“I feel lit up by the idea. I’m very excited about becoming a dad and I’m preparing myself. I am just getting ready to be with a new little person and see what it is they want.”
On what his life is like now:
“It is very calm. I look at the chickens, they hatch some eggs. Basically I’m like a village idiot — just looking at livestock. There is constant conflict between the primal drives: the drive to procreate, the drive to survive, and the drive to have status. But I am no longer deluded as to what may provide happiness. I’m so much happier over the course of the day to see one or two people and a few chickens, that’s a good way of living.”
On writing a book on addiction, due out next year:
“Addiction is about the way you relate to the outside world. If you’re lucky, you’ll get a substance misuse problem, which drills it right down. If you’re not lucky, you’ll have a food, sex or spending issue; those things are insidious because they’re culturally endorsed, they’re habitual.”
On studying religion in global politics at the University of London:
“I am very interested in the role that religion and spirituality will play in the further formulation of world events and how secular societies are held together. The old idea [about politics] is dead and people don’t know what’s replacing it yet, so I’m spending some time discovering what it is.”
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