March 2017

Intuition Jousting: What It Is And Why It Should Stop

By | March 24th, 2017|General, Personal, Philosophy|

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 […]

What Philosophy Should, But Won’t, Learn From Silicon Valley

By | March 16th, 2017|General, Personal, Philosophy|

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 […]

January 2017

Advanced Tools and Techniques for Becoming Happier in 2017

By | January 16th, 2017|Happiness research, Personal, Philosophy|

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 […]

October 2016

Learning To Love The Rain

By | October 18th, 2016|Personal|

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 […]

April 2016

Becoming Depressed Was The Worst And Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me

By | April 29th, 2016|Personal|

I wrote an article for The Tab – I had depression, now I study a PhD in happiness at Oxford University – published 29/04/2016

Excerpt:

These days, […]

January 2016

Need a new New Year’s Resolution? Teach yourself to be happier in 12 minutes a day

By | January 5th, 2016|Happiness research, Personal|

It’s a New Year. This means, for a limited period only, it’s acceptable to tell strangers about our grand plans to win at life: how […]

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