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How did men like Edwards and Whitefield become so unusually conformed to the image of Christ? Part of their secret was their use of the Spiritual Discipline of journaling to maintain self-accountability for their spiritual goals and priorities. Before we give all the reasons why we cannot be as godly as they were, let us first try doing what they d

Donald S. Whitney • Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life

Twilight of the Media Elites

Antonio Garcia Martinez pullrequest.substack.com

While Mr. Goldhaber said he wanted to remain hopeful, he was deeply concerned about whether the attention economy and a healthy democracy can coexist. Nuanced policy discussions, he said, will almost certainly get simplified into “meaningless slogans” in order to travel farther online, and politicians will continue to stake out more extreme positio... See more

nytimes.com • Opinion | Michael Goldhaber, the Cassandra of the Internet Age - The New York Times

mean anything at all. On the front page of the gray old Times, I’m liable to encounter a chatty article about frying with propane gas. CNN lavished hours of airtime on a runaway bride. The magisterial tones of Walter Cronkite, America’s rich uncle, are lost to history, replaced by the ex-cheerleader mom style of Katie Couric. One reason the notion

Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium

The moral bankruptcy of Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz - The Verge

Elizabeth Lopatto theverge.com

It’s political and it’s cultural: At some point in the last few years, a feeling has set in that the future is being foreclosed

Michelle Goldberg • The Darkness Where the Future Should Be

Let’s expand the concept of “elite”in the way that Hughes meant it, not as the condescension of class but as the elevation of the mind and the preservation of standards.

Tina Brown • As we enter a period of unmitigated crassness in public life, I find myself guiltily dreaming of frivolity and luxury.

But police violence, and Trump’s daily assaults on the presidential competence standard, are only part of the disaster. On the other side of the political aisle, among self-described liberals, we’re watching an intellectual revolution. It feels liberating to say after years of tiptoeing around the fact, but the American left has lost its mind. It’s... See more

Matt Taibbi • The American Press Is Destroying Itself - Reporting by Matt Taibbi

The New Legislators of Silicon Valley - The Ideas Letter

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