Not much to look at but it is my cell!

Excellent perspective on “secondary orality” and the political consequences of relinquishing literacy (both elite and mass) without a major fight.

Absolute banger from Fr. Thomas Joseph White that is from a few years back but remains totally pertinent. The Metaphysics of Democracy firstthings.com/the-metaphysic…

Excited to dive into this. 👌🏾🤓

"What was initially sold as a world-changing technology, what has accounted for a great majority of American economic growth in the last year, is really nothing new at all. It’s yet another way to sell porn to an audience too desperate, too addicted, too dumb to refuse."

Great essay

It’s really refreshing for people to loudly call shenanigans on this entire thing

Woah. This is huge! Think about it… you could just replace teachers with software! Think of the savings! Think of how happy kids would be! Think of their exponential learning! Why hasn’t anyone thought of this before!!!

“Origen sees the safeguards for the unity and coherence of Christian speech as bound up with the life and example of the spiritual exegete... The unity of 'orthodoxy' for Origen is always precisely what is under construction in the work and the ascetic and spiritual witness of

We need an ex cathedra condemnation!

Let’s go

Müller is right about several points: liberalism is not the neutral arbiter it pretends to be; much American post-liberalism has indeed devolved into a theology-scented apology for an increasingly authoritarian, executive-centric politics; and the British, communitarian variant

2022

The real danger of “modern technology” is not its supposed power but the implicit metaphysics undergirding its development and use. It presumes that reality is flat, fully measurable, and finally exhaustible by calculation. Once being is reduced to what can be optimized,

This is a deeply poetic and well-done documentary about William Desmond, which really conveys the spirit of his philosophy! Do watch... youtu.be/9w2EmGpblLY

My favorites of 2025:

Brilliant reflection from RR Reno. As a mere historian I've discovered that 'thinking under obedience' quite often leads you into interesting insights denied to our liberal brethren. First Things What Does “Postliberalism” Mean? firstthings.com/what-does-post…

Actually, the very greatest psychologists did think it through. Their names are Plato, Aristotle. Augustine and Thomas Aquinas. And the answer has to do with the fact that what is most distinctive about us (our intellects and wills) transcends the body. Full story here:

This is the stupidest day in American history, a record that will be broken by every subsequent day in American history.