The much-anticipated Episode Three of This is Not a Conspiracy Theory is now in production, but it will be a while before it's released. In the meantime, I thought I'd offer a bit of explanation as to why the process is so slow.

The world of media is now fast and I am slow. And because it's fast, media is plentiful. Most of you probably don't have time to read, watch or hear everything of potential interest to you. Platforms serve us up vastly more than we can consume, and they reward fast, prolific creators.

I have tried to be fast and prolific and I've never pulled it off for more than a burst. I once thought this was a fault of mine, but I very slowly came to realize that deep down inside, I just don't care. I honestly don't value fast. I get little pleasure from getting something out the door, I get pleasure from making it as good as I can and then trying to do better the next time. And this is also the kind of work I most enjoy reading, watching or hearing: dense, laborious, distilled down to the best it can be.