America’s experiment in self-government has always depended on wisdom and self-control. These aren’t virtues that politicians or bureaucrats could ever impart. They aren’t fostered by technology’s illusion of endless consumption, infinite options and cost-free disembodiment. No, the virtues for a life well-lived are taught, modeled and practiced in the daily life of society’s smallest but most important platoons—chief among them the family.
Habits for Humanity in the Age of AI
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