Normanton Lad

The 1960s show The Fugitive has been great viewing.
For me a good show means interesting things happening to interesting people. The shows filmed in colour really look great. They don’t have the washed out colours you see in most 1970s rubbish show like The Professionals. The Fugitive has more class than the stuff you see today. In yesterday’s episode you had a scene where a lady had employed the fugitive to do some work around the house in exchange for a bed downstairs on her couch. At two o’clock in the morning the lady comes downstairs in her dressing gown – all buttoned up and respectable looking – and sees him looking out of the window at the rain. They talk a bit about the rain and then she says "Do you want me to leave?". He says "No". Then the scene cuts to the next day. All we get is a hint that something happened between them. If that scene was shot now, in this supposedly less sexist era, we would have a lot of female nudity and a load of rough sex.
Women viewers really like the main character. I was talking about this to my wife and she mentioned some of the things that attract women to him. He is modest and shy. He is a great listener. He rarely talks about himself. He never talks about sport or politics. He is intelligent. He is generous. He always does his best to help people even when it is at great risk to himself. He manages to look clean and smart even though he spends a lot of time living like a tramp and hiding in bushes.
I don’t know whether to regard him as an impossible paragon or whether he should be adopted as a role model by men still looking to find a partner.

The rule seems to be the further away from your neighbours you are the better you will get on. I think it is unreasonable to expect people to be reasonable.
Whatever nonsense my neighbours get up to I try to keep smiling and I keep on good terms with them. I've had neighbours who have taken thousands off the value of my property with their silly extensions and I've had neighbours who have tried to grab part of my garden, but I never fell out with them. Anger and worry can destroy your physical and mental health. I view these bad neighbours just like I would a wolf or a rat who acts according to its nature. They can't help themselves. If they have been selfish or mad people all their lives nothing you do will change them.
If you need a peace and quiet buy somewhere in the countryside even if it is a one room hovel. I've lived in the countryside and for me nothing can beat living somewhere where the only noise you hear at night is owls hooting.

The rule seems to be the further away from your neighbours you are the better you will get on. I think it is unreasonable to expect people to be reasonable.
Whatever nonsense my neighbours get up to I try to keep smiling and I keep on good terms with them. I've had neighbours who have taken thousands off the value of my property with their silly extensions and I've had neighbours who have tried to grab part of my garden, but I never fell out with them. Anger and worry can destroy your physical and mental health. I view these bad neighbours just like I would a wolf or a rat who acts according to its nature. They can't help themselves. If they have been selfish or mad people all their lives nothing you do will change them.
If you need a peace and quiet buy somewhere in the countryside even if it is a one room hovel. I've lived in the countryside and for me nothing can beat living somewhere where the only noise you hear at night is owls hooting.

The rule seems to be the further away from your neighbours you are the better you will get on. I think it is unreasonable to expect people to be reasonable.
Whatever nonsense my neighbours get up to I try to keep smiling and I keep on good terms with them. I've had neighbours who have taken thousands off the value of my property with their silly extensions and I've had neighbours who have tried to grab part of my garden, but I never fell out with them. Anger and worry can destroy your physical and mental health. I view these bad neighbours just like I would a wolf or a rat who acts according to its nature. They can't help themselves. If they have been selfish or mad people all their lives nothing you do will change them.
If you need a peace and quiet buy somewhere in the countryside even if it is a one room hovel. I've lived in the countryside and for me nothing can beat living somewhere where the only noise you hear at night is owls hooting.

The rule seems to be the further away from your neighbours you are the better you will get on. I think it is unreasonable to expect people to be reasonable.
Whatever nonsense my neighbours get up to I try to keep smiling and I keep on good terms with them. I've had neighbours who have taken thousands off the value of my property with their silly extensions and I've had neighbours who have tried to grab part of my garden, but I never fell out with them. Anger and worry can destroy your physical and mental health. I view these bad neighbours just like I would a wolf or a rat who acts according to its nature. They can't help themselves. If they have been selfish or mad people all their lives nothing you do will change them.
If you need a peace and quiet buy somewhere in the countryside even if it is a one room hovel. I've lived in the countryside and for me nothing can beat living somewhere where the only noise you hear at night is owls hooting.

The problem with Effective Altruism is unexpected consequences. The three core priorities seem contradictory to me. For example, money has poured into India and Pakistan to reduce poverty but the extra wealth has also been spent on weapons which increase the existential risk. Also when you reduce poverty you increase meat eating which does nothing for animal rights. I think the best policy is to keep your own house in order and to stop interfering in the lives of others. We don't know what is best for other people. I am not saying we should be selfish. It is just that by trying to help others we sometimes cause more problems than if we had done nothing.