Inspiration · What I read, watch & listen to
Where I get credible information
Understanding how the world works is the prerequisite for changing any part of it. What follows is the reading, listening, and watching that does that job for me: the books, podcasts, channels, talks, and organizations I keep returning to and recommend. No affiliate links, no sponsorships.
Books
The shelf I actually recommend, in two stacks.
Growth & building
- Hacking Growth · Sean Ellis & Morgan Brown
- The Lean Startup · Eric Ries
- So Good They Can't Ignore You · Cal Newport
- Peak · Anders Ericsson & Robert Pool
- Moonwalking with Einstein · Joshua Foer
- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People · Stephen R. Covey
- How to Win Friends and Influence People · Dale Carnegie
- Emotional Intelligence 2.0 · Travis Bradberry & Jean Greaves
Impact & living deliberately
- 80,000 Hours · Benjamin Todd
- Moral Ambition · Rutger Bregman
- Doing Good Better · William MacAskill
- Factfulness · Hans Rosling
- How to Avoid a Climate Disaster · Bill Gates
- Flourish · Martin Seligman
- The Power of Now · Eckhart Tolle
Podcasts
Science-first shows that survive fact-checking.
The 80,000 Hours Podcast
Long-form on the world's most pressing problems
Your Undivided Attention
The Center for Humane Technology on what tech is doing to us, and how to fix it
Science Vs
What the evidence actually says, one hyped topic at a time
Forschung aktuellGerman
Deutschlandfunk's daily research briefing
Quarks Science CopsGerman
Debunking pseudo-science, case by case
YouTube channels
Where complex topics get explained properly.
Talks
Four talks worth your full attention.
Documentaries
Watch once, decide for yourself.
Seaspiracy
What industrial fishing does to the oceans (Netflix)
Dominion
An unflinching look at industrial animal farming
Organizations & sites
Sources I trust for careers, giving, and evidence.
80,000 Hours
Evidence-based career advice for doing good
Center for Humane Technology
Realigning technology with humanity's interests
Giving What We Can
The effective-giving pledge community
Effektiv SpendenGerman
Effective giving, made practical for German donors
Our World in Data
Research and data on the world's largest problems
Gates Notes
Bill Gates' reading list and book reviews
Spektrum der WissenschaftGerman
Rigorous science journalism
ZEIT WissenGerman
Science section of DIE ZEIT
QuarksGerman
Science explained, publicly funded
Tools & templates
Canvases and templates I use for reflection and direction.