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%).

The Power Broker (Robert A. Caro)
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Has the West Lost It? (Kishore Mahbubani)
▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ Progress: 0-100%

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

What The Hell Is Going On? (David Perell)

Mini (Asymco)

What Is Amazon? (Zack Kanter)

Life Capital (Erik Torenberg)

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

What Keith Rabois Thinks About Basically Everything (Venture Stories)

True Detective (Season 3) (HBO)

LOVE DEATH + ROBOTS (Netflix)

Jailbreaking the Simulation with George Hotz(SXSW 2019)

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

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%).

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%

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)

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

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%).

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%

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)

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)

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

I have recently started experimenting with mixing my own Old Fashioned at home. Here’s my current version:

• 6 cl Rye Whiskey
• 4 dashes aromatic bitters
• 2 dashes orange bitters
• 1 cocktail spoon homemade syrup
• 1 lemon peel
• 1 orange peel

I currently use Woodford Reserve Rye Whiskey, Angostura Aromatic Bitters and Regan’s Orange Bitters No. 6 (though I’d like to start making my own bitters soon). The syrup is 1:1 Demerara sugar.

Read 5 books (1135 min, +260%) and 46 long-form articles (+59%).
Listened to 505 songs (+2%), 0 audiobook (0 min, -100%) and 11 podcast episodes (726 min, +13%).
Watched 2 movies (same), 6 soccer games (-14%) and 15 TV episodes (+650%).

Der Nasse Fisch (Volker Kutscher)
▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ Progress: 2-3%

The Black Swan (Nassim Nicholas Taleb)
░▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ Progress: 5-100%

How The Internet Happened (Brian McCullough)
▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ Progress: 0-100%

The Courage To Be Disliked (Ichiro Kishimi & Fumitake Koga)
▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░░░░░░░░ Progress: 0-45%

Radical Markets (Eric A. Posner & Glen Weyl)
▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ Progress: 0-7%

52 things I learned in 2018 (Tom Whitwell)

The Friendship that made Google huge (The New Yorker)

The Short Life of Popcorn Prediction Markets (The Ringer)

What Noah Smith Thinks About Basically Everything (Venture Stories)

Patrick Collison, CEO of Stripe (Tim Ferriss Show)

Top Artists: Arcade Fire, Hans Zimmer, Gorillaz, IAMX, Radiohead

I set myself 18 goals last year and completed 10 of them:

• Improve my swim skills ❌
  While I hit my other swimming-related goals (see below), I failed this one. Thinking about getting a coach this year.
• Go for a swim at least once per week ✅
  I made it to 119 straight weeks last Monday and hope I can keep the streak alive for another whole year.
• Swim more than in 2017 (101km) ✅
  Total distance 2018: 128.5km – a 27% YoY increase
• Meditate at least 5 times per week ❌
  I meditated 99 times last year (~20h), but wasn’t able to make it a habit. This has been the fourth year in a row of me failing at reaching my meditation goals.
• Finish and launch prototype of monote ✅
  I launched monote in March last year. I stopped working on it full-time shortly after I launched, but it remains a side project with a couple hundred MAUs.
• ███████████████ ❌
• ██████████████ ✅
• Read at least 15 books ✅
  I ended up reading 18 books (11 non-fiction, 7 fiction). My favorites were The Elephant in the Brain, Finite and Infinite Games and Bad Blood
• Read/watch more Manga/Anime ❌
  (Need to figure out what books/movies/series are the best to get started)
• Write 12 long-form blog posts ❌
  While I did post more than 12 long-form articles, the majority were my monthly media consumption updates. I don’t really count those as writing which was the actual goal.
• Update design of this blog ✅
• Move to Berlin ✅
• Do a total of 10950 push-ups ❌
  Did these almost daily until around July, then stopped completely (not sure why).
• Watch 50 movies from the IMDB Top-250 list ❌
  Realised that a lot of the movies I hadn’t seen yet are actually really boring …
• Eat less sugar ✅
  (Need a way to better quantify sugar consumption)
• Limit meat consumption to 24 meals ✅
• Write more lists ❌
• Visit a country I’ve never been to before ✅
  Traveled to Poland (Warsaw) in May last year.

My list for 2019 contains 15 goals. I will review those in a year from now.

