List of stuff I have or had an interest in. (Interest does not mean endorsement.)

Informative writing

Textbooks

  • Principles of Systems Science by George E. Mobus, Micheal C. Kalton.
  • Systems Science: Theory, Analysis, Modeling, and Design by George E. Mobus.
  • Order without Design by Alain Bertaud.
  • Energy and the Wealth of Nations by Carles A.S. Hall, Kent Klitgaard.
  • Philosophy and Model Theory by Tim Button, Sean Walsh.

Books

  • The Upside of Irrationality: The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Work and at Home by Dan Ariely.
  • Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman.
  • Gödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas Hofstadter.
  • Gut Check by Steven R. Gundry. If disease starts in the gut, we should take steps to ensure our microbiomes are healthy.
  • The Ape that Understood the Universe: How the Mind and Culture Evolve by Steve Stewart-Williams.
  • Rapport: The Four Ways to Read People by Laurence Alison and Emily Alison. The book plainly states the elements of rapport that other similar books may allude to.

Stories

Books

  • 〈物語〉シリーズ by 西尾維新
    〈Monogatari〉series by Nisio Isin. Interesting anime adaption.
  • 陰の実力者になりたくて！ by 東西, 逢沢大介
    The Eminence in Shadow by Touzai, Aizawa Daisuke

Graphic novels

  • NARUTO―ナルト― by 岸本斉史
    Naruto by Kishimoto Masashi. Childhood anime. Anime adaption has good fight scenes and sound tracks. The arcs that resonated with me the most are “Chuunin Exams: Gaara vs Rock Lee” and “Kakashi Gaiden”.
  • かぐや様は告らせたい～天才たちの恋愛頭脳戦～ by 赤坂アカ
    Kaguya-sama: Love Is War by Akasaka Aka. Good anime adaptation.
  • モブサイコ100 by ONE
    Mob Psycho 100 by ONE. Good anime adaption.
  • 葬送のフリーレン by 山田鐘人, アベツカサ
    Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End by Yamada Kanehito, Abe Tsukasa. Fantastic writing. Good anime adaption.
  • 魔入りました! 入間くん by 西修
    Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun by Nishi Osamu. A story about a cinnamon roll growing up among demons.
  • 악역의 엔딩은 죽음뿐 by 권겨을, 수월
    Villains Are Destined to Die by Gwon Gyeoeul, SUOL.

Animation

  • SpongeBob SquarePants.
  • Avatar: The Last Airbender.
  • 新世界より (From the New World).
  • 日常 (Nichijou - My Ordinary Life).
  • フェイト/ゼロ (Fate/Zero)
  • プリンセス・プリンシパル (Princess Principal).
  • 徒然チルドレン (Tsuredure Children).
  • かくしごと (Kakushigoto).
  • Vivy -Fluorite Eye’s Song-.
  • シャドーハウス (Shadows House).
  • Arcane.

Music

People

  • 梶浦由記 (Kajiura Yuki).
  • Reol.

Video Channels

Health and fitness

  • Thomas DeLauer provides you with the tools you need to optimize your health, fitness, and mental well being. I love it because he is not prescriptive with the advice he gives. In fact, he encourages his viewers to look into the research themselves and makes it easy to do so by linking his sources in the video description.
  • Bodyweight Warrior by Tom Merrick.
  • Austin Dunham. I was there for the calisthenics and saw the hard work he put into his fitness and self improvement journey.
  • FitnessFAQs

Food

  • Joshua Weissman is a confident chef with technique and humor. I fondly remember the cabinet era when cooking was the main focus.
  • Adam Liaw brings relaxing home cooked meals.
  • The Bread Code
  • Alex cooks. Cooking technique, tools, engineering, and processes to achieve the ultimate flavor and more.

Art

  • Proko.
  • Marco Bucci
  • Alphonso Dunn

Tech, science, engineering, logistics, economics

  • Veritasium
  • Practical Engineering
  • Wendover Productions
  • Economics Explained
  • Y Combinator.
  • ThePrimeagen. Opinionated programming related react content with a bit of playful and questionable humor.

Learning

  • Justin Sung
  • Benjamin Keep

Mind

  • Charisma on Command.
  • HealthyGamerGG.

Podcasts

  • Trash Taste
  • WAN Show
  • Dropping In Podcast hosted by Charlie Houpert. Formerly the Ben and Charlie Podcast.
  • Casters Couch
  • Draftsmen Podcast hosted by Stan Prokopenko and Marshall Vandruff.
  • Tom Bilyeu hosts the podcast Impact Theory and learns from various guests.

Urbanism, sustainability, government

  • CityNerd
  • Not Just Bikes
  • Strong Towns.
  • Bellevue City Council.
  • Climate Town. Funny man exposes policy failures behind the sustainability crisis.

Games

  • Chess.
  • Pokémon Emerald.
  • Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
  • League of Legends.
  • osu!.
  • Minecraft. I’m the type of player who enjoys resource abundance in survival mode. I often end up building farms and organizing their products into compact spaces.
  • Outer Wilds. Where curiosity is power.