Oct 2023
I wanted to put together something that elegantly ties all the threads I've been pulling on; what better than a pile of links?
Life:
Lyle McDonald's "No Regrets"
Paul Graham's "How to do Great Work"
Richard Hamming's "You and Your Research"
- Also a book, "The Art and Science of Doing Engineering", that I read in part at least once a month. Banger.
Alexey Guzey's advice
Patrick Collison's advice for young people
Probably Good's career guide
Some thoughts on college:
Advice for ambitious teens
Why you should write on the internet:
"Meta thought: you radically underestimate both a) how much you know that other people do not and b) the instrumental benefits to you of publishing it" - Patrick McKenzie
Lifting and nutrition:
"Everybody wants to be a bodybuilder. But don't nobody want to lift no heavy ass weight" -Ronnie Coleman
Starting Strength, Mark Rippetoe
Driveline Baseball (entire blog is a goldmine for all things training)
Some more... experimental approaches:
The Four Hour Body by Tim Ferris
Breathe by James Nestor
Thoughts on Productivity:
Learning:
Gwern on spaced repetition
Learn (school related) things for free
Learn to Code (or ask GPT to teach you)
The Art of Learning by Josh Waitzkin
Gwern on Learning vs. Education
Free MIT classes
Work:
Bertrand Russell, In praise of idelness
Bob Black on The Abolition of Work
Peter Kroptokin on working hard
The Kool Aid Factory on writing
patio11 on salary negotiation
Internet fluency:
Siver's Tech Independence
How to name your damn files
Directory of repositories so you can actively root against the criminals spreading free information on the internet. Do your part to fight the proliferation of knowledge.