Mellivora

On Liberty - Modernising a Classic with Hubris and AI

Pangram says 16% written by a human - those are the first 8 paragraphs. The remaining 84% is indeed written by AI, and you don’t actually have to bother…

Sep 24 • Mellivora

Exciting Developments in Moral Philosophy - Illumination and Mind Types

In April this year, William MacAskill published an article describing Saturationism - a proposed modification to Utilitarianism that resolves most of…

Sep 11 • Mellivora

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July 2026

The UK Post-Brexit - Balancing Geopolitical Realism with Hope

The UK is in the doldrums internationally. We have no geopolitical strategy, no guiding principles and no vision. Some might view it as putting the cart…

Jul 3 • Mellivora

September 2024

The Political Compass - More than Just a Meme

Despite its designers' hopes that it might beckon in a new era of more nuanced political discourse, the political compass has largely been reduced to…

Sep 12, 2024 • Mellivora

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March 2024

Doing Things Differently - Adventures Raising the Next Generation

It has been some time since I posted on this blog. Writing posts that are good enough for me to consider posting takes a reasonable amount of effort…

Mar 7, 2024 • Mellivora

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March 2021

Dividends vs. Buybacks - Take My Money, I Didn't Ask for a Refund

Conventional wisdom is that dividends are great - for many people they are the main reason why people invest in companies in the first place. A dividend…

Mar 25, 2021 • Mellivora

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Free Markets and the Dangers of Optimisation Engines

In my last post, I discussed why I think that Capitalism can be a net positive for the world, along with why it shouldn’t be used as a bogeyman that…

Mar 3, 2021 • Mellivora

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January 2021

Capitalism as a Social Cause

Even many proponents of capitalism seem to view investments as fundamentally selfish. They just view selfishness itself as a good thing, channelling the…

Jan 13, 2021 • Mellivora

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December 2020

Economic Extremism - Too Much of a Good Thing

Allow me to juxtapose two viewpoints for a moment. First – what I perceive to be a fairly common view amongst neo-liberal economists: The huge…

Dec 23, 2020 • Mellivora

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November 2020

Voting Systems IV - Procedural Voting

This post is part of a series of posts on Voting Systems. As well as the general public voting for politicians or directly for policies, voting is also…

Nov 18, 2020 • Mellivora

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Voting Systems III - Representatives

This post is part of a series of posts on Voting Systems. Now we move out of the simple realm of single offices and single issues. Appointing multiple…

Nov 4, 2020 • Mellivora

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October 2020