Reading

I read the way other people scroll. Five books at a time, across genres that have no business being next to each other. Buddhist suttas next to hard SF next to SaaS playbooks. My brain doesn't do categories. (See: ADHD.)

All-time favorites

The ones that live rent-free.

• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy — Douglas Adams
  The answer is 42. The question is still loading.
• The Restaurant at the End of the Universe — Douglas Adams
  And really, all Douglas Adams. Every word.
• Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency — Douglas Adams
  The fundamental interconnectedness of all things.
• Foundation — Isaac Asimov
  Psychohistory is just product-market fit at civilizational scale.
• I, Robot — Isaac Asimov
  The three laws, before we needed them for real.
• Dune — Frank Herbert
  Fear is the mind-killer. Also: spice is just chai.
• God Emperor of Dune — Frank Herbert
  All Frank Herbert Dune books. We don't talk about the others.
• Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality — Eliezer Yudkowsky
  Fan fiction smarter than most published fiction.

The dharma shelf

• Majjhima Nikāya — The Middle Length Discourses
  The suttas. Speed-readable at suttaspeed.com.
• Dhammapada — Translated variously
  Verses to live by. Better than any self-help book.
• Visuddhimagga — Buddhaghosa
  The deep end.

A quote, because why not

"It's a magical world, Hobbes, ol' buddy... Let's go exploring!"
— Calvin & Hobbes