May 2020

The monthly newsletter covers the books I've read over the course of the month, any essays I wrote or challenges I undertook, and some other interesting articles, interviews, etc.   

Books

• A Pattern Language by Christopher Alexander
• How to Argue and Win Every Time by Gerry Spence
• Linked by Albert Laszlo Barabasi
• Coach by Michael Lewis
• Red and Me by Bill Russell

Full list of books read in 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014

Any book, which is at all important, should be immediately re-read

Essays

• None

Teacher's Reference Guides

• None

Monthly Challenges

• Pso-Rite (no affiliation) - This is a hard plastic mold that helps dig into stuck muscles. Definitely uncomfortable but if you're able to breathe through it, it really helps relax muscles in spasm. I used it mainly for my psoas, shoulder blades, and chest and will keep up a couple of times a week for 5-10 minutes.

Other

• The Legend of Michael Jordan (and, of course, The Last Dance)
• Modeling Covid-19
• An extinct bird just 'evolved itself' back into existence
• Dee Hock: The Trillion Dollar Vision of Dee Hock, Reflections, Chaordic Organizations
• Naval Ravikant with Kapil Gupta: Conquering the Mind
• The Rise of TikTok and Understanding its Parent Company, ByteDance
• Shishir Mehrotra: podcast with Patrick, Four Myths of Bundling, Eigenquestions

Amor Fati Amor.

Blas

"A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they know they shall never sit." - Greek Proverb

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