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Media Consumption (Oct 2019)

>_ Summary
  • Read 3 books (827 min, +9%) and 35 long-form articles (+1650%)
  • Listened to 528 songs (+18%) and 6 podcast episodes (311 min, -35%)
  • Watched 3 movies (same), 9 soccer games (835 min, +178%) and 13 TV episodes (899 min, +203%)
  • Played 3 video games (210 min, -76%)
>_ Books

Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
░▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ Progress: 7-100%

Fentanyl, Inc. (Ben Westhoff)
▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ Progress: 0-100%

Softwar (Matthew Symonds)
▓▓▓░░░░░░░░░░░░ Progress: 0-20%

>_ Recommended Articles

Pmarca Guide to Personal Productivity (pmarchive)

The Audio Revolution (Alex Danco)

Secular Cycles (Slate Star Codex)

How Do You Like We Now (Matt Levine)

>_ Recommended Podcasts

Ben Westhoff on Synthetic Drugs, Dive Bars and the Evolution of Rap (Conversations with Tyler)

>_ Music

Top Artists: Travi$ Scott, Tool, The National, Kanye West, Hans Zimmer

Nov 01, 2019  ×  Berlin, DE

Media Consumption (Sep 2019)

>_ Summary
  • Read 4 books (760 min, -33%) and 2 long-form articles (-96%)
  • Listened to 447 songs (-17%) and 7 podcast episodes (476 min, -21%)
  • Watched 3 movies (+50%), 3 soccer games (300 min, -61%) and 5 TV episodes (297 min, -59%)
  • Played 3 video games (860 min, +1465%)
>_ Books

The Power Broker (Robert A. Caro)
░░░░░░░░░░░░░░▓ Progress: 93-100%

Super Pumped (Mike Isaac)
▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ Progress: 0-100%

Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ Progress: 0-7%

The Dream Machine (M. Mitchell Waldrop)
▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ Progress: 0-8%

>_ Recommended Articles

Almost Everything About Goodreads Is Broken (OneZero)

>_ Recommended Podcasts

Alain Bertaud on Cities, Markets, and People (Conversations with Tyler)

What Bryan Caplan Thinks About Basically Everything (Venture Stories)

>_ Video Games

Into the Breach, Super Mario Kart, The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening

>_ Music

Top Artists: Tool, Bon Iver, Yann Tiersen, Deichkind, Bob Moses

Oct 13, 2019  ×  Berlin, DE

Media Consumption (Aug 2019)

>_ Summary
  • Read 3 books (1140 min, -16%) and 51 long-form articles (+88%)
  • Listened to 540 songs (+4%), 0 audiobooks (same) and 9 podcast episodes (602 min, +35%)
  • Watched 2 movies (-71%), 10 soccer games (760 min, +181%) and 11 TV episodes (727 min, -36%)
  • Played 1 video game (55 min, +∞)
>_ Books

The Power Broker (Robert A. Caro)
░░░░░░░▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░ Progress: 48-93%

House of Leaves (Mark Danielewski)
▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ Progress: 2-3%

The Dawn of Eurasia (Bruno Macaes)
░░░░░░░░░░░░░░▓ Progress: 92-100%

>_ Recommended Articles

Inside Tokyo’s Audiophile Venues (Resident Advisor)

Peter Thiel’s Religion (David Perell)

Meditations on Moloch (Slate Star Codex)

The players are the artists; the game is the venue (Alex Danco)

The Arc of Collaboration (Kevin Kwok)

Fast Software, the Best Software (Craig Mod)

>_ Recommended Podcasts

Neal Stephenson on Depictions of Reality (Conversations with Tyler)

An Era of Stagnation & Universal Institutional Failure (The Portal)

>_ Music

Top Artists: Bon Iver, Tool, Hans Zimmer, Max Richter, Oscar Peterson Trio

Sep 07, 2019  ×  San Francisco, US

Media Consumption (July 2019)

>_ Summary
  • Read 5 books (1355 min, +179%) and 27 long-form articles (-7%)
  • Listened to 521 songs (+62%), 0 audiobooks (same) and 8 podcast episodes (445 min, -10%)
  • Watched 7 movies (+600%), 3 soccer games (-25%) and 21 TV episodes (1141 min, -28%)
  • Played 0 video games (-100%)
>_ Books

The Power Broker (Robert A. Caro)
░░░░░░▓░░░░░░░░ Progress: 40-48%

The Revolt of the Public (Martin Gurri)
░▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ Progress: 7-100%

Snow Crash (Neal Stephenson)
▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ Progress: 0-8%

House of Leaves (Mark Danielewski)
▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ Progress: 0-2%

The Dawn of Eurasia (Bruno Macaes)
▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░ Progress: 0-92%

>_ Recommended Articles

How I practice at what I do (Tyler Cowen)

The Economist Who Would Fix the American Dream (The Atlantic)

