Links
Essays, talks, and the odd whitepaper I keep coming back to. If it’s on this list, it earned its spot.
Advice to Young People, The Lies I Tell Myself
Jason Liu being honest about career, confidence, and self-worth. Worth a slow read.
2024jxnl.co
Demis Hassabis: DeepMind
Demis Hassabis on where AI is headed, from someone who'd know.
2022youtube.com
Give yourself permission to be creative
Ethan Hawke on why creativity matters more than you think.
2020youtube.com
Fast
Patrick Collison's list of things humans built shockingly fast. A reminder that speed is possible.
2019patrickcollison.com
Status as a Service
Eugene Wei on why social networks actually work. A classic.
2019eugenewei.com
How To Be Successful
Sam Altman's playbook. Thirteen points, no fluff.
2019blog.samaltman.com
The Emperor Has No Clothes
On questioning conventions and thinking for yourself.
2018kortina.nyc
Naval's Thread
Naval on wealth and happiness, one tweet at a time.
2018twitter.com
The Tao of Seneca
Seneca's letters to a friend. Stoicism that still lands two thousand years later.
2017tim.blog
The Tail End
Tim Urban does the math on how little time you have left with the people you love. It stays with you.
2015waitbutwhy.com
Charlie Kaufman on Screenwriting
Charlie Kaufman on what it actually takes to make something honest.
2014kortina.nyc
The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows
John Koenig names the feelings you didn't have words for.
2014youtube.com
Why Explore Space?
A NASA scientist's answer to why we fund space while people go hungry. Worth reading in full.
2012lettersofnote.com
The Consequences of Caring
On why we care so much about teams that have no idea we exist.
2012grantland.com
Inventing on Principle
Bret Victor on building around a principle. The talk that rewires how you think about tools.
2012youtube.com
A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System
The Bitcoin whitepaper. Nine pages that started all of it.
2008bitcoin.org
To Write Love on Her Arms
One story about addiction and depression that became a movement.
2006twloha.com
The Fable of the Dragon-Tyrant
Nick Bostrom's parable about aging and why we accept the unacceptable.
2005nickbostrom.com