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G.K. Chesterton's best book: Orthodoxy (1908) Here are its 10 best ideas: 1/ Love precedes lovability: "Men did not love Rome because she was great. She was great because they had loved her."

> humans suffer from a recurring problem > eureka! solution found > solution becomes a "tradition" > future generations dont have the problem > as they cant see the problem, they think the tradition is useless > tradition thrown away "muh efficiency" "muh progress" > problem back

When Experts Go Wrong🧵 In 1928, a professor wrote a parenting guide. It became a best-seller... THEN 3 of his own kids committed suicide Meet John Watson: the father of Behaviorism A story of scientific arrogance, the meaning of love, and one expert with blood on his hands👇🏻

This explains the decline of the Patriarchy.

Tradition must be promoted. It’s not just “what happens naturally”.

They removed the fences because there were no more wolf attacks…oops

Every so often, people get the clever idea to get rid of religion only to find out that it was a bulwark against something much worse.

Cyclical history comes for us all

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