Liu Cixin’s War of the Worlds (New Yorker)

>_ Recommended Podcasts

Neal Stephenson on Depictions of Reality (Conversations with Tyler)

An Era of Stagnation & Universal Institutional Failure (The Portal)

>_ Music

Top Artists: The National, Thom Yorke, The Black Keys, James Blake, Van Morrison

Aug 20, 2019  ×  Berlin, DE

Media Consumption (June 2019)

>_ Summary
  • Read 5 books (485 min, +10%) and 29 long-form articles (+16%)
  • Listened to 321 songs (+21%), 0 audiobooks (0 min, -100%) and 8 podcast episodes (495 min, +114%)
  • Watched 1 movie (-80%), 4 soccer games (same) and 28 TV episodes (1577 min, +431%)
  • Played 1 video game (485 min, +52%)
>_ Books

The Power Broker (Robert A. Caro)
░░░░░▓░░░░░░░░░ Progress: 38-40%

How Asia Works (Joe Studwell)
░░░░░░▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ Progress: 42-100%

The Thief (Fuminori Nakamura)
▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ Progress: 0-100%

The Revolt of the Public (Martin Gurri)
▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ Progress: 0-7%

>_ Recommended Articles

It’s 2059, and the Rich Kids Are Still Winning (Ted Chiang, NYT)

You can handle the post-truth (Aaron Z. Lewis)

Kinky Labor Supply and the Attention Tax (Andrew Kortina)

>_ Recommended Podcasts

Joe Rogan Experience #1309 – Naval Ravikant

Feeling Superhuman with Rahul Vohra (The Art of Product Podcast)

Hal Varian on Taking the Academic Approach to Business (Conversations with Tyler)

>_ Music

Top Artists: The National, Hans Zimmer, Radiohead, Oasis, Thom Yorke

Jul 26, 2019  ×  Berlin, DE

Media Consumption (May 2019)

>_ Summary
  • Read 2 books (440 min, -27%) and 25 long-form articles (+14%)
  • Listened to 266 songs (-31%), 1 audiobook (200 min, -86%) and 4 podcast episodes (231 min, -58%)
  • Watched 5 movies (+400%), 4 soccer games (-50%) and 5 TV episodes (297 min, +141%)
  • Played 1 video game (320 min, -3%)
>_ Books

Killing Commendatore (Haruki Murakami)
░░░░░░░░░░░░░░▓ Progress: 92-100%

The Power Broker (Robert A. Caro)
░░░░░▓░░░░░░░░░ Progress: 33-38%

How Asia Works (Joe Studwell)
░░▓▓▓▓░░░░░░░░░ Progress: 14-42%

>_ Recommended Articles

Why books don’t work (Andy Matuschak)

Understanding Abundance (Alex Danco)

Going Critical (Kevin Simler)

The Dark Forest Theory of the Internet (Yancey Strickler)

The making of Amazon Prime (Vox / Recode)

>_ Music

Top Artists: The National, The Black Keys, Queens of the Stone Age, Two Door Cinema Club, Deichkind

Jun 11, 2019  ×  Berlin, DE

Media Consumption (Apr 2019)

>_ Summary
  • Read 4 books (605 min, +30%) and 22 long-form articles (-29%)
  • Listened to 385 songs (-54%), 1 audiobook (1423 min, +7000%) and 9 podcast episodes (553 min, same)
  • Watched 1 movie (same), 8 soccer games (+33%) and 4 TV episodes (123 min, -70%)
  • Played 1 video game (330 min, +∞)
>_ Books

The Power Broker (Robert A. Caro)
░░░▓▓░░░░░░░░░░ Progress: 21-33%

Meaning in History (Karl Löwith)
▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ Progress: 0-9%

White (Kenya Hara)
░░░░░░▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ Progress: 43-100%

How Asia Works (Joe Studwell)
▓▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░ Progress: 0-14%

>_ Recommended Articles

Why Evernote Failed to Realize Its Potential (Hiten Shah)

End-user Programming (Ink & Switch)

I, too, am Contrarian (Alex Danco)

>_ Recommended Podcasts

End Games with Naval Ravikant (Pt 1) (After On)

End Games with Naval Ravikant (Pt 2) (After On)

>_ Video Games

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo Switch)

>_ Music

Top Artists: Hans Zimmer, Kuniyuki Takahashi, Radiohead, Gorillaz, Rammstein

May 16, 2019  ×  Tokyo, JP

Media Consumption (Mar 2019)

>_ Summary

Read 3 books (465 min, -30%) and 31 long-form articles (+3%).
Listened to 843 songs (+9%), 1 audiobook (20 min, -66%) and 12 podcast episodes (554 min, -20%).
Watched 1 movie (-75%), 6 soccer games (-14%) and 23 TV episodes (415 min, -25%).

