There are a small handful of political commentator’s whose thinking I particularly respect. One is conservative columnist David Brooks who writes for the New York Times and contributes regularly on PBS’s NewsHour. Over time, I’ve come to more and more appreciate both the integrity and the originality of his writing. I try not to miss his column. Do I think his contribution qualifies as culturally mature journalism? Most of the time it does, at least of a first-step sort. I very often differ with him, sometimes greatly, as far as specific conclusions go. But the consistency with which his writing offers overarching perspective and brings helpful insight is rare. It more than warrants acknowledgment. I find three characteristic of Brooks’s contribution particularly striking. First is how often it contains surprises. [...]
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My new general audience book Cultural Maturity—A Guidebook for the Future should be available in prepublication, review copy form in June with formal publication by year’s end. Editorial writers, bloggers, reviewers, and professors interested in receiving a review copy should contact me directly (see contact page.) Two shorter works Humanity at the Threshold—A Brief Introduction to the Concept of Cultural Maturity and Quick and Dirty Answers to the Biggest of Questions will also be released this year. (See ICD Press page for detials.) Charles Johnston.
Cultural Maturity—A Guidebook for the Future describes how the future will require not just fresh ideas, but an essential ‘growing up’ as a species. It closely examines this needed next step in our collective development, what it asks of us and what it makes possible. It also examines how these changes are already beginning to happen, in subtle ways altering every part of our human landscape. The book’s core idea, the concept of Cultural Maturity, provides both big-picture perspective for understanding the times we live in and concrete tools for addressing the immense challenges that lie before us. If the concept of Cultural Maturity is correct, it describes changes that are as or more significant than those that brought us modern democratic governance 250 years ago. If it is not correct, it is hard to imagine a healthy and vital human future.
