Question Time: Revenge of the Nerds

In which I comment on commentary on a commentary

Question Time is a feature for paid subscribers. I send out a mid-week post requesting questions and answer on the weekend.

Calisse Tabarnac (a name that, Google informs me, is derived from Quebecois swear words and essentially means “holy fuck, holy fuck”) asks what I think of this post by blogger Sasha Stone titled “Yes, David Brooks, You Are the ‘Bad Guys.” It’s a response to this NYT column by (surprise) David Brooks, titled, “What if We’re the Bad Guys Here?” Brooks writes: