On Measuring and Maximising What Matters | EAGxAustralia
The footage from my talk at EAGxAustralia. Here’s the abstract:
Effective altruists want to do as much good as […]
October 2019
January 2019
Cause profile: mental health
[This was originally posted on the EA forum]
I argue that mental illness may be one of the world’s […]
November 2017
The Moral Urgency Of Mental Health
Co-written with Peter Singer. This is cross-posted from Project Syndicate, where it original appeared.
If we can prevent great suffering at no […]
May 2017
A taxonomy of happiness interventions
Abstract: If we want to maximise happiness we should establish what the full range of options are first and then pick the best ones. As no […]
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
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]