There's some good stuff on this list, such as the first video link about 'tomorrow', and I do enjoy iistening to David Lynch, but linking Kaczynski's manifesto as "life-changing material" with zero context feels odd. Considering he killed people to try get it published, is that the 'real impact' you want people to have?
And three separate Peter Thiel pieces, a rather reprehensible figures, what's the thinking behind including these?
It's under a “different name” for a reason (not the usual one you will find everywhere…), and it's on the UC domain. Not saying he was a good/bad person, but it's a significant piece of writing that others may (or may not) find interesting.
Thiel same story. Not getting into what he is doing in private life, his takes and the impact on the whole sector can't be ignored. You have to approach all of these being able to extract output/creator… or at least try
I get your point, and my issue isn't that it was hard to find, so the hosting is irrelevant. It's that your list is suggesting that people should listen to these ideas and apply them to their own life.
Similarly, I'm not sure I see the distinction between Thiel's private and public life that you suggest exists. You linked to political writing, and his views are incredibly public. Particularly a quote in paragraph 2 of one of his links saying "Most importantly, I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible." He's not exactly shy about it. I understand extracting the creator from the output when it comes to pieces of art, but it doesn't make much sense here when it is the content that I criticised.
There's lots of dead or irrelevent links in the Documentary section. You would be much better off just having links to youtube trailers rather than a DVD that hasn't been available to buy in over a decade. It also does a much better job of explaining the premise of the film.
Are you sure you've checked your own work? The Documentary links are all still pointing to the same Amazon links. The Pixar Story is still linking to Toy Story branded kids clothes. The Enron link points to a 20 year old DVD etc. etc.
Youtube links tend to be pretty static especially if they're from a broadcaster e.g. Netflix or Universal Pictures. The Official Senna Youtube trailer URL is 15 years old and probably would suffice for your purposes.
It would probably be sensible if you checked ALL the links above periodically every quarter or so.
All the links are checked. The Pixar Story is taking you directly to Prime Video if you are accessing it from the US region. The only problem so far has been NL (UK gave me Prime as well), and my guess is that Europe has some laws around this or is restricting it.
Could you DM me the location you are trying to access from?
The goal is to have one-click access to videos because most of the audience is US-based and most have Prime Video. Making it the least-friction experience possible for the most...
The 20-year-old DVDs also do have trailers included (Amazon used to be fully structured that way). But you are right that it is not always the case.. And those links have been replaced with IMDb links (more stable vs YouTube uploads)
bookmarked!
this is so great, as always :)
There's some good stuff on this list, such as the first video link about 'tomorrow', and I do enjoy iistening to David Lynch, but linking Kaczynski's manifesto as "life-changing material" with zero context feels odd. Considering he killed people to try get it published, is that the 'real impact' you want people to have?
And three separate Peter Thiel pieces, a rather reprehensible figures, what's the thinking behind including these?
It's under a “different name” for a reason (not the usual one you will find everywhere…), and it's on the UC domain. Not saying he was a good/bad person, but it's a significant piece of writing that others may (or may not) find interesting.
Thiel same story. Not getting into what he is doing in private life, his takes and the impact on the whole sector can't be ignored. You have to approach all of these being able to extract output/creator… or at least try
I get your point, and my issue isn't that it was hard to find, so the hosting is irrelevant. It's that your list is suggesting that people should listen to these ideas and apply them to their own life.
Similarly, I'm not sure I see the distinction between Thiel's private and public life that you suggest exists. You linked to political writing, and his views are incredibly public. Particularly a quote in paragraph 2 of one of his links saying "Most importantly, I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible." He's not exactly shy about it. I understand extracting the creator from the output when it comes to pieces of art, but it doesn't make much sense here when it is the content that I criticised.
Not sure if this video is available not on facebook. But a good interesting watch: https://www.facebook.com/reel/961547019652024
As someone who enjoys stuff like this. This is amazing. Going to give YouTube a go and look for it
There's lots of dead or irrelevent links in the Documentary section. You would be much better off just having links to youtube trailers rather than a DVD that hasn't been available to buy in over a decade. It also does a much better job of explaining the premise of the film.
All the links are fixed. Thanks for the feedback (means a lot). Let's see if this happens again... Will switch to YouTube as you suggested.
Are you sure you've checked your own work? The Documentary links are all still pointing to the same Amazon links. The Pixar Story is still linking to Toy Story branded kids clothes. The Enron link points to a 20 year old DVD etc. etc.
Youtube links tend to be pretty static especially if they're from a broadcaster e.g. Netflix or Universal Pictures. The Official Senna Youtube trailer URL is 15 years old and probably would suffice for your purposes.
It would probably be sensible if you checked ALL the links above periodically every quarter or so.
This is getting funny.
All the links are checked. The Pixar Story is taking you directly to Prime Video if you are accessing it from the US region. The only problem so far has been NL (UK gave me Prime as well), and my guess is that Europe has some laws around this or is restricting it.
Could you DM me the location you are trying to access from?
The goal is to have one-click access to videos because most of the audience is US-based and most have Prime Video. Making it the least-friction experience possible for the most...
The 20-year-old DVDs also do have trailers included (Amazon used to be fully structured that way). But you are right that it is not always the case.. And those links have been replaced with IMDb links (more stable vs YouTube uploads)
Would love to add this to the collection! https://jamesclear.com/random-ideas-about-life
And thanks for curating this!
On the list. Thanks for sharing
Incredible. Thank you for doing this
watched Jiro Dreams of Sushi yesterday... definitely recommended
Get over the rest of the list… you will enjoy it 🥂
Holy shit, I remember reading that Today You, Tomorrow Me Reddit posts FOREVER ago…. I literally still think about it. Phenomenal inclusion BOSS.
We are old. V2 update is out. enjoy
Cool. Thanks mate
Also found Scott Adams 30 min video on The Day You Became a Better Writer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDwm-UPILuw
Great share. Will be added to the list.
might want to check this out: https://old.reddit.com/r/HalfLife/comments/7d5l06/i_restored_the_final_hours_of_halflife_an_article/
talks about how valve built half life, has some good lessons
https://stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/11/do-it-now/
I often go back to this great article by Steve Pavlina.
EDIT:
https://www.sirlin.net/articles/playing-to-win
Also Playing to Win by David Sirlin an all-time classic
Thank you for sharing them. Going to give them both a look.
This + issue #109 = gold
Goes hand in hand w/ it. Glad you are enjoying it
Only 25 likes on this is criminal....
Doing gods work
Still a lot of work around this collection. But without a doubt, it is going to be a good one