David Brooks has lifted the power of words to a level that surpasses divinity. What was always said before in a culture and vocabulary of religion is said here without reference to a god. We do not need, when listening, the endorsement of an Almighty, guaranteeing that what is being said is wise. It comes across by itself and from itself. There is no preaching. There is just the words of a single man who has seen the world as it is, and has had the virtue of thinking about it deeply. Prophets, gurus, cardinals and demagogues of all ilk do not measure up to this wisdom because they lean on the Ghost to underwrite their advocacy. Not here. He stands naked, submitting his thoughts for our consideration, in the solid self-assurance that they are nothing more, but nothing less, than honest musing. Long may he live, in life and reputation.

Life is a struggle between Adam 1 and 2 and trying to find a middle path. Thank you sir for the eye opening speech

He's a good representative of the Jewish thinkers of today.

What a beautiful human. 👏🏽

Thank you for a reflective talk.

David Brooks articulates how we live today in a culture -- too often locally as well as globally -- that emphasizes "resume virtues" rather than "eulogy virtues." Our vocabulary is rather full in its use of utilitarian or economic logic. Yet we've suffered loss of capacity to articulate the concrete inversions and paradoxes of experience, invariably confronted in pursuing a moral journey of life. He notes a recent loss of language in today's environment that makes this recovery more challenging in ways that we can communicate.

This guy is just so full of it