Umar Lone

I'm a former foreign policy advisor, diplomat and product manager.

Some notes about me:

• Born and bred in the UK
• Trekked through the Amazon Rainforest, slept in the Sahara Desert, and swam in the Great Barrier Reef
• Live in Canada
• Ran the London Marathon while injured
• Very vanilla in ice cream and personality
• Briefly ran a small tech agency with my cousin

Realisations and experiences into words:

• People don't remember your name or what you said. They remember how you made them feel.
• You are no more important than a blade of grass. You just think that you are.
• Those who live in the present moment live forever.

Quick book notes:

• Notes from 'The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company' by William Dalrymple
• Notes from 'Poor Charlie's Almanack' by Peter D. Kaufman
• Notes from 'The Way of Integrity' by Martha Beck
• Notes from 'The Lessons of History' by Will & Ariel Durant
• Notes from 'The Psychology of Money' by Morgan Housel
• Notes from 'The Audacity of Hope' by Barack Obama

Thoughts on laws, society and cases:

• Paper on: 'The Defense of Necessity in Canadian Criminal Law: Reconciling Legal Doctrine and Human Compassion in Non-Consensual Mercy-Killing Scenarios' by Umar Lone
• More coming soon...

Stuff built or building:

• Twitter quote bot
• AI disability support program tool