In my day job as an FT columnist, I cast a sceptical, often irreverent eye over the world around me. I tend to be someone who challenges everything — not for the sake of it, but because I’m suspicious when a whole group of people believes the same thing. I have often been labelled a “contrarian”. I once hosted a podcast series called A Sceptic’s Guide to Crypto. I have the word “snark” in my X bio. You get the idea.
So you might be surprised to hear of some of the…

