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by Richard J. Orlando, Ph.D
Artificial intelligence can draft your emails, analyze your portfolio, and run parts of your business. What it cannot do is tell you what your life is for.
Spiritual capital is the most important capital you will ever build, and it never appears on a balance sheet. It is your values, your purpose, and your faith working together as an inner compass. And in an age of intelligent machines, it matters more than ever.
In Spiritual Capital in the World of AI, Dr. Richard Orlando pulls up a chair at a quiet café and invites you into an unhurried, honest conversation with seven remarkable people. A wealth advisor who leads with meaning. An entrepreneur who grew his parents’ small business into a global company. An estate attorney whose Jewish heritage shapes how he serves every client. A financial planner who sees wealth as a stewardship entrusted by God. A retired executive whose life turned on a single question from his wife. A serial founder who hosts spiritual gatherings in his home. A partner who traces his business convictions directly to his faith.
Each is financially successful. Each has discovered that lasting success is built from the inside out.
Through their stories, you will explore:
Each chapter closes with reflective questions no chatbot can answer for you. They are meant to be lived with.
AI is a genuine gift. This book is about the wisdom that guides its use.
“Courage is of the heart, and it is spiritual capital. AI is of the head, and it is intellectual capital. The heart, we have always known, has far more pathways to the mind than the mind has to the heart. Dr. Orlando’s book is a powerful reminder that spiritual capital will always offer more to a person, a family, and a society’s flourishing than any other form of capital we possess.”
— James E. Hughes, Jr., Founder, James E. Hughes, Jr. Foundation
“Richard Orlando invites us to join a conversation many of us avoid, but deeply need: a frank and humane reflection on the relationship between material resources, daily rhythms, and ultimate values in an age increasingly shaped by technology.”
— Molly Worthen, Professor of History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
“Every age has its anxious questions. Ours arrive at machine speed. Dr. Orlando answers them the old way: in a café, over coffee, in unhurried conversation among people unafraid to be honest. A machine can tell you what you are. It cannot tell you whose you are, what you owe, or what you must carry forward. Spiritual Capital in the World of AI returns its readers to that question, and to themselves. As the machines grow louder, that makes it not merely timely but necessary.”
— Charlie Garcia, Founder, R360
“Most conversations about AI focus on capability, efficiency, and scale. This book goes where far fewer are willing to go: into the impact AI is having on the human soul. Richard Orlando makes a compelling case that spiritual capital is not a ‘nice to have.’ It is the foundation for navigating a world where machines are becoming more powerful. Without it, we risk optimizing our lives while losing what matters most. This book models the kind of critical conversations we cannot afford to avoid. For those serious about leading their family, business, or life with intention in this new era, it is both a wake-up call and a guide.”
— Lonnie Gienger, Partner and CEO, Wilkinson; Co-Author, Beyond Fortune
