Jon Ronson
Jon Ronson
Jon Ronsonis a Welsh journalist, author, documentary filmmaker and radio presenter whose works include the best-selling The Men Who Stare at Goatsand The Psychopath Test. He has been described as a gonzo journalist, becoming something of a faux-naïf character himself in his stories...
NationalityWelsh
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth10 May 1967
military goats stills
Most goat-related military activity is still highly classified.
impact insanity what-if
Suddenly, madness was everywhere, and I was determined to learn about the impact it had on the way society evolves. I've always believed society to be a fundamentally rational thing, but what if it isn't? What if it is built on insanity?
writing paid bloggers
Oh, you know what bloggers are like, they write and write and write. I don't know why, because they're not being paid.
names chaos pandemonium
Bedlam: an institution with a history so fearsome it gave its name to a synonym for chaos and pandemonium.
manifestation remorseless capitalism
Capitalism, at its most remorseless, is a physical manifestation of psychopathy.
dog stars profound
A strange thing happens when you interview a robot. You feel an urge to be profound: to ask profound questions. I suppose it’s an inter-species thing. Although if it is I wonder why I never try and be profound around my dog. ‘What does electricity taste like?’ I ask. ‘Like a planet around a star,’ Bina48 replies. Which is either extraordinary or meaningless - I’m not sure which
religious political ruins
Corporate and political and religious psychopaths ruin economies. They ruin societies.
justice wanted draconian
Twitter wanted to become a more egalitarian justice system, but instead it became a draconian one.
avalanches needs snowflake
The snowflake never needs to feel responsible for the avalanche.
writing trying mystery
Trying to solve the mystery is what I enjoy most about writing.
writing trying stories
Obviously, I like to write stories that are page-turners. But I always try my very, very hardest to be as factually true as possible.
paranoia force ends
My paranoia never ends, but I haven't been paranoid about being spied on my shadowy forces for some time now.
fearless type persons
I'm not what you'd call a fearless type of person.
adventure trying littles
Nothing uniquely bad has happened to me in my personal life, but all the regular little bad things have accumulated to make me a neurotic person. And these adventures are my way of trying to make sense of that.