• ██████████████████████████
• Go for a swim at least once a week
  Current streak: 119 weeks
• Swim more than in 2018
  2018 distance: 128.5km
• Back exercise daily
• ██████████████████████████████
• Spend less time on social media
  Added App Timers for Twitter and Instagram, removed Facebook
• Read 20 books
• Get a Switch and play Breath of the Wild
• Write 50 blog posts
• Write 365 tweets
• Limit meat consumption to 24 meals
• Limit alcohol consumption to 2 days / week
• Improve my cooking skills
  Try 20 new dishes
• Explore more new places
  Measured in Swarm check-ins, +25% at new places
• Visit a country I haven’t been to before

Read 5 books (315 min, -36%) and 29 long-form articles (+21%).
Listened to 495 songs (-37%), 1 audiobook (80 min, -62%) and 12 podcast episodes (643 min, +13%).
Watched 2 movies (+100%), 7 soccer matches (same) and 2 TV episodes (-69%).

The Man in the High Castle (Philip K. Dick)
░░░░░░░░░░▓░░░░ Progress: 70-75%

1Q84: Book 3 (Haruki Murakami)
░░░░░░░░░░░░░▓▓ Progress: 90-100%

number9dream (David Mitchell)
▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ Progress: 0-5%

The Black Swan (Nassim Nicholas Taleb)
▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ Progress: 0-5%

The Sovereign Individual (James Dale Davidson)
░▓░░░░░░░░░░░░ Progress: 10-12%

Der Nasse Fisch (Volker Kutscher)
▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ Progress: 0-2%

The red flags and magic numbers that investors look for in your startup’s metrics (Andrew Chen)

Apple’s New Map (Justin O’Beirne)

How Superhuman Built an Engine to Find Product/Market Fit (Rahul Vohra)

Why We Can’t Have Nice Things (Marginal Revolution)

Open Questions (Gwern)

Elon Musk: The Recode interview (Recode Decode)

Eric Schmidt on the Life-Changing Magic of Systematizing, Scaling, and Saying “Thanks” (Conversations with Tyler)

In 20 Years, China Will Be on Mars — and the U.S. Will Be an Island (2038)

Top Artists: Max Richter, Gorillaz, Radiohead, Hans Zimmer, Rin’

Read 3 books (490 min, +34%) and 24 long-form articles (+33%).
Listened to 780 songs (-6%), 1 audiobook (210 min, -68%) and 9 podcast episodes (571 min, +112%).
Watched 1 movie (same), 7 soccer matches (same) and 13 TV episodes (+63%).

The Man in the High Castle (Philip K. Dick)
░░░░▓▓▓▓▓▓░░░░░ Progress: 26-70%

1Q84: Book 3 (Haruki Murakami)
▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░░ Progress: 0-90%

High Growth Handbook (Elad Gil)
░░░░░░░▓░░░░░░░ Progress: 47-50%

The Sovereign Individual (James Dale Davidson)
▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░ Progress: 0-10%

Tokens are not Equity (Tony Sheng)

I Made My Shed the Top Rated Restaurant On TripAdvisor (Vice)

The Security Token Thesis (Hackernoon)

The Rise and Fall and Return of the Fraktur Font (The New Yorker)

Keith Rabois on Career Strategy, Identifying Talent and Evaluating Markets (Village Venture Stories)

Tyler Cowen on Maximizing Growth and Thinking for the Future (Sean Carroll)

Tyler Cowen’s Stubborn Attachments To Freedom and Prosperity (Reason Podcast)

Top Artists: Travi$ Scott, Bob Moses, The Decemberists, Thom Yorke, Max Richter

Read 1 book (365 min, +28%) and 18 long-form articles (-25%).
Listened to 829 songs (-36%), 2 audiobooks (650 min, -15%) and 7 podcast episodes (269 min, -44%).
Watched 1 movie (-67%), 7 soccer matches (+133%) and 8 TV episodes (+400%).

21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Yuval Harari)
░░░▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ Progress: 20-100%

Rainbirds (Clarissa Goenawan)
▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ Progress: 0-100%

The Man in the High Castle (Philip K. Dick)
▓▓▓▓░░░░░░░░░░░ Progress: 0-26%

Apollo (New Yorker)

Paul Singer, Doomsday Investor (New Yorker)

Money Crypto vs. Tech Crypto (Atrium)

Slack Chief Product Officer April Underwood (Recode Decode)

Bruno Maçães on the Spirit of Adventure (Conversations with Tyler)

Movies crossed off the IMDB Top 250 list: 0

Suburbicon (Rating: 2/5)

Top Artists: Max Richter, Bob Moses, Death Cab for Cutie, Travi$ Scott, Hans Zimmer