Resources
My favorite tools for organization, learning, and fun.
My favorite tools for organization, learning, and fun.
Image: Climbing in the Grand Tetons, Wyoming, in 2021
Workflowy (command center).
Spaced-repetition flashcards, done well (building short-term memory and quick recall).
Onenote (organizing big structures into long-term memory).
80,000 Hours 8-week career planning outline - good landing point for reevaluating your career.
Hamming's essay reflecting on how to do important research: You and your research.
Always keep your eyes open. Interview everyone you can for inspiration.
Interesting Sci-Fi authors: Charles Stross (Accelerando, Glasshouse), Neal Stephenson (Diamond age, Seveneves), Vernor Vinge, Adrian Tchaikovsky, David Brin, Frank Herbert, Asimov, Olaf Stapledon (Starmaker, The First and Last Men), E. M. Forster (The machine stops), Orson Scott Card, Liu Cixin (Three Body Problem).
Fun authors: Brandon Sanderson, Patrick Rothfuss, N. K. Jemisin, Garth Nix, Jonathan Stroud, Tamora Pierce.
Books for reflection: The Top Five Regrets of the Dying (Bronnie Ware), The last lecture (Randy Pausch), How will you measure your life? (Christensen), Smarter Faster Better (Duhigg), Drive (Daniel Pink).