So here’s my newest essay, on the Doom computer games new ideology of making deals with demons! This is required reading if you want to know what ideas our peculiar institutions & powers bring to people’s minds…
Moreover, this is a bigger deal than me complaining about a decadent culture. We’re trying to do something about all this stuff, first of all to take the lead, to make conservatism real by taking back what we call “pop culture,” a misnomer that becomes every day less excusable. Really, it’s our moral-psychological formation at stake, & that of our children.
So here’s the enterprise: My friend James Poulos has started a new publication, RETURN, where we try to talk intelligently about what digital technology is, what it requires of us to deal with it, & what we should aim to achieve by it. But of course, all the time, we also have to deal with the madness of our times. I’ll be the culture war columnist, talking about intelligently caring for our souls… A bunch of my friends write or it as well, I’m proud to be in their company, & I hope to befriend the other writers. Friendship is likeliest to see us through-
Good stuff, Titus, and good luck with the Return site--hope we won't be missing you too much 'round these parts!
Thanks, Carl, I should be able to write a bit more now--I'm in-between legs of another American journey.