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# All That's Good: Recovering The Lost Art of Discernment, with Hannah Anderson - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture
- URL: https://mereorthodoxy.com/thats-good-recovering-lost-art-discernment-hannah-anderson/
- Published: 2019-03-14T05:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-18T16:10:05.000Z
- Description: How do we find ‘the good’ in a world of bad hot takes? Here to help the crew pan for gold is Hannah Anderson. She joins Andrew, Alastair, and Derek to discuss her new book, All That’s Good: Recovering The […]
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How do we find ‘the good’ in a world of bad hot takes? Here to help the crew pan for gold is Hannah Anderson. She joins Andrew, Alastair, and Derek to discuss her new book, [*All That’s Good: Recovering The Lost Art of Discernment*](https://www.amazon.com/All-Thats-Good-Recovering-Discernment/dp/0802418554?ref=mereorthodoxy.com), and shares how, through discernment, we can not only survive the world but enjoy it.

**Timestamps:**

Intro: \[0:00 – 2:40\]

Why write a book on discernment? \[2:40 – 4:40\]

Why “discernment” is often used in a negative sense \[4:40 – 10:00\]

How to assess the online context, and engage/comment on issues virtuously \[10:00 – 15:20\]

How to exercise wisdom in choosing one good thing, or opportunity, and another \[15:20 – 23:45\]

Where/when discernment is the most difficult to use \[23:45 – 27:40\]

Which voices we should listen to in a world where everyone is telling us to follow them \[27:40 – 33:55\]

How to limit the online voices/figures on our newsfeed \[33:55 – 40:13\]

Conclusion \[40:13 – 41:30\]

**Resources mentioned:**

[*The Death of Expertise: The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why It Matters*](https://www.amazon.com/Death-Expertise-Campaign-Established-Knowledge/dp/0190469412/ref=sr%5F1%5F1?crid=1PWY2VLSPNCAQ&keywords=the+death+of+expertise+by+tom+nichols&qid=1552484443&s=books&sprefix=the+death+of+e%2Cstripbooks%2C225&sr=1-1-catcorr&ref=mereorthodoxy.com)

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Finally, as always, follow [Derek](https://twitter.com/dzrishmawy?ref=mereorthodoxy.com), [Andrew](https://twitter.com/ajwtheology?ref=mereorthodoxy.com), and [Alastair](https://twitter.com/zugzwanged?ref=mereorthodoxy.com) for more tweet-sized brilliance. Thanks to [Timothy Motte](https://twitter.com/biotrom?ref=mereorthodoxy.com) for his sound editing work. [And thanks to The Joy Eternal for lending us their music, which everybody should download out of gratitude for their kindness.](http://www.noisetrade.com/thejoyeternal/a-sweet-and-bitter-providence-single?ref=mereorthodoxy.com)