Raise the signol. Lower the noise.
Every generation inherits civilization. Our greatest responsibility is to understand it well enough to pass it on.
We inherit far more than technology. We inherit civilization itself. Unless we preserve the ideas and wisdom that built it, we risk losing far more than we realize.
Why the modern marketplace promises contentment but never quite delivers it.
By Sunday afternoon, the weekend is already slipping away and Monday is waiting just over the horizon. We tell ourselves that another raise, another vacation, another project, or another few million dollars will finally allow us to relax. But what if the thing we’re actually searching for was never available in the marketplace at all?
The internet promised safety through distance. Instead, it brought the crowd into our pockets.
We instinctively treat screens as barriers between ourselves and danger. But social media did not eliminate humiliation, tribalism, manipulation, envy, or mob behavior. It digitized and industrialized them. “Screen Protectors” explores why modern life feels psychologically louder, harsher, and more invasive despite our growing physical safety.
On religion, social order, language, family, and the fragile cultural norms that make free societies possible.
Constitutions and markets alone are not enough to sustain a civilization. Free societies also depend on shared norms, moral expectations, social trust, stable language, strong families, and citizens willing to practice self-restraint without being constantly forced to do so. Part II explores the cultural foundations that, in our view, hold republics together long after laws and institutions have been written.