Brief peek at my index
Yesterday, I moved to California for good. It’s been a long time coming. Naturally, I was on a high, excited about the amazing weather, autonomy, and good people. But at the eleventh hour, I felt an accumulated sense of existential dread. It was some weird dissonance between imagining myself in a different lifestyle than one I’ve always experienced back home in New York. It’s a totally different aesthetic and lifestyle altogether. While I have many incredible people here supporting me, I’ll miss my family. Nevertheless, acting as a sovereign agent feels motivating and energizing like nothing else.
Given this lifestyle transition and my upcoming deadlines, I’m taking the opportunity to experiment with this post. This week, I’m sharing some of the resources I’ve used in my index. Like many of you, my priorities relate to self-improvement in every dimension I care about — so my resources do too.
The Best Textbooks on Every Subject - LessWrong
How to successfully learn physics - Susan Fowler
Foundations of web development - Odin Proj.
The Consciousness of Reality paper
The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life
An epigenetic biomarker of aging for lifespan and healthspan
Evidence-based revisions for effective learning
Data Visualization Using R for Researchers Who Do Not Use R
A trip to the hospital is more real than your politics
Complete Machine Learning Package
Most children of smart parents will be pretty ordinary
Graduating College in 3 Semesters
Non-magical introduction to language models
Hope these resources help you upgrade or pique your curiosity + effectiveness in some way! See you next week :)