Fredkin's; the best paradox

Here's an explanation for why nothing gets done: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fredkin%27s_paradox Here's a shorter version

Thank your authors

I've had a couple of really nice notes in the last couple of months. People getting in touch to say they liked something I'd written. This is an incredibly pleasant feeling and it doesn't happen very often. And every time it happens I'

Make more slides

I did a presentation for the good people of GDS the other week. I really enjoyed it. The presenting and the questions and all that but also, just the craft and the opportunity to think about an argument and to make some new slides. Neil is right. I want to

The London Review of TikToks 5th July 2026

Let me get the three piece and a biscuit @gracespelman the songs aren’t ranked except for #1 which is ABSOLUTELY MY FAVORITE #musicdiscovery #musicrecommendations #playlist ♬ original sound - grace 🎧 | music discovery @nationofartisans How did Kaymet, a WWII-era sheet metal workshop on the Old Kent Road making chassis for radar,

One weird trick

A story I've told a thousand times, but still useful, I suspect.

More Do

I had a phase of making little videos about the things in the Do book, and then I forgot. So here we go again:

What are you working on?

Notes and links - 28th June 2026

"Consulting giant Accenture is trying to figure out how to stop non-technical workers from blowing through companies’ AI token budget on trivial tasks like converting PDFs to presentation slides" The Tokenpocalypse Is Here: Companies Are Scrambling To Stop Spending So Much on AILeaked audio from Accenture says

Walking Slow

I've embarked on another pointless, slow and unmonetisable project. I call it Walking Slow although that is a bad name. I always find that the most poignant things on YouTube are those street scenes from 50 years ago, 30 years ago, 20 years ago, NOT THAT LONG ago.

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Findings (may not work)

I posted to TikTok every day for a year and I learned nothing

Actually, that's not true. This is what I actually learned: 1. Find a topic, 'a niche', you'll probably have to experiment a lot to find the one that works. Then - only post about that topic. Experiment a lot to find the style/tone/approach

Notes and links - 21st June 2026

"On the pitch, much was amateurish: penalty spots were painted in the wrong place, some games finished ahead of time, and the identity of some of the goalscorers remains unknown. Argentina’s captain, Manuel Ferreira, left halfway through to sit his law exams, and the US midfielder Andy Auld