I really like the way you tie in culture and economics around the inflation theme. It comes on the same day that Mansour in his Abrahamic Critique talked about kitsch being what happened to post-Christian culture. Both pieces seem to touch on what it feels like living in today's world. I have to think more about the thesis. Your article speaks to my looking back to the Hebrew Bible seen in the light of history to think what a new way of being can be seeded today. In the face of so much historical ignorance that floats around we really do need to think historically. I am simply not sure what a new history would look like given what we have. Perhaps we should use history as a cautionary tale and simply think about what we would like, as you point out toward the end of your essay. What we would like meaning how we think we ought to live given all we have experienced in modernity, not to mention what the classic texts have to teach us. I shall reread your essay; perhaps pen another comment.
Holy mackerel Carl. You have written an ode to deflation!
Ha, ha. It's the holy grail. :)
I commend your originality--I certainly have not seen anything like this anywhere else. It is genuine food for thought!
I really like the way you tie in culture and economics around the inflation theme. It comes on the same day that Mansour in his Abrahamic Critique talked about kitsch being what happened to post-Christian culture. Both pieces seem to touch on what it feels like living in today's world. I have to think more about the thesis. Your article speaks to my looking back to the Hebrew Bible seen in the light of history to think what a new way of being can be seeded today. In the face of so much historical ignorance that floats around we really do need to think historically. I am simply not sure what a new history would look like given what we have. Perhaps we should use history as a cautionary tale and simply think about what we would like, as you point out toward the end of your essay. What we would like meaning how we think we ought to live given all we have experienced in modernity, not to mention what the classic texts have to teach us. I shall reread your essay; perhaps pen another comment.
The first thing I thought after reading this was "this is a real good start." This is not MAGA, Carl, this is STA: Straight Talk Again.
Thank you for your thoughts Stephen.