The slightly surprising fact about this list is all the items were published post 1900, curious to know from the broader list what’s the oldest item on there
There's a lot that's hidden in each of these essays -- for example, the essay on instrumentality references Kant's categorical imperative. We stand on the shoulders of giants!
But I'm also interested in what's on your list, especially given the prompt of something pre 1900! I am overindexed on the Modern! I need some Ancient or at least Enlightenment wisdom!
The slightly surprising fact about this list is all the items were published post 1900, curious to know from the broader list what’s the oldest item on there
There's a lot that's hidden in each of these essays -- for example, the essay on instrumentality references Kant's categorical imperative. We stand on the shoulders of giants!
But I'm also interested in what's on your list, especially given the prompt of something pre 1900! I am overindexed on the Modern! I need some Ancient or at least Enlightenment wisdom!
Nice you called me out, now I have to be vulnerable on the internet
My worldview has been shaped by
1. The Inner Game of Tennis - the sport that teaches you most about yourself
2. Upanishads (Easwaran translation) - the oldest study of consciousness
3. The Big Score (Stripe Press) - Everything in the valley changes but nothing does
4. Salt Fat Acid Heat - Good abstractions are beautiful and she almost turns cooking into computer science
5. Ecclesiastes - Nothing matters (?)
6. Shonda Rhimes commencement speech. - Be a doer not a dreamer, and the path you follow may end up looking very different
7. Wealthy, Successful and Miserable by Charles Duhigg - https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/02/21/magazine/elite-professionals-jobs-happiness.html
8. How will you measure your life by Clayton Christensen - tied with Innovator’s dilemma :)
9. App: Waking Up by Sam Harris - Begin again
10. Quote: ‘Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible in us be found.’ - Pema Chodron
11. Favorite word: Kaizen