Ask Me Anything—06/27/2025

This is an AMA thread for premium subscribers only. Ask me anything.

Some updates:

• Currently on my way to Austin. June 27-July 1. I’ll be teaching at the University of Austin High School Summer Honors Program.

• Then off to California for a few days. I’ll be in San Jose and Redding from July 1 - July 15. Then San Diego July 15-20.

• Re-upping this conversation I had with Elliot Bewick on The Next Generation podcast, as we touched on topics I haven’t discussed much elsewhere. Links for Spotify and Apple Podcast.

• A reminder to subscribe to my account on Twitter/X. There I post unfiltered thoughts, brief insights, stray observations, and some occasional hot takes that are too short to be Substack essays.

• What I’m currently reading:

  • I Am Dynamite!: A Life of Nietzsche by by Sue Prideaux

  • We Have Never Been Woke: The Cultural Contradictions of a New Elite by Musa al-Gharbi — you can watch my conversation with Musa here

  • Facing Unpleasant Facts: Narrative Essays by George Orwell

  • The Essays by Michel de Montaigne

  • Zanzibar to Timbuktu: A Journey Across Africa by Theodore Dalrymple

• And with that, AMA.

Update 06/30/2025: Thanks everyone. I appreciate your thoughtful questions.