaven on earth. This little brain is the gate-keeper of all our experiences which make up our belief system... from early brainwashing of children to post adulthood and explains why some people will never become Democrats if they lived in a world of Republicans.

Newt shows us just how difficult, yet just how rewarding it can be to challenge the status quo. When James Watt improved steam engine technology to the point where you could put an engine on wheels and create the railroad, or steamboat, or looms, we see the first real revolution and openly hostile reluctance to change. Think Luddite.

The cultural lie that 'necessity is the mother of invention' has been put down quite nicely in Newt's book. There are just too many innovations that started simply as an idea in somebody's head who had the temerity to ignore naysayers and just do it. Edison and the light bulb.

Then there are those innovations which started as simple experiments to see if the idea might work... commercialising the idea most often came later, as we see with the Wright Brother's airplane. After all, nobody was standing around waiting to buy a ticket to fly somewhere. And everybody was quite happly burning kerosente in lamp or using candles for light.

As I was reading the book I turned on the TV to relax my eyes for a while and Stossel was on, showing how some millions of rules and regulations are killing the goose that up to now, has been routinely laying golden eggs. Why the green revolution seems to be dominated by people who might do better in an asylum. I fought off depression as Newt dug into the Khan Academy's pure effort to be a contributing force to improve our education by providing a better alternative, and how teachers and teacher union are ganging up to prevent the concept from spreading.

Newt's book is mostly upbeat and inspiring, tackling the 'prison guards' with a bit of logic, something unheard of in the liberal, collectivist mindset.

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VAMom

An optimistic great read about America's future

Reviewed in the United States on November 6, 2013

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This book is optimistic and real. And you won’t be able to put it down, no matter your personal politics.

Newt Gingrich may have written his best book to date. I was immediately moved by the number of stories of real people, folks like you and me, who saw a need, took a risk, and overcame naysayers who said it couldn’t be done (and did something spectacular with immense meaning and incredible outcomes). Despite the serious issues America faces, Gingrich provides facts and examples of how America can continue to triumph over the challenges it faces in a compassionate and thoughtful way.

Throughout the book, the former Speaker reminds us of the need to limit the power of government. But the thought is not strident or partisan. Rather, I think it is meant to remind us that government (at any level) is not nimble and benefits those interests of the status quo either frightened by change or hostile to it because of the uncertainty in brings.

BREAKOUT continues to demonstrate the powerful vision Mr. Gingrich has for finding real solutions to America’s problems. Beyond that, it is a great read.

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Eugene Kasper

Proven concepts that propose a better life for all

Reviewed in the United States on December 1, 2013

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This is a common sense book. In my view it is about having sensible and prudent policies that allow innovation to take place without the collectivist mentality of control that is harming our families. What Newt points out is our government and many large businesses restrict prosperity by limiting innovation and therefore economic growth and our health. No where does New propose to rape the natural environment as stated in other reviews. In fact he promotes better conservation using innovation.

Why can't we save 40,000 lives lost to traffic deaths a year with more intelligence in our cars and roadways? We have known this to be a possibility since the mid-1980s. Why not save wasted gasoline with better controlled cars and highways? Why not have energy independence? Why not support the middle class with $2.00 gasoline, less electrical costs and inexpensive education? Why not allow people to choose medicines if they understand the risks? Why not be for more prosperity and a better quality of life for most people? The objections to these propositions that are reasonable and obtainable is interesting but ridiculous.

Great book that everyone should read. The solutions are there and they are clear – so let's get going and do it. Better health, more prosperity, better environment, longer life – why do so many object to that?

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willdam32

Every American should read this book.

Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 2013

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This is an analysis of current conditions in American life which limit our prospects for the future or even the survival of our way of life. Newt believes that America is on the brink of astonishing progress -- breakouts -- in many fields of endeavor, but vested interests are fighting progress and blocking it. He describes breakouts that happened in the past, such as the steam engine, the automobile, the internet, and how they came into being despite the efforts of the protectors of the status quo. He talks of potential improvements in medicine, transportation, learning, energy production, and other areas which could make enormous improvements in our lives. He proposes reforms in our prison system, our government, and our health care and cites examples of how those reforms have been tried and found to work.

He points out that the new is always fiercely resisted by the old, and talks about how "the prison guards of the past" do their best to block progress.

I've followed Newt Gingrich and I know he has been studying these topics for many years. He and co-author Ross Worthington have written an excellent book. I have been very pessimistic about the future. This book gives me a bit of hope.
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MrE

A big eye-opener into the problems Americas faces and how the Establishment has become the roadblock to reform!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 8, 2016

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Newt Gingrich was Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives during Bill Clinton's time in office, seen as a very successful leader, he helped turn America around at a time when it wasn't doing so well. If you have never listened to him speak then you are missing out and i suggest you search for his speeches on YouTube, often he is very plain spoken and will tell you very frankly what the problem is on a particular subject and suggest many ways in which to solve it. He is a big ideas man and thinks about bold and dynamic solutions. Essentially he thinks outside of the box and uses lots of common sense in the process.

This book offers a huge insight into his thinking around many different areas of American society, he talks about the root causes to several problems and offers solutions using real world examples where those solutions have already been tested elsewhere and have worked. The book is called "breakout" because as he suggests, America has to break free from the shackles of the "prison guards" that are holding America hostage in so many different areas. Education and Healthcare being just two of the major topics that he discusses.

Newt has a great way with words and has written this book in a manner that makes the book flow which in turn makes it a joy to read. Very factual and insightful, this book will definitely be an eye opener although it's not a political book, rather a frank assessment of how politics can get in the way of progress and how the elites or establishment in each field fear real change.

I enjoyed reading this and would recommend it to anyone who wants to learn about the real problems facing America in the 21st Century, Newt doesn't drone on, he gets to the point and explains it and then will move onto something else, definitely not a dull read!

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