How Jonny Sun Evolved by Learning to Say “Goodbye, Again” Jonny Sun isn’t the same as he was four years ago. But then again, none of us are. When we first spoke in 2017, Sun had just written his first book, “Everyone’s a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too,” and was running a successful comedy Twitter account. Some things remain consistent: Sun still runs his Twitter account and admits, “I’m still in the middle of a Ph.D., so I can’t claim I’ve done that one yet.” But the success of his first book set him on an unexpected trajectory.