I've Only Read Book Once, Is That Right?

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i think m your book talks about the roll that that process works in jewish law and alaha, the jewish ah obligations. But of course, it's also the same idea behind the common law tradition of england, or hik in law, legislation, liberty. I've only read book once, an'm not sure read all volumes now that i on't confess, i'm going to lose a lot of u points in the hihvan club.

Traditions and norms can seem at best out-of-touch and at worst offensive to many a modern mind. But Israeli computer scientist and Talmud scholar Moshe Koppel argues that traditions and norms--if they evolve slowly--create trust, develop our capacity for deferred gratification, and even, in the case of how we prepare cassava, protect us from poisoning. Listen as the author of Judaism Straight Up: Why Real Religion Endures talks with EconTalk Russ Roberts about tradition, religion, tribalism, resilience, and emergent order.