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As part of a bet with a friend, I wrote almost every day for four years, and unsurprisingly, that means that a lot of the posts here are not very good. Fortunately these days I post far less often, but try to ensure that what I write is of a respectable quality. You can also browse by category or browse by series.

If you’re not sure where to start, these are the posts I’m most proud of.

Recently Featured

• Brother, Teach Me

  Published January 27, 2026 in Personal Development / Bestof - 6 mins to read
  A hero’s journey to find the meaning of heroism. I’ve spent the last several years trying to figure out how to be a man...

Most Recent Posts

• How to Draw an Owl

  Published May 14, 2026 in Mental Health - 9 mins to read
  Draw some circles. 2. Spontaneously achieve perfect emotional fluidity. TW: discussion of self-abuse...

• Bottled Feelings

  Published May 5, 2026 in Fiction - 10 mins to read
  Some moments I will never forget I keep a collection of glassware in the recesses of my mind...

• Auf Wiedersehen, Effective Altruism II: Wir Sehen Uns Wieder

  Published April 14, 2026 in Effective Altruism - 6 mins to read
  Because doing enough good won’t make me good enough Six months ago, I wrote:..

• Suffering on the Margin

  Published March 31, 2026 in Mental Health / Personal - 5 mins to read
  Epistemic status: stream-of-consciousness neurotic blathering masquerading as a quick take...

• Unfortunately, Aliens

  Published February 10, 2026 in Aliens - 6 mins to read
  Aliens are hard to take seriously. Until recently, the most I’d thought about aliens had been in connection with former FIDE president Kirsan Ilyumzhinov’s claims about having been abducted by them and when a local Aurigny pilot saw a UFO near Alderney - neither of which seemed desperately believable at first glance...

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