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Walter Egon's avatar

An interesting read and hypothesis -- I'll be back for more (as my limited brain allows :-)

Finished Doyle's 'New Puritans' recently; very perceptive man and a good writer.

I've long had a sense of living through a societal sea change ... but it's not easy to understand such abstract and complex processes. I try.

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David Pinder's avatar

Thanks Walter. Yes, for a while I fought against the idea that this is a period of seismic change ... but, as per my scribbles, I now think it's impossible to disagree with the fact that we are, as you put it, "living through a societal sea change".

I, too, think Andrew Doyle's 'New Puritans' is an important contribution to the debate. Recently, in 'The Age of Cant 2.0', I write about self-righteousness as a driver, which has obvious linkages with the quasi-religion argument. We truly do seem to be re-living some of the elements of the Salem witch trials, and the religious mass hysteria in 17th century France leading to the death of Auguste Grandier - see The Devils of Loudon by Aldous Huxley.

More to come. Do, please, keep letting me know what you think.

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