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33 Rules for the Modern Gentleman. Pre-Internet wisdom for the man who has noticed something is off.
$9 USD — instant digital download (PDF)
There is a particular kind of man who has begun to suspect that something in the modern arrangement is not quite right. He cannot always name it. He notices that he is busier than ever and accomplishing less. That he is surrounded by opinions and starved of thought. That speed has replaced direction, volume has replaced meaning, and authenticity is now something one purchases in a subscription box.
The Codex is for him.
Ten pages. Seven parts. Thirty-three rules. Written in the voice of Lord Barry — a sardonic, slightly weary gentleman of the old world who has watched the new one closely and is not, on the whole, impressed.
Inside:
Part I — On Solitude. Why the man who cannot sit alone in a room is unfit to enter any other.
Part II — On Money. What wealth actually buys, and what it quietly costs.
Part III — On Desire. The difference between wanting and being wanted, and why most men confuse the two.
Part IV — On Power. Why the man who must announce his power has very little of it.
Part V — On Articulation. Vocabulary as portable wealth. It cannot be stolen, taxed, or repossessed.
Part VI — On Conformity. The crowd is not a verdict. The crowd is a weather system.
Part VII — On The Modern Condition. Speed is not progress. A man running in the wrong direction is not, in any meaningful sense, ahead.
Read one a day. Read them all in one sitting. Tear the pages out and use them to wrap fish. Lord Barry is not your headmaster.
What you get:
10-page PDF, designed in classical serif, cream paper, deep crimson accents.
Optimized for both screen reading and home printing (US Letter and A4).
Instant download — delivered to your inbox the moment you check out.
Yours forever. No subscription, no app, no notifications.
33 Rules for the Modern Gentleman. Pre-Internet wisdom for the man who has noticed something is off.
$9 USD — instant digital download (PDF)
There is a particular kind of man who has begun to suspect that something in the modern arrangement is not quite right. He cannot always name it. He notices that he is busier than ever and accomplishing less. That he is surrounded by opinions and starved of thought. That speed has replaced direction, volume has replaced meaning, and authenticity is now something one purchases in a subscription box.
The Codex is for him.
Ten pages. Seven parts. Thirty-three rules. Written in the voice of Lord Barry — a sardonic, slightly weary gentleman of the old world who has watched the new one closely and is not, on the whole, impressed.
Inside:
Part I — On Solitude. Why the man who cannot sit alone in a room is unfit to enter any other.
Part II — On Money. What wealth actually buys, and what it quietly costs.
Part III — On Desire. The difference between wanting and being wanted, and why most men confuse the two.
Part IV — On Power. Why the man who must announce his power has very little of it.
Part V — On Articulation. Vocabulary as portable wealth. It cannot be stolen, taxed, or repossessed.
Part VI — On Conformity. The crowd is not a verdict. The crowd is a weather system.
Part VII — On The Modern Condition. Speed is not progress. A man running in the wrong direction is not, in any meaningful sense, ahead.
Read one a day. Read them all in one sitting. Tear the pages out and use them to wrap fish. Lord Barry is not your headmaster.
What you get:
10-page PDF, designed in classical serif, cream paper, deep crimson accents.
Optimized for both screen reading and home printing (US Letter and A4).
Instant download — delivered to your inbox the moment you check out.
Yours forever. No subscription, no app, no notifications.