Our Greatest Threat Isn’t Out There

It lies within... A brief reflection...

We’re quick to look outward for the cause of our troubles, scrambling to find a scapegoat. We blame religion, politics, movements, ideologies, technology, or entire generations for the fraying of our culture. But rarely do we look inward—at the rot that begins with us.

The truth is, civilizations are undone less by outside threats than by the collapse of…