Bearing
A series on finitude, death, suffering, hope, conviction, love, goodness, and wisdom.
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Education for Becoming Human
A series on children, learning, judgment, attention, reading, language, failure, and discipline.
The Limits of Work
A series on work, efficiency, burnout, middle age, usefulness, achievement, changing course, and rest.
The Person in Relationships
A series on loneliness, possession, understanding, separation, love, family, forgiveness, and living together.
Forthcoming Books
Bearing
Forthcoming books in the Bearing series.
Finitude: Living with Limits, Choice, and an Unfinished Life
A public philosophy book on limits, choice, time, responsibility, and the unfinished life.
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Death: Loss, Mortality, and the Irreplaceable Human
Bearing | Book Two
A public philosophy book on loss, mortality, irreplaceability, and the seriousness of finite life.
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The Limits of Work
Why Faster No Longer Means Better
Some time can be saved. Some checks, conversations, and periods of recovery must remain.
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Why Children Are Not Projects
Education can provide conditions for a life. It cannot live that life on the child’s behalf.
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Death Is Too Easily Summed Up
The world continues, but a particular person will not answer again. Both facts must remain visible.
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Follow books, series, and essays through questions that matter in lived experience.