Alexandria

Things I've come across and are worth revisiting. My antilibrary can be found here.

March

• TV shows
  • One Day, 2024
• Books
  • Vi Fødte aldri de barna, Ingvill Hekne, 2024
• Poems
  • The Time I Mugged in New York City
• Songs
  • Run, Run, Run (Leaving the Village), Miss Noyd

February

• Films
  • Grave of the Fireflies, 1988, Isao Takahata
• Articles and Essays
  • Ova it - stepping forward, The Lammie Life
  • Breaking Points, Agnes Callard
• Youtube
  • The Rise of the Meaning Economy, Pragmatic Progressive with David Shapiro
  • Dr. K talks Meaning, Purpose, and Motivation | BASED stream
  • Why you are not consistent
• Songs
  • Tom Waits - Silent Night & Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis

January

• Books
  • Talent, Tyler Cowen, 2022
  • For whom the bell tolls, Ernest Hemingway, 1940
  • Far From the tree, Andrew Solomon, 2012
• Films
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, 2001, Peter Jackson
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, 2002, Peter Jackson
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, 2003, Peter Jackson
  • Å Seile Sin Egen Sjø, 2002, Øyvind Sandberg
• TV Shows
  • Attack on Titan, 2013, Hajime Isayama (finished)
• Articles and Essays
  • Why are So Many Men Psychologically Infantile?
  • Europe’s Political Stupor
  • How to be more agentic
  • anatomy of a tweet
  • This is how we do it: ‘We don’t play the normal gender game, and enjoy exploring that’
• Stories
  • The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas
• Podcasts
  • Where Should We Begin, Esther Perel
    • Esther Calling - Am I Just Your Placeholder?
    • She's Out, Hes Still In
• Albums
  • Coming Home - Leon Bridges
• Songs
  • 黄清元 - 可爱的人生
  • Real Life - Lanterns on the Lake
  • String Theory - Lanterns on the Lake
  • San Diego Serande - Tom Waits
• Visual art
  • Sun Juns photography
• Youtube
  • A Pointless Ramble about Terrain Vague
  • Becoming your true self: the psychology of carl jung

2024

December

• Films
  • Crazy Rich Asians, 2018, Jon M. Chu
  • Uncut Gems, 2019, Josh Safdie and Benny Safdie,
  • National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, 1989, Jeremiah S. Chechik,
  • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, 2005, Tim Burton
• TV
  • Blue Eyed Samurai, 2023, Amber Noizumi and Michael Green
• Articles / Essays
  • Jürgen Klopp, Ange Postecoglou and the Premier League’s era of charisma, Aaron Timms, The Guardian
  • Camera, not an engine, Ventakash Rao
  • On Mediocrity, Anna Gat
  • Looking for Alice, Henrik Karlsson
  • Loved, yet lonely, Kaitlyn Creasy, Aeon Magazine
  • Thread: "I lost my wife to cancer last month —"
  • RIP Culture War Thread
  • Picking a purpose, DHH
• Youtube
  • LITERATURE - Gustave Flaubert, The School of Life
  • NVIDIA Keynote at SIGGRAPH 2023
  • NVIDIA Keynote at COMPUTEX 2023
  • Competition is for Losers with Peter Thiel
  • EVE Online | Down the Rabbit Hole
• Songs
  • Close to Me, The Cure
• Poems
  • Lit, Andrea Cohen

November

• Books
  • The Middle Passage, 1990, James Hollis
  • Learn German, 2012, Paul Noble
  • Boatlife Exploring the Freedom of Maritime Living, 2023, Katharina Charpian
• Films
  • Snowpiercer, 2013, Bong Joon-ho
  • Okja, 2017, Bong Joon-ho
  • Provoked, 2008, Henry Rollins
  • Past Lives, 2023, Celine Song
• TV
  • A Time Called You, 2023, Kim Jin-won (ongoing)
• Articles / Essays
  • The Path of Aliveness, Alexandra
  • 1,000 True Fans, Kevin Kelly
  • The Case for Optimism, Kevin Kelly
  • reality is unrealistic, take 1, Visakan Veerasamy
  • What the humans like is responsiveness, Sasha Chapin
  • Befriending the goon squad
• Youtube
  • Taking it one day at a time, The School of Life
  • How Romanticism Ruined Love, The School of Life
  • Why do most Most Relationships Fail? - The Myth of the Magical Other, Academy of Ideas
  • Lost in Translation - What's the Point of a Doomed Romance? | Video Essay, Screened
  • Alain de Botton on Sex, The School of Life
  • Alain de Botton on Romanticism, The School of Life
  • How the body keeps the score on trauma | Bessel van der Kolk for Big Think+
  • Jaron Lanier interview on how social media ruins your life
• Podcasts
  • Henry Rollins on Joe Rogan #906
  • Nvidia Part I: The GPU Company (1993-2006)
  • Nvidia Part II: The AI Company (2007-2023)
  • Nvidia Part III: The Dawn of the AI Era (2022-2023))
• Songs
  • El Desierto, Lhasa De Sela
  • Goin' to Acapulco, Bob Dylan
  • BOB DYLAN - GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY (LIVE 1986)
  • Keep me in your heart for a while, Warren Zevon

Before November

• Podcasts
  • Dolly Partons America
• Books
  • Mating in Captivity, 2006, Esther Perel
  • The Body Keeps the Score, 2014, Bessel van der Kolk
  • The Wisdom of Insecurity, 1951, Alan Watts
  • Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology, 2022, Chris Miller
• Films
  • Barbie, 2023, Greta Gerwig
  • Oppenheimer, 2023, Christopher Nolan
  • Before Sunrise, 1995, Richard Linklater
  • Before Sunset, 2004, Richard Linklater
  • The Matrix, 1999, Wachowski Sisters
• TV
  • Dark, 2017, Baran bo Odar
• Articles / Essays
  • The Sabbatical, Simon Ohler