Is It Time for Old School?
We are at a crossroads.
“How did you go bankrupt?”
“Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.”
- Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises
That’s a good observation to keep in mind about societal changes. They seem to arrive abruptly but, in their aftermath, people can find stages and signals that were unnoticed or dismissed.
The observation also fits nicely with G.K. Chesterton’s warning th…