Oliver Williams

Oliver Williams is a philosophy graduate currently working on a book provisionally titled The Limits of Altruism in a Zero-Sum World. He is based in London and can usually be found in the British Library reading about evolutionary psychology, resource depletion, demography and sectarian conflict.

World of Witchcraft

Oliver Williams

Human-rights groups and assorted do-gooders have been filling up my Twitter timeline with news of a phenomenon many think no longer exists: literal witch hunts. In 2009 the leader of The Gambia, the self-titled Sheikh Professor Dr. Yahya Abdul-Aziz ...