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Media Consumption (September ’17)

Summary

Read (parts of) 3 books (65 min, +17%) and 40 long-form articles (+29%).
Listened to 551 songs (+1%), 2 audiobooks (740 min, -7%) and 7 podcasts (0%).
Watched 3 movies (+50%), 9 soccer matches (+29%) and 14 TV episodes (-44%).

Books

Homo Deus (Yuval Noah Harari)
░░░░░░░░░░░░░▓▓ Progress: 90-100%

F (Daniel Kehlmann)
▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ Progress: 0-100%

American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ Progress: 0-5%

Snow Crash (Neal Stephenson)
░▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░ Progress: 4-8%

Reality is Broken (Jane McGonigal)
▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ Progress: 0-5%

Recommended Articles

Definite optimism as human capital (Dan Wang*)
* Discovered his blog through this article and enjoyed almost every post. Go subscribe!

Why WeWork Thinks It’s Worth $20 Billion (Wired)

Artificial intelligence: ‘We’re like children playing with a bomb’ (The Guardian)

From Muhammad to ISIS: Iraq’s Full Story (Wait But Why)

YC’s Essential Startup Advice (Y Combinator)

Recommended Podcasts

Scott Galloway: Should Amazon buy Nordstrom next? (Recode Decode)

Music

Top Artists: Maya Jane Coles, The National, Washed Out, Philip Glass, Arcade Fire
Favorite Song: Maya Jane Coles – Weak

Oct 16, 2017  ×  Budapest, HU

Media Consumption (July ’17)

Summary
Read 3 books and 30 long-form articles.
Listened to 358 songs, 1 audiobook and 3 podcasts.
Watched 1 movie, 1 soccer match and 12 TV episodes.

Books

A Wild Sheep Case (Haruki Murakami)
░░░░░░░░░░▓▓▓▓▓ Progress: 65-100%

The Underground Railroad (Colson Whitehead)
░▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ Progress: 5-100%

Annihilation (Southern Reach, #1) (Jeff VanderMeer)
▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ Progress: 0-100%

Shoe Dog (Phil Knight)
▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░ Progress: 0-95%

Recommended Articles

Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Make Me A Spreadsheet (FiveThirtyEight)

Most coworking spaces don’t make money; here’s how they can adapt to survive the future (Levels.io)

Silicon Valley’s First Founder Was Its Worst (Backchannel)

Marc Andreessen answers questions from Stripe Atlas founders (Stripe)

Trump’s Russian Laundromat (New Republic)

The Next Disney Will Come from China and Its Name Is Tencent (Backchannel)

Successful Solo Founders (Rosie Haft, Medium)

The Inside Story Of SoundCloud’s Collapse (Buzzfeed)

Recommended Podcasts

Silicon Valley should think like Spider-Man (Reid Hoffman) (Recode Decode)

Music

Top Artists: Radiohead, Phoenix, Zoot Woman, 2raumwohnung, James McAlister
Favourite Song: Radiohead – Man of War

Aug 05, 2017  ×  Dublin, IE

Media Consumption (June ’17)

Summary
Read 2 books and 42 long-form articles.
Listened to 979 songs and 13 podcasts.
Watched 1 movie, 1 soccer match and 8 TV episodes.

Books

A Wild Sheep Case (Haruki Murakami)
░░▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░░░░░ Progress: 12-65%

Tools of Titans (Tim Ferriss)
░░░▓░░░░░░░░░░░ Progress: 20-25%

Recommended Articles

A Golden Age for Dystopian Fiction (The New Yorker)

How to Make $80,000 Per Month on the Apple App Store (Johnny Lin, Medium)

His Kampf (The Atlantic)

Amazon’s New Customer (Stratechery)

Thoughts on BAT and ads (Sriram Krishnan)

A Proof of Stake Design Philosophy (Vitalik Buterin, Medium)

The Meaning of Decentralization (Vitalik Buterin, Medium)

Recommended Podcasts

The Quiet Master of Cryptocurrency — Nick Szabo (The Tim Ferriss Show)

Jul 12, 2017  ×  Dublin, IE

Media Consumption (May ’17)

Summary
Read 3 books and 24 long-form articles.
Listened to 925 songs and 13 podcasts.
Watched 2 movies, 4 soccer matches and 18 TV episodes.

Books

The Devotion of Suspect X (Keigo Higashino)
▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ Progress: 0-100%

American Kingpin (Nick Bilton)
▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ Progress: 0-100%

A Wild Sheep Case (Haruki Murakami)
▓▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░ Progress: 0-12%

Recommended Articles

A Year of Google Maps and Apple Maps (Justin O’Beirne)

Naval Ravikant on Wim Hof, his Advice to his Children, and how he Wants to Look Back on his Life (Killing Buddha)

Why Did a Chinese Peroxide Company Pay $1 Billion for a Talking Cat? (Bloomberg)

Tulips, Myths, and Cryptocurrencies (Stratechery)

Why Amazon is Eating the World (Techcrunch)

Virtual and Augmented Realities: Asking the right questions and traveling the path ahead (Clay Bavor)

Recommended Podcasts

The Evolutionary Angel, Naval Ravikant (The Tim Ferriss Show)

Jun 05, 2017  ×  London, GB

Media Consumption (April ’17)

Summary:
Read 3 books and 24 long-form articles.
Listened to 940 songs and 7 podcast episodes.
Watched 2 movies, 6 soccer matches and 710 minutes of TV.

Books:

Actionable Gamification (Yu-kai Chou)
░░▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ Progress: 13-100%

Gamification by Design (Gabe Zicherman)
▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ Progress: 0-100%

Predictably Irrational (Dan Arielly)
▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░░░░░░ Progress: 0-58%

Recommended Articles:

The first rule of pricing is: you do not talk about pricing (fluxx)

The Great Laptop Stagnation (500ish Words)

Neuralink and the Brain’s Magical Future (Wait But Why)

Selling Mark Zuckerberg (Buzzfeed)

How Technology is Hijacking Your Mind  (Thrive Global)

Don’t Learn to Code (Ryan Hoover)

Building a startup? Build an audience, first. (Ryan Hoover)

The Whale (500ish Words)

LSD Microdoses Make People Feel Sharper, And Scientists Want To Know How (The Verge)

Recommended Podcasts:

Kevin Rose – Scratching your Own Itch (Dorm Room Tycoon)

Patrick Collison has a Few Questions for Tyler (Conversations with Tyler)

What Is Technology Doing to Us? (Waking Up With Sam Harris)

May 10, 2017  ×  London, GB
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