Alexandra Hudson is the curator of Civic Renaissance, a newsletter and intellectual community dedicated to beauty, goodness and truth, and reviving the wisdom of the past to help us think more clearly about the present. She is a former Novak Journalism Fellow, author of the forthcoming book, The Soul of Civility, and creator of the lecture series Storytelling and the Human Condition (which you can try for FREE with a one-month Wondrium trial). Follow her on Twitter @LexiOHudson.