Against Human Flourishing?
A few notes about a difficult essay
Modernity
How to Rebel Against the New Barbarism
We might be entering a new Middle Ages. The Middle Ages were a contest between the Catholic Church and barbarism. The Church won. That's not what's happening in the new Middle Ages. Here's how to deal with the new barbarism.
Russian mystic and philosopher
The Grid-less Vacation
Power Down Week is April 21-27, 2024
Science and Magic . . . And Math
This is a great historical tie into Part II of Existence Strikes Back and its observation that modernity's momentum began to build in the 13th century, as Western civilization's capacity for control increased. Magic and science were twins in the cradle of modernity. This essay points
Hanging Out is a Rebuke to the Left Hemisphere
America has a crisis: Young people aren't wasting enough time with one another. The result? Depression, suicide, and general malaise are up. Happiness is down.
I've long chided my kids, especially my daughters, for making "hanging out" a priority. In my left-hemispheric world, hanging
Urban Planning v. Organic Cities
Anthony Eagan at City Journal
Clearing Ground
Adam Smith at Front Porch Republic
Paragraph 7 of This Newman Sermon is Stunning (Plus a Thomas Sowell Kicker)
"Sermon 13: Implicit and Explicit Reason"
How Mathematics Built the Modern World
Bo Malmberg & Hannes Malmberg at Works in Process
Motorized Ox-Carts
Peter Hitchens at The Lamp