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 I've toyed with the idea of writing a blog for a while, encouraged largely by SA but his introducing me to Neel Nanda and Nanda's post on blogging has given me the necessary push. The friction that prevented me from starting this was a fear of sounding pretentious; the assumption that I have something to say that is so important that other people should give up their time to read it. So I begin this with zero intention that others will read it and I instead take a wholly selfish approach. These posts are for me: they are an opportunity for me to clarify my own thoughts on topics important to me, as well as a chance to improve my writing ability. If you happen to stumble across these posts then that is your own mistake and I don't presume that anything I write is original or worth your time. And that said, the title of the blog refers to the fact that if you do decide that my thoughts might make clement inhabitants of your brain, a post should not outlive the time it takes you to drink a coffee.

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