Blogshelf

• mnmlist: by Leo Babauata, great blog about minimalism, this post really hits home for me.
• zen habits: also by Leo B., covers zen and applying it to life, e.g. having no goals is fun!
• Wait But Why: Tim Urban does long-form better than anybody, and visualizes important things in fascinating ways.
• Mr Money Mustache: Pete writes about saving money, but for the purpose of living a better life.
• xkcd The best online comic strip to ever come out.
• The Marginalian: Maria Popova features some amazing stuff, this one made me cry when I first read it.
• Paul Graham: entrepreneur turned essayist, this post about working hard is better than most career advice.
• Derek Sivers: Derek has some pure gold, especially his stuff about “useful not true” and “hell yeah or no.”
• Alexey Guzey: Alexey’s ## Advice section is really good, I wish I could tell my college self some of this.
• Tal Raviv: More constraints can actually be better, I’m shocked. Tal’s blog is currently down.
• LessWrong: love this sequence about applying rationality to life.
• Eliezer Yudkowsky: One of the core founders of LessWrong, he inspired me to research AI safety.
• Andy Matuschak: Love this dudes style of evergreen notes and the digital garden it creates, very fun to surf through this site.
• Ravi Gupta: Ravi’s got a quick blog, but most of the posts on the left are really good.
• No Mercy No Malice: marketer Scott Galloway, I like the design

Articles

• A Mathematician’s Lament: by Paul Lockhart, the best essay I’ve ever read about math as art.
• Talking in Circles: Ryan Simonelli explains how all philosophy eventually ends up in paradox
• Up and Down the Ladder of Abstraction: Bret Victor does an amazing job explaining mathematical abstraction using some super cool online visuals.
• The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race: I’m not saying I agree with Diamond, but this article got me thinking about progress differently.