my reference library

Books I’d like to talk about

I used to have a really old version of this blogpost that was tattered and patchy, until eventually I got sick of it and decid

notes i took a long time ago from some talk he gave Introduction / Story Defining a successful startup Equity structure Founde

original thread This book grew out of this 2015 Vanity Fair article about soldiers and PTSD Junger grew up in a Boston suburb.

startup bullshit Just shipped some stuff for work, so I thought I'd take a second to explore some thoughts that have been

I love this comic by Kevin Simler of Melting Asphalt: Wisdom tells me I am nothing. Love tells me I am everything. Between the

Good Bones by Maggi Smith Life is short, though I keep this from my children. Life is short, and I’ve shortened mine in a th

A Sideways Look At Time is a 1999 book by Jay Griffiths that I find myself referencing over and over again. I thought I’

Language news Good typography The message has to suit the medium: Recurring theme of brooding over cities how people make refe

Stone tools, computer mice, bricks and smartphones are all designed to fit the human hand. people looking ridiculous SeeingSpa

self-observations 0408 — tendency to talk in explanations – I get neurotic when I try to explain everything, includin

Practice Stoicism (0010) Keep your identity small (0094) Avoid heartbreak warfare (0006), petty arguments (0076) Be random fro

2023 update: This feels like a very dated post now. I think my goal moving forward is to weave all my favorite quotes into my

I loved YungSnuggie so much that I pulled out his best answers, formatted them a little (tried to make it easier to read witho