Ask Me Anything, Anyone
A fully unlocked solicitation
Happy holidays! If you have a question for me, post it in the comments. I’m going to open this up to anyone with a Substack account, regardless of whether they are a premium subscriber to this newsletter. Let’s see what happens.
I’ll do a post answering some of your questions by the end of the year, and as always I will favor questions with more likes.
Image: 12 June 2023, Thuringia, Eisenach: A question mark can be seen in the exhibition "Mythos Wartburg" in the Wartburg. The special exhibition "Wartburg Myth. 10 Questions to the Ideal Castle" will open on June 13 and will be on display until January 07, 2024. In 1999, the Wartburg was the first and only castle in Germany to be placed on the World Heritage List as an "ideal castle" by Unesco. The exhibition aims to explore why the Wartburg is so strongly anchored in the public consciousness and how this rich historical and cultural heritage can continue to have an impact in the future. Photo: Martin Schutt/dpa (Photo by Martin Schutt/picture alliance via Getty Images)
Did you ever doubt yourself when, after the Atlantic piece, it must have felt like the whole world was against you? What resources did you draw upon to stay the course and pull through?
I appreciate your work. Are you ever troubled by the possibility that the listenership of Blocked And Reported might develop the same tendencies toward sneering and throwing tomatoes which the show itself exposes? If so, have you thought of any ways to constructively address this? I had to stop listening because I didn't like the emotional habits I was developing, and was turning into what I was against. I'm reluctant to bring it up because it sounds like concern trolling. It's just real, though.