Effective Altruism: How To Do The Most Good
Wotton’s Society, Eton College, 29/09/2016
Alternative title: How To Be A Better Hero Than Batman
October 2016
September 2016
4 Reasons Almost All Happiness Advice Sucks (But Not This Article, Obviously)
[You haven’t found the droids you were looking for]
Reading time: 3-5 minutes, 1200 words, 5 pics, only one of a topless Arnold Schwarzenegger
Realistically, I’d […]
The Surprising Unimportance Of Saving Lives
Reading time: 11-15 minutes
When we think about doing good, saving lives is at the top of the list. Doctors, firefighters and Batmen […]
August 2016
How Socrates Can Make You Happier Than Kanye West – notes from Wilderness talk
I’ve written this post so people who attended my talk at Wilderness festival on 05/08/16 can find more info including the resources I promised.
If you […]
July 2016
Why Aristotle’s eudaimonia isn’t ‘A better kind of happiness’. A critical reply to the New Yorker
Writing in the New Yorker, Will Storr argues Aristotle offers us “A better kind of happiness“.
To summarise his argument, Will claims Aristotle’s ‘eudaimonic’ version of happiness, […]
Four free ways to become happier you probably haven’t tried and might actually work
In this post I suggest the best resources I’ve come across so far. I think these are the most promising practical methods to become happier and […]
June 2016
Brexit Or Bremain? A Happiness Analysis
Reading time: 4-5 minutes
As far as I can tell, no one has tried to work out if being in or out […]
May 2016
If you had a billion pounds and an urge to maximise world happiness, what should you do?
What should a billionaire do to maximise human happiness?
Reading time: 11-14 minutes
[Note to reader. This is a draft 5,000-word essay that […]
April 2016
Becoming Depressed Was The Worst And Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me
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, […]
How To Life A Happy Life – Interview With University Of Oxford
I was recently interviewed as part of Oxford’s How To Life A Happy Life, one of their Research In Conversation series. The link […]