I have always cherished “The Parable of the Talents” (Matthew 25:14–30). It is a timeless bugle call, urging us to action across the millennia. The story emphasises our moral and Christian duty to embrace risk, to invest our gifts boldly rather than bury them in fear. In an era of chronic risk aversion, the Western world must rediscover this appetite for daring. From government bureaucracies to corporate boardrooms, a quarter-century of escalating caution has yielded stagnant economic growth and sluggish innovation. These afflictions breed strategic vulnerability. More profoundly, they manifest in plummeting birth rates, the erosion of institutional marriage, delayed family formation, and the fraying of traditional family structures. I won’t belabour the statistics; they are undeniable and readily available, but they paint a portrait of a civilisation in retreat.