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