When this essay arrived in my email I happened to be reading the final chapter of Hayek's "The Fatal Conceit" titled "Religion and the Guardians of Tradition". In that chapter, Hayek says: "We owe it partly to mystical and religious beliefs, and, I believe, particularly to the main monotheistic ones, that beneficial traditions have been preserved and transmitted at least long enough to enable those groups following them to grow, and to have the opportunity to spread by natural or cultural selection." Your thoughtful attention to means of sustaining foundational beliefs is needed and welcome.
When this essay arrived in my email I happened to be reading the final chapter of Hayek's "The Fatal Conceit" titled "Religion and the Guardians of Tradition". In that chapter, Hayek says: "We owe it partly to mystical and religious beliefs, and, I believe, particularly to the main monotheistic ones, that beneficial traditions have been preserved and transmitted at least long enough to enable those groups following them to grow, and to have the opportunity to spread by natural or cultural selection." Your thoughtful attention to means of sustaining foundational beliefs is needed and welcome.
This made my day. I'm working to start a program for young men as we speak.
You continue the flight of an arrow shot from a bow of very great power.