Links

Here is a sample of some favorite content and people from the Internet. This page is used to help me flag and find old favorites.

Favorites

• Friend groups underinvest in themselves (short post) - shared trust is a superpower. Build something with your friends
• Reality has a surprising amount of detail (short post)
• Status as a Service (long post) and Compress your ideas (short post) by Eugene Wei
• How to Pick a Career (long post) - Tim Urban deep dive on doing fulfilling work
• You and Your Research (long post) - Richard Hamming on doing great work
• Willingness to Look Stupid (med post) - what the virtue of curiosity looks like in practice
• It's Time to Build (short post) - Marc Andreessen call to arms
• Tips on salary negotiation (long post) - only read if you need it
• Notes on being very tall (short article) - recommending as a 6'4" man, the essay notes that 6'3" is the best height and is probably right
• Operations matter more than ideas
• Immortality Begins at Forty (short post)
• Ethnic Food Dining Guide (DC area)
• The Inner Ring - CS Lewis moral philosophy in ten mins with practical recommendation for orienting yourself towards a good life
• Kevin Kelly - 68 Bits of Unsolicited Advice
• Michael Sorkin - 250 Things an Architect Should Know
• Dalai Lama - 18 Rules of Living
• Sam Altman - 36 Lessons Before 30
• Berkshire Shareholder Letters
• Amazon Shareholder Letters
• Paul Graham's Essays
• Andrew Carreon's Letters - two letters a year since 2018, this will eventually be a classic repository of investing and business knowledge
• Alex Guzey's lifehacks

Favorite hip hop

• Tobe Nwigwe
• Coast Contra - Contradictions, Breathe and Stop Freestyle
• Murs
• Atmosphere
• Saba