Robin Harford

Conformity can be a big problem. One of my favourite quotes actually is from Václav Havel, former president of the Czech Republic, and it says: ‘Follow the man who seeks the truth. Run from the man who has found it’. My worry at the moment is that there will be a move towards such conformity. In a world where people are confused and scared, they wi... See more

After all, cities are where people are supposed to have serendipitous encounters—as the writer and critic Jane Jacobs said, “The metropolis provides what otherwise could be given only by traveling; namely, the strange.” By comparison, the cliché goes, people become more atomized the farther they move from urban environments into the clinical, safe,... See more

The reason the ultra-left run into so many ideological inconsistencies is because they are underdogphiles. They see the underdog through a highly fetishized and sympathetic lens.

Support for the underdog isn’t a bad thing—and in fact, it’s actually highly necessary in many cases—but their fetishization amounts to blanket support, meaning there is no... See more

The sleepless nights weren’t just from being a new mom; they were from feeling like I was putting my energy into something that no longer aligned with my vision for the future.