Category: Culture

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    Following the Rules: Why Changing Yourself Requires Discipline

    Human beings have always lived with rules. Families have rules. Workplaces have rules. Friendships have rules. Civilizations rise and fall on the strength of the rules they enforce…

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    The Individual Defines the Group

    Most people assume groups shape individuals. And in many cases, they do. Crowds exert pressure. Peer groups enforce norms. Emotional synchronization pulls people into a shared rhythm. This…

  • When the Shepherd Forgets His Place

    There are moments in the life of the Church when the problem is not that the world drags the papacy into politics, but that the papacy steps into…