"If Hanson is right that sacred writing is a key to relative peace and prosperity, we should ask how we can cultivate an appreciation for sacred writing even in a secular age. We should ask how we can maintain a literary and poetic sensibility in a time dominated by Tiktok, 24 hour news cycles, and a culture that produces cultural goods as if they were consumer goods—cheap to make, cheap to break, cheap to replace. The Torah is given to last. It is a bulwark not just against exile from land, but also exile from attention. Torah anchors us in what would otherwise be a sea of constant content. Ironically, Torah is needed not just to shift us morally from a primitive age to an Axial one, but to protect us from various existential risks that we now face."