Readers of this publication know of our admiration of the essayist Brendan O’Neill, the greatest living British heir to George Orwell and author of the dazzling new book The Heretic’s Manifesto. We were thrilled to publish chapters from it on freedom of speech and transgenderism. Few public intellectuals writing today are standing stronger against pathological Woke, Covidist, and climatist extremism than O’Neill.
I was thus happy to participate in a live conversation with him, exclusive to his subscribers, to discuss how nihilism gave rise to cancel culture, which gave rise to the Censorship Industrial Complex. We are working on another project that gives me great hope. Stay tuned for, hopefully, more news on that later this fall. For now, here are some highlights of our talk.