The Endarkenment article by Gurri was very good, but he stood short of the full solution, primarily because he is not there himself. He says that we need not re-embrace religion in order to fill the hole (because he hasn’t) but then he just waves his hands and says we might come up with something. But the source of the problem is the decline in religious faith and only a revival of such can alleviate it. Otherwise a good analysis. The internet was the catalyst for what had already happened in our culture but which hadn’t become entirely apparent. We are living in the aftermath of a deep hollowing-out, and out-of-wedlock births and decline in religious faith are two major symptoms and causes of the hollowing-out.
The Endarkenment article by Gurri was very good, but he stood short of the full solution, primarily because he is not there himself. He says that we need not re-embrace religion in order to fill the hole (because he hasn’t) but then he just waves his hands and says we might come up with something. But the source of the problem is the decline in religious faith and only a revival of such can alleviate it. Otherwise a good analysis. The internet was the catalyst for what had already happened in our culture but which hadn’t become entirely apparent. We are living in the aftermath of a deep hollowing-out, and out-of-wedlock births and decline in religious faith are two major symptoms and causes of the hollowing-out.
"Aftermath of a deep hollowing-out." Well put and spot on.