Archive - The Ration Card

From Small Sparks to Big Fires

Did the ability to make fires evolve genetically?

Apr 19 •

January 2024

Read This Essay

If it's the one thing you read this year.

Jan 2 •

December 2023

Something's Just Not Right

Progress and Stasis

Dec 24, 2023 •

October 2023

Alternative Medicine

Systems that don't change are dangerous

Oct 1, 2023 •

September 2023

Nature vs Culture

or Is Jane Goodall Evil?

Sep 23, 2023 •

Death is a Problem

We should do something about it.

Sep 15, 2023 •

August 2023

A Philosophy of Feeding Children

Should parents decide when, what and how much a child must eat?

Aug 25, 2023 •

The Absurdity of Censorship

A little while into watching Oppenheimer the other day, and trying desperately not to laugh at the clumsy censoring of a nude scene, it struck me that…

Aug 10, 2023 •

June 2023

I KNOW WHAT'S GOOD FOR YOU

And I will force you to do it

Jun 27, 2023 •

March 2023

Haldane's Rabbit, Deutsch's AGI

What is the 'Rabbit in the Precambrian' moment for AI?

Mar 29, 2023 •

A Necessary Evil or Windows Into Infinity?

Mar 28, 2023 •

December 2022

Taking Children Seriously - A Discussion

A conversation between future parents

Dec 28, 2022 •

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