Harry Metcalfe

Essays on meaning, technical work, self and society, AI, Vajrayana Buddhism, and vampires.

Commentary on law and policy from D A Green. Formerly the law and lore blog.

A newsletter of quiet contrarianism, slow analysis and ambient ideas

Why that thing you retweeted is probably wrong.

I'm writing a book called Neither/Nor, which is about two ways of knowing the world: through language, and through experience, and how learning to navigate these sometimes opposing ways of learning can reduce individual and social suffering.

The rise and fall of culture and institutions

Join me on my tumultous journey as I weave a career path through various types of writing-for-money until I finally feel like a real writer.