Tim Harford

Cautionary Tales – Explosives or Sugar? The Deadly Art of Distraction, with Helena Merriman
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Cautionary Tales – Explosives or Sugar? The Deadly Art of Distraction, with Helena Merriman
timharford.com/2026/03/caut...

What if AI just makes us work harder? [FREE TO READ] Employees have reported increased momentum, but also a feeling of having more to do

What if AI just makes us work harder?
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Bonk: The Curious Coupling Of Sex and Science Bonk: The Curious Coupling Of Sex and Science [Roach, Mary] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Bonk: The Curious Coupling Of Sex and Science

Having fun this week reading books about, ahem.
Strongly recommend Mary Roach's classic, "Bonk". Very interesting and very funny.
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The tyranny of targets
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Mon dieu! C'est un livre-jeu du #Brexit.

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What if AI just makes us work harder? [FREE TO READ] Employees have reported increased momentum, but also a feeling of having more to do

What if AI just makes us work harder?
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Bonk: The Curious Coupling Of Sex and Science Bonk: The Curious Coupling Of Sex and Science [Roach, Mary] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Bonk: The Curious Coupling Of Sex and Science

Having fun this week reading books about, ahem.
Strongly recommend Mary Roach's classic, "Bonk". Very interesting and very funny.
amzn.to/4aLjnrj

Cautionary Tales - The Flight of the Fantastist
(The Race Around the World , Pt 2)
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It’s the end of the world as we know it (but I feel fine) How are you doing? Well, I hope, despite everything. And if you are, then you are just like all the friends and colleagues who sent me messages at Christmas, all of them claiming that they were als…

It's the end of the world as we know it - but I feel fine
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Cautionary Tales - The Flight of the Fantastist
(The Race Around the World , Pt 2)
timharford.com/2026/02/caut...

It’s the end of the world as we know it (but I feel fine) How are you doing? Well, I hope, despite everything. And if you are, then you are just like all the friends and colleagues who sent me messages at Christmas, all of them claiming that they were als…

It's the end of the world as we know it - but I feel fine
timharford.com/2026/02/its-...

The refreshing power of disagreement [FREE TO READ] Right or wrong, dissent gives us permission to think for ourselves

What a recipe book teaches us about the joy of disagreement
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The refreshing power of disagreement [FREE TO READ] Right or wrong, dissent gives us permission to think for ourselves

What a recipe book teaches us about the joy of disagreement
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If you want to find out more @stewartbrand.bsky.social 's ideas about maintenance, "Maintenance: Of Everything" is a terrific, wide-ranging and distinctively Brandian book.
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Down Among The Dead Men by Fabled Lands High seas adventure with magic, mystery, and the undead.

Down Among The Dead Men. Play it and pay what you want.
#gamebook

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If you want to find out more @stewartbrand.bsky.social 's ideas about maintenance, "Maintenance: Of Everything" is a terrific, wide-ranging and distinctively Brandian book.
amzn.to/4qL76YE

The paradox of work In the late 1930s, the Roosevelt administration embarked on a curious project. Officials hired thousands of unemployed writers to produce guidebooks, children’s books, local histories, collections …

The paradox of work
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This one is quite a journey...

The Philosopher and the Handyman: The Race Around the World, Part 1
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The paradox of work In the late 1930s, the Roosevelt administration embarked on a curious project. Officials hired thousands of unemployed writers to produce guidebooks, children’s books, local histories, collections …

The paradox of work
timharford.com/2026/02/the-...

This one is quite a journey...

The link between material and moral flourishing is real [FREE TO READ] Two decades after he wrote it, an economics professor’s thesis is still one of this century’s most prescient

My vote for the most prescient book of the century so far...
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Caller Unknown: 'Oliver Johnson is a sparkling new talent - and a name to watch.' Peter James Caller Unknown: 'Oliver Johnson is a sparkling new talent - and a name to watch.' Peter James

I don't normally read thrillers but I absolutely devoured Oliver Johnson's "Caller Unknown". Tight writing, twisty conspiracy, dynamite ending... Fun!
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The link between material and moral flourishing is real [FREE TO READ] Two decades after he wrote it, an economics professor’s thesis is still one of this century’s most prescient

My vote for the most prescient book of the century so far...
as.ft.com/r/5ca641f2-4...

Why reliable data matters in one picture

The UK's productivity performance is either:
- still rubbish; or
- improving greatly after a terrible spell

You choose

Thank you!

Caller Unknown: 'Oliver Johnson is a sparkling new talent - and a name to watch.' Peter James Caller Unknown: 'Oliver Johnson is a sparkling new talent - and a name to watch.' Peter James

I don't normally read thrillers but I absolutely devoured Oliver Johnson's "Caller Unknown". Tight writing, twisty conspiracy, dynamite ending... Fun!
amzn.to/4tN9pxa

Sphygmograph be damned: the science of love
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Running the London Marathon in memory of Winnie Help Tim Harford raise money to support Teenage Cancer Trust

Anyone who fancies supporting this absurd effort by donating to an all-too-serious charity, please do. I'm very grateful for everything who has chipped in.
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The Marathon, the Algorithm, and Me
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