“Right. I’ve heard you speak on that before, the strength of communities,” said Pratt, “the fabric of our communities, our Rotary clubs and our Boys and Girls Clubs, and now that so many communities are virtual, it’s tough ‘cause you’re not really touching and feeling and communing with people in a physical way.”
Sasse agreed. “Habits can change the world. Habits can change a country, but you only inculcate habits if you’re in thick enough community,” he said. “And so, the digital revolution is going to bring both heaven and hell at the same time, right?”
“It has the potential of bringing unbelievably good things, but it also has the likely potential of hollowing out the best things that were thick and local to begin with,” Sasse said. “And the question is, how do you create the habits to augment the best of the local with more of the distant without letting the distant undermine the local? Because you need the local first. Politics can’t save America. Families save America.”
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At about this point, the cohosts wrapped up the conversation. As he got off, Pratt said, “Well, I love you guys and, Ben, I’m praying for you. Please give my best to your family…let’s do it again. I hope to see you soon.”
No one is worthy of worship.
I was recently on Ben Sasse’s Not Dead Yet podcast, and man what a great conversation we had. We talked about faith, family, success and so much more. If you don’t know, back in December Ben was diagnosed with stage four metastasized pancreatic… pic.twitter.com/sa8XGQAUMK
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