Reading
Reading, listening, watching.
Books, podcasts, films and series, and the one sport I follow.
Books
Currently reading
Les Damnés de la Terre
Frantz Fanon
A foundational text of postcolonial theory on violence, decolonization, and liberation.
L'existentialisme est un humanisme
Jean-Paul Sartre
Sartre's defense of existentialism as a humanism, delivered as a public lecture in 1945.
Favorites
Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari
A sweeping history of how Homo sapiens came to dominate the world.
L'Homme qui rit
Victor Hugo
A Victor Hugo novel of disfigurement, spectacle, and social critique in aristocratic England.
1984
George Orwell
A dystopian classic on surveillance, propaganda, and the death of independent thought.
The Psychology of Money
Morgan Housel
Timeless lessons on how we think about wealth, greed, and happiness.
The Hunger Games Trilogy
Suzanne Collins
A dystopian trilogy following a young woman's rebellion against a totalitarian regime's televised games.
The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood
A haunting vision of a totalitarian regime that strips women of autonomy.
Les Misérables
Victor Hugo
An epic of justice, redemption, and revolution in 19th-century France.
Six of Crows Series
Leigh Bardugo
A heist duology following six dangerous outcasts pulling off an impossible score.
Podcasts
DOAC
Steven Bartlett
Doesn't let people hide behind their pitch. I put it on for interviews that go somewhere uncomfortable.
BigDeal
Codie Sanchez
Buys laundromats and car washes while everyone else chases the next app idea. My reset button whenever venture capital starts looking romantic.
The Koe Cast
Dan Koe
One idea, sat with properly. Where I go when my thinking gets scattered across too many tabs.
Huberman Lab
Andrew Huberman
Explains the mechanism, not just the habit. I want the why before I touch anything.
Acquired
Ben Gilbert & David Rosenthal
Three hours on how one company got built, told like a story instead of a case study. My favorite thing to have on during a long walk.
TRIGGERnometry
Konstantin Kisin & Francis Foster
Two comedians who challenge their guests on hot topics. Helps me challenge and expand my thinking.
The Game
Alex Hormozi
Skips the framework and gives you the number. Something I can act on before the episode ends.
Movies and series
No particular order beyond how many times I’ve gone back to them.
Favorite movies
Favorite series
Formula 1
The only sport I watch consistently.
