Ilana Mercer has been writing a weekly, paleolibertarian think piece since 1999. Her new book is "The Paleolibertarian Guide To Deep Tech, Deep Pharma & The Aberrant Economy" (February 2024). She's the author of "Into the Cannibal's Pot: Lessons for America From Post-Apartheid South Africa" (2011) and other books. Mercer is described as "a system-builder. Distilled, her modus operandi has been to methodically apply first principles to the day's events."