Speaking of...
Brief things for you, and an open "ask me anything"
My time back since London has been quite busy. I’ve several drafts of essays waiting to be finished: hopefully I’ll publish one of these tomorrow.
Speaking of tomorrow, I’ll be having a conversation with
for The Re/al/ign, and it should be posted the day after.And speaking of podcasts, my conversation with the folks at the It’s Not Just In Your Head podcast is already up on their Patreon for their supporters. I’ll let you know when they make it public: it was a really great conversation.
And speaking of great conversations, my almost two hour long conversation with Gordon White about my book is now available on video and audio everywhere. It’s already got about 3000 views on YouTube, which is pretty awesome.
You can download the audio directly:
from Rune Soup at this link,
or listen to it on Spotify here,
Or at Apple podcasts here
Or you can watch the video below:
Ask Me Anything
Because I’ve been rather absent on comments, I’d like to make this up to you all by doing an open reader chat. Ask me anything you’d like, and I’ll do my best to reply.
Love to you all!
Rhyd
Q: Briefly, what does the near future (10 years or so) look like to you globally and locally? Predictive, not aspirational.
Q: Do you have strong feelings about male circumcision? As a fellow American, you know that the "default" in the states is to circumcise males at birth, but I've heard a strong and growing pushback about it in recent years.
Q: Do you think monogamy is the "normal" or "default" state of human relationships? Do you think "traditional marriage," and monogamy in general, (whatever that term means to you) is compatible with modernity, and regardless of your answer, is that a good or bad thing?
Q: Favorite meat? Favorite veg?
Q: Length or girth?
Rhyd I just started watching the interview and your metaphor of standing in the same place then finding the map has been redrawn is spot-on. I remember when I first realised that what I personally do doesn't stop culture shift: it was when digital photography came in and I was like, well, I'll just stick with film. Then over time all the films I liked to use disappeared one by one, then finally the labs closed. Then everyone's idea of what a photo is, and what it means to take one, and ideas around ethics and consent, morphed more and more until I was like- I don't want to be a photographer any more. It means something different now.
I noticed the same thing at the start of the Pandemic. Previously people had called me a nihilist and an extremist and suchlike (for wanting to discuss politics and the end of the world an so on), then when they got rabbit-holed, they were calling me a shill for the Man (for wanting to discuss politics and the end of the world, but not in their terms), and I was like- I'm still standing in the exact same place. It's you who have moved.
Q.: How are your dreams these days? (I mean literal sleep dreams.)