# FAQ ## Who am I? I’m Jeff Kirvin. Long ago, lost in the mists of the internet, I was a tech blogger and podcaster focusing mostly on mobile technology for writers. Along the way, I discovered I have a knack for explaining complex topics in ways that anyone can understand. I chalk this up to being autistic—giving me a deep, obsessive understanding of the things I’m passionate about—and being a born storyteller. ## Why am I doing this? Mostly, so I don’t go crazy. A lot of media today skims the surface of important topics, offering glib, oversimplified takes without ever exploring the deeper context or nuance of _why_ things are the way they are. That’s what I’m trying to provide here: the why. I have this cockeyed idea that if people understand the context and reasoning behind something, they’ll understand it better—and maybe even see the world differently. Of course, I might already be crazy. ## What topics will you find here? To be honest, stuff that both interests me and that the media tends to oversimplify for clicks. So that could be technology, health, politics (I’m autistic, so I have a strong, instinctive sense of social justice, if that tells you anything)… and whatever else I feel the need to clear up. Given the the current outrage-bait media landscape, it could be anything. I’ll try to build out topic pages to collect the articles related to big topics for browsable convenience. ## Isn’t the title of this blog just a rip-off of “The Problem with Jon Stewart”? Quiet, you. The ambiguity of the gag was too funny to pass up, but the reason it works in the first place is that I’m trying to do something similar to Stewart’s doomed Apple TV+ show: provide context and nuance around topics that are criminally oversimplified by the mainstream media. And unlike Stewart, I’m not going to lean on the lazy crutch of bothsidesism and tell you that everyone is wrong & it’s all gone to shit, because I am not a cynic. (Except about Jon Stewart.) ## Why should you listen to me? This is the tough one, because, well, imposter syndrome is real. But here’s why: If you also crave a deeper understanding of the world—if the surface explanations leave you wanting more—then maybe we’re on the same wavelength. Life is messy, nuanced, and rarely simple. That’s where I come in: to make sense of the messy, even if I can’t simplify it. After all, _it’s complicated._