Christopher Lansdown

If you're a creative person, you know that the greatest art you've produced has come from the struggle--the agony, the broken heart, writer's block, the misery of trying to work around your limitations of talent or technology. AI destroys the struggle, and thus can't make art.

Men need to be visibly and publicly tied to consequences to do the right thing?

wtf. This is the atmosphere certain people and orgs have directly / indirectly caused.

When I was about 9 years old, my mom forced me to go with her to the funeral of a friend of hers that I didn't know. When we got there, I stayed in a corner waiting for the funeral to end. Then a man approached me and said: "Enjoy life, boy. Be happy because time flies. look at me now, I didn't enjoy mine." He patted my head and left. Before leaving, my mom forced me to say goodbye to the dead person. When I looked in the coffin, I was startled to see man who was talking to me when I was in the corner was the same one in the Coffin. For several years, I was not able to sleep properly because of nightmares. Years later, I discovered that the dead man had a twin brother.

When people are really confused as to why Vatican II happened and why the convents emptied I always advise watching the Australian miniseries The Brides of Christ set around the Council. It's really accurate as to what happened imo. You can find it on YouTube.