How Do We Watch a War?

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i was really a kind of brought to attention to this question, how do we watch war, by your most recent atlantic articles. I spent probably forty five minutes watching one youtube clip after another of various drone footage or hand held footage of ucranian ambushes of russian armored columns yand i realize, all my gosh, it's but just lost forty five minutes, watching one video after another. And then when i finally pulled away from the screen, i have to say, i felt vaguely slimy because i had beenns xed, excited and addicted to thi string of images. It's what i think people experience, men experience, especially when they watch

This week David and Curtis start with confession time, each looking closely at the challenges of contrarianism and pride that impact all of us in our modern discourse. They unpack the tricky balance between knowing, certainty, and humility, including the possibility that we might be wrong.

In the second half, they dive into the spiritual challenge of staying attentive to the war in Ukraine without just watching it as a form of perverse entertainment. In another tricky balance, our hosts offer suggestions for staying connected in ways that are less personally destructive and more spiritually healthy.

Show Notes:

-French Press: “What the Russian Invasion Teaches us About the Right”

-French Press: “Questions and Answers After a Month of War”

-Adam Grant: “Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know”