I ended up watching the entire Megyn Kelly episode with both Glenn and Lunden Roberts and now find myself compelled to purchase her upcoming memoir as well. Two great conversations, although obviously Glenn came across as far more articulate than Lunden.
I'm curious if Late Admissions will start a trend of super candid personal reflections going forward. As I mentioned in an earlier comment, having read Glenn's biography I'm now super curious what Thomas Sowell's memoir might have revealed had he taken a similarly candid approach to detailing his life story.
Personally, I find it interesting that there are numerous parallels between Glenn's life and that of Hunter Biden, in terms of the drug use and marital infidelity and all that stuff. To me what’s most fascinating about Glenn’s life story is how he ultimately comes across as a decent human being despite the recklessness of his past behavior. Hunter Biden on the other hand comes across as an asshole.
Maybe I’m willing to give Glenn a bit of a pass because of the enormity of his intellectual contributions, but mostly I feel like what Glenn’s life story suggests is the complexity of the human experience and how narrow some of our views on conventional morality might be. I’m reminded of the conversation that Glenn had with Ian Rowe a couple of years ago where he suggested that the correlation between rates of marriage and positive life outcomes might not reflect underlying causation.
There's been a lot of talk about the importance of marriage and two parent households and other markers of conventional morality, but the more I read about exceptional but deeply flawed human beings like Glenn and others, the less certain I am that the correlation between these markers of conventional morality and success in life reflects an underlying causal relation.
In my humble opinion Thomas Sowell stands in a league with Martin Luther King, and as much as I admire Glenn Loury, he is not there yet. Glenn's Late Admissions may be cathartic for him, but I wonder if his family and friends feel the same way? I see the comparison with Hunter Biden and indeed, Hunter is an arsehole. Glenn was likewise. I am in no positiin to throw stones, by the grace of God and good luck I am not constrained to make any confessions.
Glenn has evolved into a great man, he inherited brilliance. He is doing good work.
I have one issue with Glenn, several years ago he made a speech calling into question African-American culture and the violent deaths in the South Side of Chicago. It was an impressive speech. He has returned to the overall thesis many times, but he never quite grasps the nettle. Even in discussion about that monster George Floyd, he vacillates and ends up firing from the hip. Nobody is expecting Glenn to explain dysfunctioinal black culture, but he sure has a lot to say about it.
I ended up watching the entire Megyn Kelly episode with both Glenn and Lunden Roberts and now find myself compelled to purchase her upcoming memoir as well. Two great conversations, although obviously Glenn came across as far more articulate than Lunden.
I'm curious if Late Admissions will start a trend of super candid personal reflections going forward. As I mentioned in an earlier comment, having read Glenn's biography I'm now super curious what Thomas Sowell's memoir might have revealed had he taken a similarly candid approach to detailing his life story.
Personally, I find it interesting that there are numerous parallels between Glenn's life and that of Hunter Biden, in terms of the drug use and marital infidelity and all that stuff. To me what’s most fascinating about Glenn’s life story is how he ultimately comes across as a decent human being despite the recklessness of his past behavior. Hunter Biden on the other hand comes across as an asshole.
Maybe I’m willing to give Glenn a bit of a pass because of the enormity of his intellectual contributions, but mostly I feel like what Glenn’s life story suggests is the complexity of the human experience and how narrow some of our views on conventional morality might be. I’m reminded of the conversation that Glenn had with Ian Rowe a couple of years ago where he suggested that the correlation between rates of marriage and positive life outcomes might not reflect underlying causation.
There's been a lot of talk about the importance of marriage and two parent households and other markers of conventional morality, but the more I read about exceptional but deeply flawed human beings like Glenn and others, the less certain I am that the correlation between these markers of conventional morality and success in life reflects an underlying causal relation.
In my humble opinion Thomas Sowell stands in a league with Martin Luther King, and as much as I admire Glenn Loury, he is not there yet. Glenn's Late Admissions may be cathartic for him, but I wonder if his family and friends feel the same way? I see the comparison with Hunter Biden and indeed, Hunter is an arsehole. Glenn was likewise. I am in no positiin to throw stones, by the grace of God and good luck I am not constrained to make any confessions.
Glenn has evolved into a great man, he inherited brilliance. He is doing good work.
I have one issue with Glenn, several years ago he made a speech calling into question African-American culture and the violent deaths in the South Side of Chicago. It was an impressive speech. He has returned to the overall thesis many times, but he never quite grasps the nettle. Even in discussion about that monster George Floyd, he vacillates and ends up firing from the hip. Nobody is expecting Glenn to explain dysfunctioinal black culture, but he sure has a lot to say about it.