The year behind and ahead

Happy New Year! As I’ve done previously, I’m just writing a new year post which reviews this Substack’s progress and looks to the year ahead.

In 2024, I wrote 25 posts, with an average of just over two per month. Given my work and family commitments, I’m happy with this output. Popular essays include this empirical critique of the luxury beliefs hypothesis, this appraisal of the assisted dying debate and this review of Charlotte Gill’s campaign against humanities academics.

In other news, I’ve been raising money for the Malala fund, a charity which raises money for girls' education across the developing world. If you enjoy reading the Path Not Taken, please consider donating something. Every year, I devote hundreds of hours to this Substack but, unlike most Substacks, have no paid subscription option. When I’m able to raise money for good causes, it makes the effort worthwhile. Here’s the link: https://www.justgiving.com/page/thomas-prosser-1734872681966?utm_medium=FR&utm_source=CL

The coming year will be a big one. We’ve almost finished a (very empirical) book on the rise of social justice ideology which develops many of the themes in this Substack. Very soon, I’ll provide more details. Until then, please forgive me if my output is a little sparse; finishing this project is requiring lots of work!

All the best for 2025,

Tom