Novelist Marilynne Robinson laments the loss of seriousness in contemporary thought.
I have a feeling that there has been a pressure away from seriousness in much modern thought, as if we could sort of scale reality down to a size that we are more comfortable dealing with. That might be a prejudice, but I feel that we have not come up to the standards of seriousness that others have reached at earlier moments…There is a selfishness in refusing to understand that we are passing through; others will come, and they deserve certain courtesies and certain considerations from us.
Considering the business and spiritual context in which you live . . . does this critique ring true?
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