Oxford

Oxford: mental state spot-the-difference

I spend time in different mental states, but it is surprisingly hard to say how they are different from one another. For instance, I just got back from a friend’s birthday dinner, which involved more wine consumption than my typical few hours of life, and I…

Oxford: unseen possibilities

Every morning I do my morning routine. Some evenings I change what is in my morning routine. Recently I added ‘do something you have never done before’, which I had done before, but not in a while.

Oxford: crippling writing ambition

I made this blog to write about mundane things like geographic areas I have personally been located in. It was probably a bit tongue in cheek, because my own engagement with whatever geographic location I am in frequently fails to reach the level where I could tell you…

Oxford: existence

Dear Mother,

An open virtual postcard from Oxford, now that you aren’t also in Oxford. Thank you for visiting! Lovely to see both you and my relative who shall not be named on the internet. I also enjoyed meeting the crowd of ancient statues that I have spent so long…

Oxford: meditation

In my previous life as a person who didn’t meditate, I was regularly told that I should maybe try to meditate. Because I have various problems, and meditation apparently helps with basically all problems. Or because it is also great, on top of that.

Oxford: forecasting broadcast

Today I went on the 80k podcast. For some reason Rob was set on talking about AI forecasting, rather than speculative theories of human social interaction or weird things that happened in my childhood. So I was nervous about it.

Oxford: being oneself over time

Now I’m in Oxford, England. Discussing the weather makes me self-conscious, but failing to do so might leave you with entirely the wrong picture. The skies are mostly perfectly blue, apparently starting at some point in the middle of the night. If I wake up at 6:45am, I can…