>_ Books

The Power Broker (Robert A. Caro)
░▓▓░░░░░░░░░░░░ Progress: 6-21%

Has the West Lost It? (Kishore Mahbubani)
▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ Progress: 0-100%

White (Kenya Hara)
▓▓▓▓▓▓░░░░░░░░░ Progress: 0-43%

>_ Recommended Articles

What The Hell Is Going On? (David Perell)

Mini (Asymco)

What Is Amazon? (Zack Kanter)

Life Capital (Erik Torenberg)

>_ Recommended Podcasts

Sam Altman on Loving Community, Hating Coworking, and the Hunt for Talent (Conversations with Tyler)

What Keith Rabois Thinks About Basically Everything (Venture Stories)

>_ TV / VIDEO

True Detective (Season 3) (HBO)

LOVE DEATH + ROBOTS (Netflix)

Jailbreaking the Simulation with George Hotz(SXSW 2019)

>_ Music

Top Artists: Modeselektor, Kuniyuki Takahashi, James Blake, Elskavon, Radiohead

Apr 09, 2019  ×  Berlin, DE

Media Consumption (Feb 2019)

>_ Summary

Read 6 books (665 min, -50%) and 30 long-form articles (-14%).
Listened to 772 songs (-5%), 2 audiobooks (58 min, -86%) and 12 podcast episodes (695 min, +9%).
Watched 4 movies (+300%), 7 soccer games (+134%) and 11 TV episodes (+267%).

>_ Books

Stubborn Attachments (Tyler Cowen)
░░░▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ Progress: 22-100%

The Gentleman’s Guide to Cocktails (Alfred Tong)
▓▓▓▓▓▓░░░░░░░░░ Progress: 0-40%

The Death and Life of Great American Cities (Jane Jacobs)
▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ Progress: 0-11%

Imbibe! (David Wondrich)
▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ Progress: 0-7%

The Dead Rabbit (Sean Muldoon, Jack McGarry, Jillian Vose)
▓▓▓░░░░░░░░░░░░ Progress: 0-21%

The Power Broker (Robert A. Caro)
▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ Progress: 0-6%

Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ Progress: 0-7%

Killing Commendatore (Haruki Murakami)
▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ Progress: 0-4%

>_ Recommended Articles

Book Review: Zero To One (Slate Star Codex)

Entrepreneur First the Index VC Fund (Digitizing Biology)

What Happens When Techno-Utopians Actually Run a Country (Wired)

The Underground Worlds of Haruki Murakami (New Yorker)

The Most Powerful Person in Silicon Valley (Fast Company)

>_ Music

Top Artists: TV on the Radio, James Blake, Thom Yorke, Radiohead, Bob Moses

Mar 10, 2019  ×  Berlin, DE

Media Consumption (Jan 2019)

>_ Summary

Read 7 books (1320 min, +16%) and 35 long-form articles (-24%).
Listened to 814 songs (+61%), 1 audiobook (401 min, +∞%) and 11 podcast episodes (639 min, -12%).
Watched 1 movies (-50%), 3 soccer games (-50%) and 3 TV episodes (-80%).

>_ Books

The Courage To Be Disliked (Ichiro Kishimi & Fumitake Koga)
░░░░░░░▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ Progress: 45-100%

Radical Markets (Eric A. Posner & Glen Weyl)
░▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ Progress: 7-100%

The 2020 Commission Report on the North Korean Nuclear Attacks Against the United States (Jeffrey Lewis)
▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ Progress: 0-100%

Reality is Broken (Jane McGonigal)
░▓▓▓▓░░░░░░░░░░ Progress: 5-30%

Sprint (Jake Knapp)
▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░░░░░░░ Progress: 0-62%

The Sovereign Individual (James Dale Davidson)
░░▓░░░░░░░░░░░░ Progress: 12-15%

Stubborn Attachments (Tyler Cowen)
▓▓▓░░░░░░░░░░░░ Progress: 0-22%

Men Without Women (Haruki Murakami)
▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ Progress: 0-100%

>_ Recommended Articles

The unbelievable tale of a fake hitman, a kill list, a darknet vigilante… and a murder (Wired)

The Founder’s Guide to Discipline: Lessons from Front’s Mathilde Collin (First Round Review)

My parents are Flat-Earthers (Jim Fisher)

2018 Predictions: Calibration Results (Slate Star Codex)

Predictions for 2019 (Slate Star Codex)

>_ Recommended Podcasts

Keith Rabois on the future of innovation in Silicon Valley (Recode/Decode)

Tyler Cowen: Two Blundering Fools (North Star Podcast)

Matt Levine: Money Stuff (North Star Podcast)

Keith Rabois: Accumulating Advantages (North Star Podcast)

>_ Music

Top Artists: Jóhann Jóhannsson, James Blake, Radiohead, Thom Yorke, Max Richter

Feb 15, 2019  ×  Berlin, DE
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