Taste
It's a weirdly satisfying feeling whenever you find someone who shares the same taste as you. You feel validated and they have earned your respect just by being in the in-group, a group that appreciates a shared vision. You see a tweet or comment where someone has very subtly referenced something and you know that they have a great taste.
I saw this tweet from someone and knew that we two would probably hit it off if we ever met -
I have spent significant share of my waking hours, digging for things that match my taste. Finding something that resonates with us strongly is addicting. Like an opiod adict, I keep going through all the blogs/videos from someone I realized have a similar taste as me.
So, in order to get a sense of my taste, here is things I greatly admire, that I found on internet (In no particular order) -
Blogs
I might link to a specific post, but I would recommend you to go through other stuff article they have written / videos they have produced.
Read Most/All
- Life is Short by Paul Graham
- The days are long but the decades are short by Sam Altman
- Naval
- Aaron Swartz
Some specific posts
- Learn In Public by swyx
- Don't End The Week With Nothing by Patrick McKenzie
- Move Fast Or Die by Aditya Agarwal
- Say No by Boz
Videos
- Naval
- Hans Zimmer - making of INTERSTELLAR Soundtrack
- And Nothing Can Ever Ruin This by Exurb1a
- Do What You Can't by Casey Neistat
- Inventing on Principle by Bret Victor
Movies or TV Shows that have stayed with me
- Chernobyl HBO miniseries
- True Detective S01 - "Time is a flat circle"
- The Prestige - "You never understood why we did this. The audience knows the truth: the world is simple. It's miserable, solid all the way through. But if you could fool them, even for a second, then you can make them wonder, and then you... then you got to see something really special. You really don't know? It was... it was the look on their faces..."
- The Social Network - "You know what's cool?"
- Interstellar
- Silicon Valley
Books (aside from the really popular ones)
- Tools of Titans by Tim Ferriss
- Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Fin
I believe I might have missed something that I really like, but I will update this post as I remember them.
If any of these resonate with you, I would love to hear from you. I am always looking for more things to read/watch. Suggest me something here - twitter.
Big Love! @toughyear