The Good Life Main Entrance to the Rabbit Warren
What is the goal of an economy? Walter Isaacson recently posed this question, noting that growth and wealth are not the destination. They are the precursors to something deeper: community, fulfillment, purpose. What he really asked was:
How can economies help people live the Good Life?
But in asking that, he begs the question—because he assumes we know what makes a life good.
Ironically, as former leader of the Aspen Institute, Isaacson does know. But most people haven’t read Aristotle. They haven’t encountered the framework of eudaimonia, or the deep connection between virtue, habit, and happiness.
That’s why this Warren begins here.
The Good Life is our poster child project. It invites people into philosophy not by reading a whole book, but by stepping into the questions that shape a life:
What does it mean to flourish?
What is worth striving for?
How do we spend our time, money, and energy wisely?
Our experiment last Thursday was one way in. A civic act. A real-time, public exploration of Aristotle’s ethics without requiring prerequisites.
This is the Warren at work:
Taking old wisdom seriously
Making it actionable
Inviting people to think together about what matters most
[[Enter Here]]. The Good Life awaits.