Thoughts on my personality
October 22, 2021This is likely of interest only to myself and a few others. It’s always interesting to think about what traits are foundational to a person…
UFOs are probably nothing
July 10, 2021The point of this post that I want readers to take more than anything else is that the recent rash of UFO interest is not unprecedented and…
What's the plot?
March 01, 2021Inspired by Katja and Anders’ posts on this topic. I will try not to repeat anything they say, or at least do so as briefly as possible…
2020 Donations
December 21, 2020TL;DR: I’m giving away £35k this year. £3.5k to SCI and the remainder to the Long Term Future Fund I normally write myself a few pages on…
Phone Call UX
July 03, 2020Like so many young people I hate making and receiving phone calls. Various apps (WhatsApp, Zoom, Google Hangouts) have supplanted them for…
Covid Vaccine Trial - Second Visit
June 28, 2020See my previous post for more details The evening of my previous appointment I got the antibody blood test back through the hospital’s…
Covid Vaccine Trial - First Visit
June 26, 2020Oxford university is running a phase II/III trial for their vaccine (ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 - hereafter CHAD). I heard about it on Twitter and…
Anxiety
July 13, 2019I have generalised anxiety disorder with panic attacks. The main triggers for me are related to social situations and unfamiliar situations…
Mars as an x-risk reduction strategy
June 01, 2019Note: I rediscovered this post on the EA forum which is probably where I got most of my inspiration from, the comments are better than this…
Purpose
May 14, 2019This blog is intended for me to write about roughly whatever comes into my head. This may include content on Effective Altruism and the far…
Postal UX
May 14, 2019Every day I get letters through the door, despite my attempts to redirect everything I can into email. Packages are a constant battle to be…