Luke Smith: The Return to Normalcy - (Live interview by Justin Murphy)

Justin Murphy invited me to California for a weekend to do that interview that we've been meaning to do since 4 years ago! We talk about why I left academia, epistemological anarchism, Orthodoxy Christianity, the Enlightenment and lots of questions about lifestyles for people who are contemplating being future ex-"bugmen" and ex-academics.

The full interview on Justin's channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxozmaGISOI
Justin Murphy's channel: https://www.youtube.com/@JustinMurphy
His newsletter: https://www.otherlife.co/

00:00:00 Intro
00:05:30 Leaving Academia and the Donald Trump Inquisition
00:15:26 Academics struggle with being useless.
00:19:27 Epistemological Anarchism and Peer Review
00:25:08 Thankful for Bad Things and Starting YouTube
00:28:30 The Ideal Life in Zhuangzi's Village
00:31:02 "Independent" Lifestyle and Return to Normalcy
00:33:07 Pray for Bad Things to Happen?
00:37:37 Product Consoomption and My Biggest Meta-Regret
00:40:40 On "Influencers"
00:42:12 Becoming Human
00:47:19 YouTube
00:55:37 Orthodoxy, Epistemology and the Enlightenment
01:02:00 Reconsidering Christianity and Orthodoxy
01:06:03 Reading old books? On other perspectives.
01:08:27 Issues with Scholasticism and Intellectualism
01:13:00 Optimism about the Future
01:18:43 Surviving without "Intellectuals"
01:22:05 On Girls: Before or After Moving

My website: https://lukesmith.xyz
Classical books reprinted by me: https://lindypress.net
Get all my videos off YouTube: https://videos.lukesmith.xyz
or Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@Luke:7

Please donate: https://donate.lukesmith.xyz
BTC: bc1qd20r7phdct3t0e0z6jqs55ulectg25pngt7hyl
XMR: 89yML3AtqnTNdo3wNuoaW44D94Zx1kBZNSBc9SyNxGdaKEZwZNdVzvy9zpbzJMzysiWZEU3b5LwjQ3XwWuQsknCF8JK73yv

OR affiliate links to things l use:
https://www.vultr.com/?ref=8384069-6G Get a VPS and host a website or server for anything else.
https://www.epik.com/?affid=we2ro7sa6 Get a cheap and reliable domain name with Epik.