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Welcome! If you’re looking for careful analysis of what today’s digital technologies mean for you and your family, what the risks are, and what it might look like to protect human flourishing in a digital age, I invite you to subscribe to Preserving Our Humanity. I will be sharing regular original content here, as well as articles I publish elsewhere addressing smartphones and social media, video games, tablets, and online pornography. In every instance, my goal is to be clear minded about what digital technology means for our humanity and human flourishing, and what we can do to protect our humanity and to raise free and virtuous people. My goal is to hone in on solutions and a positive vision for parents, schools, and policymakers. I’m convinced that both individually and together, we have the power to preserve our humanity. I hope you’ll join me in pursuing a more humane way of life for yourself, your family, and your children.

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Fellow, Ethics and Public Policy Center; Author of "The Tech Exit: A Practical Guide to Freeing Kids and Teens from Smartphones" (Forum, 2025)
Senior Agent, WordServe Literary