Archive - The Ruffian

What's the Point Of Protests?

Maybe Not What We Think It Is

Apr 27 •

The Standing Ovation Theory of Everything

Why Our Choices Are Never Ours Alone

Apr 25 •

27 Takes On What It Means To Be a Serious Person

Plus a rattle bag of goodies

Apr 20 •

The Sunak Question

Why Has the Tory Party's Great Hope Been So Bad At the Job?

Apr 17 •

Why Does Being Left-Wing Make You Unhappy?

The Ideological Well-Being Gap

Apr 13 •

How Silicon Valley Hacked the Science of Human Behaviour

Revisiting My 2016 Piece on The Phones

Apr 10 •

Can You Imitate a Genius?

What the new Amy Winehouse film tells us about singing, talent, and AI

Apr 6 •

Why London's Famous Penguin Pool Has No Penguins In It

A Tale From My Trip To The Zoo

Apr 3 •

March 2024

Am I Anti-Woke?

Self-Reflection Inspired by Nick Cave, Plus a Taxonomy of Woke, Plus Rattle Bag

Mar 30 •

Why It's Good To Be Biased

When everyone is rational, reasonable and nice, we all get a little dimmer

Mar 23 •

In Praise of Slow Learners

How the Tortoise Beats the Hare

Mar 16 •

The State of the Culture Is...Not Bad, Actually

Reflections on a good year for the Oscars

Mar 9 •

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