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January 12, 2020

Notable Content for 2019

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This past year I made a concerted effort to read more. I wanted what I read to span a range of topics that I’m interested in as well as those that I’m not well versed but would like to be.

Much of what I read lead to further exploration and scavenging for related content online. This is where the internet really shines — IMO. I found some gems, which are also linked to below.

Books

I oddly don’t read much fiction, but that’s something I’d like to change for 2020. For 2019 I ended up finishing a book every couple weeks and I’m hoping to double that number for 2020. Below are a few standouts for 2019 that I particularly enjoyed.

  1. The Four Horsemen by Christopher Hitchens
  2. Letter to a Young Contrarian by Christopher Hitchens
  3. Islam and the Future of Tolerance: A Dialogue by Sam Harris
  4. The Burden of Bad Ideas by Heather Mac Donald
  5. 12 Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson
  6. Black Rednecks and White Liberals by Thomas Sowell
  7. Discrimination and Disparities by Thomas Sowell
  8. Economic Facts and Fallacies by Thomas Sowell
  9. The Madness of Crowds by Douglas Murray
  10. Principles by Ray Dalio
  11. Now You See It by Michael Bierut
  12. Writing Tools by Roy Peter Clark
  13. Coming Apart by Charles Murray

Articles

Some of the articles below are from 2018, but I revisited them again in 2019 because they happened to intersect with some of what I happen to be reading.

  1. The Evolutionary Argument Against Reality
  2. Kanye West and the Future of Black Conservatism
  3. The world is relying on a flawed psychological test to fight racism
  4. Meet the Renegades of the Intellectual Dark Web
  5. Why do we work so hard?
  6. The High Price of Stale Grievances

Videos

No matter how you look at it, YouTube can quickly turn into a time-sucking vortex; a rabbit-hole. But some of what you find at the bottom of that hole is amazing. Below are some lectures and debates that I was lucky enough to find.

  1. Thomas Sowell on the Myths of Economic Inequality
  2. Thomas Sowell w/ William F. Buckley Jr. (1981)
  3. James Baldwin Debates William F. Buckley (1965)
  4. Modern Times: Camille Paglia & Jordan B Peterson
  5. The Four Horsemen HD: Hour 1 of 2 - Discussions with Richard Dawkins, Ep 1
  6. The Four Horsemen: Hour 2 of 2 - Discussions with Richard Dawkins, Ep 1

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