Many of our social institutions, particularly government, law, education, the church, the military, family, and marriage have been roundly discredited in the last seventy years. Each one is its own sad story of lost authority and focus. Unfortunately, this leaves only the media and the business world to communicate daily meaning for most people. That is scary—and this is probably the first time in human history that we have tried to carry society on two such tiny and fragile shoulders. It is certain to produce fragile people and a very unstable society.
