Sometimes I write rather than read, and talk rather than listen. The two recurring places for that are:
1. Hard Drugs podcast (2025-) that I co-host with Saloni Dattani, produced by Works in Progress and Open Philanthropy. We do deep dives on medical innovation and how “miracle” drugs are developed.
2. Blog on scientific research and science funding (2024-). You can subscribe on the site to get future blog posts emailed to you.
Other podcast episodes:
- Global Health R&D interview with Fin Moorhouse on the Hear This Idea podcast (2024). This is the best one for an overview of neglected science, and science funding.
- The Future of Science with Alexey Guzey (2025). This is best for internet people.
- Science and Safety, a panel with Dylan Matthews, Tyler Cowen, and Matt Clancy (2024).
Older writing: Vigilante accountability project (2020), Why I donated to the Environmental Data & Governance Initiative, forum post (2017), Safety First: Entering the Age of Artificial Intelligence, World Policy Journal (2016), 5 virtual reality books you should read, Quartz (2016), A review of Superforecasting by Philip Tetlock, Washington Post (2015).
Jacob Trefethen 