comerfodApr 21, 20222 min readA potential mechanism by which bad politics creates good artWhy does Irish writing enjoy outsized influence in the literary canon? One explanation might be that anyone growing up in Ireland in the...
comerfodApr 21, 20222 min readWhy Privatizing Channel 4 Will Be Good For TelevisionPut aside the fact that the UK state could do with hundreds of millions of pounds and that selling a viable commercial asset is a far...
comerfodMar 14, 20222 min readWarm Glow, Virtue Signalling and Thoughtless AltruismHere's a piece on this - and how it applies to the Ukraine conflict - from The Conversation: Will booking an Airbnb help Ukraine? Why...
comerfodSep 20, 20211 min readInstitutional racism is prevalent in the home of wokenessA leading league table of US universities rewards institutions that predominantly recruit privileged (read: white) students. link:...
comerfodSep 14, 20211 min readExposure of faked dishonesty study makes me proud to be a behavioural scientistExposure of faked dishonesty study makes me proud to be a behavioural scientist (theconversation.com) This piece speaks to a widespread...
comerfodAug 30, 20211 min readChina's Limiting Computer Games Looks Self-Destructive Having something taken away is worse than never having been allowed it in the first place. For a teenager who has done nothing wrong, it...
comerfodAug 30, 20211 min readThe Last TabooDespite having seen images of startlingly imaginative cruelty on screen, I can think of only one scene in which a character is seen...
comerfodAug 30, 20212 min readThe Unglamourous Value of NeighboursGlen Weyl's "Radical Markets" proposes that houses are constantly for sale. In this world, owners set a price for their capital assets...