There must be more to life than this

There must be more to life than this.

If you have never thought those words, The Countermarch is not for you.

Or, perhaps, it is especially for you.

For five centuries we have been promised that our desires will be satisfied and our regrets will fade once the politicians and economists and scientists and educators figure out the best plan for every aspect of our lives. We have gained much — and narrowed our horizons. Information is not knowledge, and knowledge is not wisdom.

The Countermarch exists to widen our horizons again: essays that cut through the web of simplifications, distortions, and outright lies filling our days, to reveal the fullness of the beauty and truth of the life we are called to live.

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