Writing
Thoughts on data, personal writing, and what I'm reading.
📚 Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams (2025)
A tour through how things are done at Facebook, with a meta-story that's still playing out.
The UK's vision for using patient health data
My take-aways and follow-up thoughts from the Westminster Health Forum on "Next steps for the use of patient data in the UK"
De Prony and the Mathematical Tables
A story about hitting the spec but missing the point
📰 We Need A Way To Prove Personhood Online by Renée DiResta (2026)
A review of approaches to prevent bots from wreaking havoc online
What I remember from my field trip to Syros
A story about decision-making
▶️ On the Record: Inaugural Lecture by Professor Seb Bacon (2026)
When I watched this talk I felt like Prof Seb Bacon had already figured out all the things I wanted to think about over the next 5-10 years.
📚 Proof by Adam Kucharski (2025)
This book is a whistle-stop tour through my favourite topic. How do we know what is true?
Rating AI-Stack diagrams
A jaunt through a selection of AI-Stack diagrams with some comments
📚 Empire of AI by Karen Hao (2025)
What was going on at OpenAI in its first few years of operation?