Reading List

A high impact reading list. Some have changed my thinking. Others are just interesting.

Salary Negotiation

Patio11's salary negotiation advice for engineers

Fooled by Randomness

NN Taleb's counterintuitive thoughts on managing uncertainty

Training for the New Alpinism

Years before "Zone 2 training" became mainstream, Scott Johnston wrote about applying it and other techniques to become a better alpine climber

This Can't Go On

I often view events through a more zoomed-out lens of how they fit into broader trends or history. It's why I love learning about hunter gatherers

Do Things that Don't Scale

Classic Paul Graham post about doing things that won't scale but are useful in the initial stages

Refinement Culture

Culture is stagnating. The world is smoother and smaller than in the past. We domesticate ourselves more with each decade. I think this trend is much broader than what's discussed in the essay.