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:    • From PhD to LandC…   Justin Murphy’s channel:    / @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.