October 2019

On Measuring and Maximising What Matters | EAGxAustralia

By | October 24th, 2019|Happiness research, Media, Talks|

The footage from my talk at EAGxAustralia. Here’s the abstract:

Effective altruists want to do as much good as […]

January 2018

‘What Are The Best Ways To Improve World Happiness? A Quick Look A Pain, Poverty, Drugs and Depression’ talk at Effective Altruism Global

By | January 18th, 2018|Media, Philosophy, Talks|

Abstract: All plausible moral theories agree increasing the happiness of currently existing people during their lifetimes is intrinsically good. Despite, or perhaps because of, this agreement, […]

March 2017

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

By | March 1st, 2017|Happiness research, Media, Philosophy, Talks|

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, […]

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