Archive - Ben Yeoh, Then Do Better

AI Acceleration. Fast, slow and how will it impact GDP

Notes on a panel discussion about rate of change of AI technology, impacts on the economy, safety and governance. on the panel: Tyler Cowen, Mike Webb…

Jul 2 •

June 2025

Britain still (mostly) works; Glasto highlights

My claim that Britain is working still. Top 15 Glastonbury moments. London Vibes, Climate Action week.

Jun 29 •

Timing cancer treatment, growing tomatoes, Miami visit

Health: Cancer treatment efficacy depends on time of administration. Travel: Miami Vibes. Life: Growing Tomatoes.

Jun 22 •

Optimism: My chat on optimism. Radical Acceptance: on reading Yiyun Li memoirs after her sons’ deaths. Let kids be kids: Zvi on giving children freedom

Jun 1 •

May 2025

UnConference sessions, Free Will

Free will: Do we have it, does it matter? UnConference: Notes from the Unofficial London EV Unconference. Autism rates mostly explained by diagnosis and…

May 11 •

April 2025

Art over the longnow

Autism, mindfulness and buses: Canterbury travels. Podcast: Maryann Ochota on Chernobyl, nature and resilience. Fellowships.

Apr 27 •

March 2025

have you had a long distance breakup?

Culture: Past Lives, relationships and In-Yun. Philosophy: Rebecca Lowe podcast, respect. Chi Thai’s book on her immigration story. Events: London…

Mar 9 •

Why wear wedding white?

Gen Z and economics. Chinese new year, our Chicken Rice. Travel tips. Narrative Plenitude. Virginia Woolf craftsmanship. meet-ups.

Mar 1 •

February 2025

Diamonds are whose friend?

AI speed and Culture. Barthes on intertextuality and reader as the centre Mined Diamonds as diminishing cultural value. Theatre: Kyoto (play) thoughts…

Feb 16 •

January 2025

Technology and limits of rationality

Education, sport, Daisy Christodoulou and VAR. Education: Naomi Fisher podcast. Life, Art: Ted Lasso, drama structure and positive role models. Climate…

Jan 19 •

December 2024

Inclusive theatre, inheritance laws

My Death show, Jan 8th, Do Come! Inclusive family theatre, Justin Fletcher What inheritance law tells about a nation’s culture.

Dec 22, 2024 •

Next to a shooting, NYC

New York on my birthday. Nashville, a growth vibe. Pod: Fuchsia Dunlop on Chinese Food. Life: 6 lessons working at an art gallery. Econ: End of oil?

Dec 8, 2024 •

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