Thomas Sowell has written on A Conflict of Visions and The Vision of The Annointed, among others. Have you read any of his books, can you compare his Annointed Vision with your Luxury Beliefs?
I find his discussion more complete, so far, but your phrase much easier to repeat and explain, for describing pretty much the same thing.
Any plans to do a mutual interview with him? I hope so.
One for the AMA: given your positive experience of military service, would you be in favour of compulsory national service in some form? Or do you think it mostly benefits people from troubled backgrounds?
I scored in the 90th percentile for trait openness on the Big 5. I am often up for anything, whether it's attending a Tchaikovsky violin concerto or a Grateful Dead concert. The same can be said for my career choices and other parts of my life as well. I could be satisfied being a farmer or a medical research scientist (and can attest to this since I've done both). Because my interests are highly variable, I sometimes feel uncertain about "who I really am," what is worth pursuing in life, what group of people I belong to, and generally committing to any one thing. I've often felt lonely because no single person in my life seems to get all of me. It has also caused friends and family to think I'm not being true to myself if I'm doing something unexpected in their eyes, which is unsurprising if their interests are more narrowed and I adapt accordingly when we're together. Because I conform to those I happen to be around, I sometimes feel like I'm just a feather on the wind (am I? - rhetorical)
I've hypothesized that my high trait openness causes me to feel confused about aspects of my identity. I'm curious if you've ever read anything about this, and what your thoughts are more generally. For reference, these are my other scores: Agreeableness (50th), Contentiousness (10th), Extraversion (43rd), and Neuroticism (59th). Thanks man. Loved your book & your Substack, keep up the awesome work!!
From current observational trends and studies, do you see any shift or lessening acceptance of what is termed “wokism” in young adults? What do you make of the growing trend of young adults rejecting the traditional marriage and family? Does this attitude result from, or lead to rejecting their own families, i. e. the growing trend of estrangement from their parents?
In your book, you concluded that you’d rather have an intact 2-parent family and that would have benefited your life more than anything else. Yet, as you also described (and from my personal experience), the very people who had intact, educated, financially-stable families are the ones most likely to reject the privileges their parents provided for them. Is this partly normal identity-seeking and parental rebellion behaviors from young adults? Which means they can “grow out” of it? Thanks
Thomas Sowell has written on A Conflict of Visions and The Vision of The Annointed, among others. Have you read any of his books, can you compare his Annointed Vision with your Luxury Beliefs?
I find his discussion more complete, so far, but your phrase much easier to repeat and explain, for describing pretty much the same thing.
Any plans to do a mutual interview with him? I hope so.
One for the AMA: given your positive experience of military service, would you be in favour of compulsory national service in some form? Or do you think it mostly benefits people from troubled backgrounds?
An "Ask Me Anything" Question:
I scored in the 90th percentile for trait openness on the Big 5. I am often up for anything, whether it's attending a Tchaikovsky violin concerto or a Grateful Dead concert. The same can be said for my career choices and other parts of my life as well. I could be satisfied being a farmer or a medical research scientist (and can attest to this since I've done both). Because my interests are highly variable, I sometimes feel uncertain about "who I really am," what is worth pursuing in life, what group of people I belong to, and generally committing to any one thing. I've often felt lonely because no single person in my life seems to get all of me. It has also caused friends and family to think I'm not being true to myself if I'm doing something unexpected in their eyes, which is unsurprising if their interests are more narrowed and I adapt accordingly when we're together. Because I conform to those I happen to be around, I sometimes feel like I'm just a feather on the wind (am I? - rhetorical)
I've hypothesized that my high trait openness causes me to feel confused about aspects of my identity. I'm curious if you've ever read anything about this, and what your thoughts are more generally. For reference, these are my other scores: Agreeableness (50th), Contentiousness (10th), Extraversion (43rd), and Neuroticism (59th). Thanks man. Loved your book & your Substack, keep up the awesome work!!
From current observational trends and studies, do you see any shift or lessening acceptance of what is termed “wokism” in young adults? What do you make of the growing trend of young adults rejecting the traditional marriage and family? Does this attitude result from, or lead to rejecting their own families, i. e. the growing trend of estrangement from their parents?
In your book, you concluded that you’d rather have an intact 2-parent family and that would have benefited your life more than anything else. Yet, as you also described (and from my personal experience), the very people who had intact, educated, financially-stable families are the ones most likely to reject the privileges their parents provided for them. Is this partly normal identity-seeking and parental rebellion behaviors from young adults? Which means they can “grow out” of it? Thanks
So what did the study say?