Athletic & Aware

Athletic & Aware

The Kind of Parent I’m Trying to Be

Our modern dilemma

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Brian Hain
Jan 09, 2026
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I recently came across this quote, and it landed:

“The real problem of humanity is the following: We have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and godlike technology.”
— Edward O. Wilson

I don’t think about it in an abstract way.
I think about it in a living room way.
In a school pickup line way.
In a “can I have a phone yet?” way.

a little girl taking a picture with her cell phone
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