Reading & listening
Media I Enjoy
What I actually read, watch, and listen to. The intellectual diet without algorithmic curation — just the things that changed how I think.
YouTube Worth Watching
Great Art Explained ↗
"My wife is an artist, which means I have spent years slowly realizing that “that looks nice” is not exactly world-class art criticism. Great Art Explained is brilliant because it gives you the context, symbolism, history, and emotional architecture behind great works, without making art feel like homework."
Talks Worth Revisiting
A systemic strategy | Arthur Keller ↗
"In this uncompromising and deeply eye-opening talk, renowned systems thinker and strategist Arthur Keller challenges one of the most comforting ideas of our time: the belief that “solutions exist” to the great planetary predicaments of our time. The issue: we created a system that inexorably turns nature into waste."
Life lessons from an ad man | Rory Sutherland ↗
"Advertising adds value to a product by changing our perception, rather than the product itself. Rory Sutherland makes the daring assertion that a change in perceived value can be just as satisfying as what we consider real value — and his conclusion has interesting consequences for how we look at life."