Recalibrating Society: Living Intentionally in a Fractured Age (The Learning To Be Human Series) Paperback – March 21, 2026

Recalibrating SocietyLiving Intentionally in a Fractured AgeMany people sense that something in modern society feels misaligned. Institutions continue to function, technology advances rapidly, and daily life moves forward—but beneath the surface there is a growing tension between how systems operate and what human beings actually need to flourish.Recalibrating Society explores how that misalignment develops and how societies can begin to correct it.In this thoughtful and wide-ranging book, Heidi Stride-Hardy examines the systems that shape modern life—healthcare, education, justice, governance, labour, and the economy—and reveals how well-intentioned structures can gradually drift away from their original purpose. Over time, efficiency replaces discernment, management replaces restoration, and institutions designed to support people begin to operate at a distance from the lives they affect.Drawing on systems thinking, interdisciplinary research, and lived experience, the book introduces a framework for understanding how institutional incentives shape behaviour and how societies can begin the process of realignment.Rather than advocating collapse or radical disruption, Recalibrating Society proposes something more practical: recalibration. By examining how incentives, participation, and responsibility interact within complex systems, readers are invited to consider how individuals, communities, and institutions can work together to restore alignment between human needs and the structures designed to serve them.Recalibrating Society is the fourth book in the Learning to Be Human series, which explores human development from the inner life of individuals to the communities, institutions, and shared history that shape civilization.Together, the series asks a deeper question:How can humanity learn to live more wisely within the systems we have created? Read more