Snow from the 10th floor of St Mary’s Hospital

Have a desktop background that displays your worldview

The one thing that makes up for Lex Fridman's frequent stupid questions is that he asks almost every guest if they are afraid of death. Only interviewer in history I have known to do that.

Favourite Brothers Karamazov quote is where Alyosha (a monk) has just answered his brother Ivan that a man who killed a child with dogs should be shot. “Let me tell you, novice, that the absurd is only too necessary on earth. The world stands on absurdities, and perhaps

Time to find out what all the fuss is about

China has overtaken Europe and is catching up with the USA in % of clinical trials and innovative drugs in development. Chinese biotech firms have rapidly shifted from generics to developing cutting-edge cancer and weight-loss drugs, now running nearly 1/3 of global clinical

Brilliant chart from the Economist on historic tech bubbles. For context on how much societies are willing to spend on new general-purpose technologies: - British railway investment at its peak in 1847 was a staggering 7 percent of GDP. - In the five years after the

My @cursor_ai wrapped

Very nice touch from OpenAI to do an image of your year wrapped. Here’s mine.

“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic” Arthur C Clark

Profile pic upgrade. Nano banana is now the best LinkedIn/Twitter AI headshot generator.

My best description of why NHS doctors are striking/looking to leave the NHS in droves is that a couple who are both medics cannot buy a house in London without parental help before the age of 35. Any other similarly academic type of work in London Law/Finance/Consulting and

One thing that I still find AI is terrible at is music and film recommendations. The best way for me to discovered albums/movies that I will enjoy by far is still recommendations from people I know. Can’t wait for AI to actually get good at this.

Who is most trustworthy with AGI?

Someone needs to make a startup who’s whole purpose is to make Ozempic as cheaply available as paracetamol. Number one health priority for any developed country.

This snippet from Obama is exceptional, all of the incredible things that are done in the world are ultimately done by people who are very talented but still people at the end of the day. Once you realise that people ain't all that you appreciate you really can just do things.

Link to The Computational Medicine Podcast: https://t.co/iECDDTKUP1

I remember thinking that podcasting was a waste of time. Now, I’d argue it’s one of the best ways to speak to outrageously impressive people. There’s no way I would’ve been able to have extended conversations with most of my guests if the output hadn’t been a podcast. This

Lowering your laptop height to be in line with your external monitor will result in a big improvement in your quality of life