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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

• On 30

  Published November 8, 2024 in Personal / Mental Health / Bestof - 13 mins to read
  Content warning: suicide, self harm, eating disorders, partner violence, alcohol abuse...

Most Recent Posts

• 10 Things I Don't Know But Want To

  Published January 20, 2026 in AI / Aliens / Blogging / Mental Health / Programming - 13 mins to read
  Artificial intelligence, extraterrestrial intelligence and emotional intelligence Please help me! I have recently spent a lot of time thinking about the ten questions below, and have yet to arrive at satisfactory answers for any of them...

• IN 2026 I WILL CONQUER ALL OF ASIA

  Published January 17, 2026 in Personal - 6 mins to read
  Or at least be assassinated by the aristocracy of Macedonia while trying...

• 2025 In Review

  Published January 2, 2026 in Personal - 4 mins to read
  For the past few months I’ve been telling myself a story that 2025 was a “bad” year...

• Auf Wiedersehen, Effective Altruism

  Published November 24, 2025 in Effective Altruism - 5 mins to read
  I love cults. Not studying them from the outside; actually being in them...

• 30 things to try before you try suicide

  Published September 2, 2025 in Mental Health - 6 mins to read
  I recently read a piece on Substack called “30 things to try before you try suicide” (clearly the algorithm already has me pegged)...

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