Re: Sources

I wouldn’t claim to be a particularly original thinker. I’ve learned from and have been greatly inspired by the following sources:

• Books
  • Man’s Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl
  • Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb
  • How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
  • Give and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success by Adam Grant
  • Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
  • The Alignment Problem by Brian Christian
  • Atomic Habits by James Clear – Reflection
  • The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion by Jonathan Haidt
  • Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It by Chris Voss with Tahl Raz – Reflection
  • A Mind for Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science by Barbara Oakley
• Content Creators
  • The Huberman Lab Podcast by Andrew Huberman
  • Tina Huang’s Youtube Channel
  • Will Schoder’s Youtube Channel
  • SlateStarCodex (now Astral Codex Ten) by Scott Alexander
  • WaitButWhy by Tim Urban
  • Commonplace by Cedric Chin
• Communities
  • The effective altruist and rationalist communities (Effective Altruism Forum, 80,000 Hours, Less Wrong)
  • The street dance scene in Montréal: here, here, here
• People
  • Many in my life
  • My mentors in dance Djungle and Halfido
  • Dancers Kevin Paradox and Buddha Stretch
• Clips, Talks, Speeches
  • “Does Your Face Light Up?” (2:26) – Toni Morrison
  • “You’ve made this day a special day, by just your being you. There’s no person in the whole world like you, and I like you, just the way you are.” (6:38) – Mr. Fred Rogers
  • Well-known speech on optimism, (the pursuit of) devotion, and making the most of our limited time (15:05) – Steve Jobs
  • Everyone Leads (and we should embrace that) (6:01) and “You Matter Right Now” and other thoughts on how we relate to one another (15:33) – Drew Dudley
  • “None of us can make it alone.” (21:51) – Arnold Schwarzenegger
  • “Do It” (20:51) – Art Williams

I shall improve this document going forward by adding specific particularly useful content from the above sources, perhaps some thoughts and reasons on why these creators and their works influenced my thinking, and certainly any new sources which shall influence me.