Claire Gordon

Oh, thank you, Ezra. It has been a year. I am not yet quite ready to process it all. And these aren't all fun questions. People are here for your political analysis.

Oh, thank you, Ezra. It has been a year. I am not yet quite ready to process it all. And these aren't all fun questions. People are here for your political analysis.

Well, there will be some fun at the end when I'm going to continue the tradition from last year of a rapid-fire round.

Well, there will be some fun at the end when I'm going to continue the tradition from last year of a rapid-fire round.

But to start with, short, simple, sweet, from Juna Elena Amia, why are you a liberal and not a democratic socialist?

But to start with, short, simple, sweet, from Juna Elena Amia, why are you a liberal and not a democratic socialist?

Isn't that a good table setting?

Isn't that a good table setting?

I'm just curious because I've heard you say that before. Is there like a particular moment or something you read or a life experience where you felt this like click for you as a sort of a philosophical worldview?

I'm just curious because I've heard you say that before. Is there like a particular moment or something you read or a life experience where you felt this like click for you as a sort of a philosophical worldview?

And a techno-utopian.

And a techno-utopian.

Well, speaking of technology that is ambivalent, Travis Roberts wrote in with a question about blue sky and curious to hear your thoughts on blue skies burgeoning post-election popularity. But I wanted to add on to that. You've recently rejoined Twitter. You asked Anne Applebaum how she felt being on Twitter now that Elon Musk is using it in a more obvious political way.

Well, speaking of technology that is ambivalent, Travis Roberts wrote in with a question about blue sky and curious to hear your thoughts on blue skies burgeoning post-election popularity. But I wanted to add on to that. You've recently rejoined Twitter. You asked Anne Applebaum how she felt being on Twitter now that Elon Musk is using it in a more obvious political way.

Yeah, how do you feel about Twitter now, being on Twitter now?

Yeah, how do you feel about Twitter now, being on Twitter now?

Did he kill the woke mind virus?

Did he kill the woke mind virus?

Is there a sign that any of us outside who care about your mental well-being should know to stage an intervention?

Is there a sign that any of us outside who care about your mental well-being should know to stage an intervention?