Intuition Jousting: What It Is And Why It Should Stop
Word count: 1,152
Over the past year or so I’ve become steadily more aware of and annoyed by a phenomeon I’m going to call, for lack […]
March 2017
Exploring hedonic adaptation and its implications for happiness maximisation
Word count: 4,163
- Introduction
If we want to increase happiness it follows we need to understand what makes people happy and for how long. In this […]
What Philosophy Should, But Won’t, Learn From Silicon Valley
We publish philosophy like hardware even though we write it like software.
Word count: 1,203
(update, 19/03/2017: I notice this has now been picked up on reddit in […]
What’s happiness for anyway? Why nature doesn’t want to keep us happy and what we can do about it. Public lecture at Oxford Brookes
We’ve become wealthier, healthier, safer, smarter and long-lived over the last 60 years but, surprisingly, no happier. But if those things don’t seem to work, […]
What’s happiness for anyway? Why nature doesn’t want to keep us happy and what we can do about it. Public lecture at Oxford Brookes
We’ve become wealthier, healthier, safer, smarter and long-lived over the last 60 years but, surprisingly, no happier. But if those things don’t seem to work, […]
January 2017
Advanced Tools and Techniques for Becoming Happier in 2017
Word count: 1,988
In the past, I’ve thought New Year’s Resolutions were a waste of time. If something is important enough to start, shouldn’t it be important […]
December 2016
Are You Sure You Want To Donate To The Against Malaria Foundation?
Word count: 1,838
In advance of the Christmas charity season, GiveWell has announced that the Against Malaria Foundation (‘AMF’) is once again their top pick for the […]
November 2016
The Unproven (And Unprovable) Case For Wild Animal Suffering
5,467 words.
Abstract
I’ve been surprised to learn recently that so many people I know in the effective altruism community believe there is more total suffering than […]
October 2016
Learning To Love The Rain
People hate rain. You don’t need to ask them. You can just tell. Brollys go up and eyes down as people hurriedly dodge puddles on […]
Is The Pursuit Of Happiness Self-Defeating?
A couple of friends asked me for my thoughts on this Vox article “America is obsessed with happiness — and it’s making us miserable” […]