Timely piece by friend of CCME @ianmarcuscorbin and Governor @SpencerJCox on consumerism and the addiction economy. Check it out here:

"Shrinking the addiction economy will require Americans to upend decades of conventional political and economic wisdom," @SpencerJCox and @ianmarcuscorbin write.

"An amoral public sphere ends up shaping" much of what's supposedly private "Shrinking the addiction economy will require Americans to upend decades of conventional political and economic wisdom. For some time now, we have imagined that robust moral judgments should be

.@ianmarcuscorbin and @SpencerJCox on America's moral drift: "This drift amounts to a civilizational crisis of agency, interwoven with an epidemic of addiction. Addressing this crisis will require the nation...to reimagine the bounds of public life." https://t.co/hL2SRMptP5

This is such an important articulation of how addiction across our economy, facilitated by algorithms that prey on our worst impulses, is an outright abdication of moral responsibility. The connection to surveillance advertising, sports gambling and Buy Now Pay Later is spot on.

“Shrinking the addiction economy will require Americans to upend decades of conventional political and economic wisdom. For some time now, we have imagined that robust moral judgments should be relegated to the private sphere…” @ianmarcuscorbin and Gov. Spencer Cox

The consequences of America’s moral drift, @SpencerJCox and @ianmarcuscorbin write.

Really appreciated this @washingtonpost op-Ed by @GovCox and my Capita colleague @ianmarcuscorbin on the need for helping the country - and especially young people - wrestle with deep questions of meaning as one antidote to our amusing-ourselves-to-death era.

In today's @washingtonpost, @GovCox and I argue that America is overdue for a moral / spiritual awakening, as we round out our first quarter-millenium as a nation. https://t.co/60u53CrfAy @SpencerJCox @PostOpinions

I'm hosting Elizabeth Oldfield and Ian Corbin October 8th at @HarvardDivinity for a conversation about spiritual survival in apocalyptic times. Please spread the word to your New England friends! https://t.co/eeAhMzxLqM

We're still some months out, but I'm excited to say that my first book, To Arrive Where We Started: Belonging in the Modern World, is now available for pre-order from @yalepress!

A nice writeup from @thecrimson of the initiative I'm helping to lead @harvard, with my dear friend @Sean_D_Kelly Please give it a read, and get involved!

@RoKhanna @Harvard @SpencerJCox @RichardvReeves @JonHaidt @Sean_D_Kelly @MichaelRWear @ronivey @AdrianPabst1 @johnmilbank3 @GutkinLen @erikmbaker @EJDionne @glenweyl @nytdavidbrooks @jhensonpogue @davidlmcpherson @PeteDDavis @Plough @PhilKlay @zenahitz

Nihilism is a very real & very urgent problem, and an indictment of us older generations. @RoKhanna, here's a small thing we're doing @Harvard with @SpencerJCox. Would love to have you, @RichardvReeves & @JonHaidt come and speak! https://t.co/GuUkehvhIs @Sean_D_Kelly

God, this Charlie Kirk thing is so bad. America feels like a tinderbox.

Just how beautiful is this? 📍Porto, Portugal

Very excited for this one!