There is a genre of YouTube videos that I cannot get enough of. I think they’re simply called reaction videos, but the premise is that people listen to albums for the first time ever. There are tons of these videos on YouTube. I think it all started with turning the tables for me, though I think they’ve kinda jumped the shark at this point. I just finished watching a bunch of stoners listen to In Rainbows for the first time and was laughing so hard I was crying. Do yourself a favor and watch them listen to the first few tracks.

I have a feeling this post from Dustin Curtis is going to get some attention. I use AI a lot, though maybe not as much as he does when it comes to thinking. I do that less than I used to do. I’ve actually been writing more and doing so with pen and paper, if you can believe that.

The Beth Gibbons Tiny Desk is really something.

I continue to find great things such as this in Bear’s Discovery feed

Turnstile performing live in Baltimore. Wow. Maybe things will be ok.

I got two new (paper) books this week – Things Become Other Things by Craig Mod, which I began immediately and Super Agers: An Evidence-Based Approach to Longevity by Eric Topol.

Enjoyed Simone Giertz’s latest video where she made a flip clock moon thingie.

I’ve heard “Creep” too many times, but seeing Erin Morton perform it gave me chills and made me cry. Just wow.

It’s worth your time to watch Chris Anderson’s interview with Sam Altman at TED.

I finished The Courage To Be Disliked today, sitting outside of gget in Los Feliz. It was one of those books that I had to force myself to finish, which isn’t something I usually do. I did not particularly enjoy the book, though I did enjoy learning about Alderian psychology. I would have rather have learned about it, not through what read like a fake interview (most of the time), but as different kind of book. All that said, I’m certain what I learned will stay with me for a while and I’ll be processing it for some time.

Jon Haidt’s appearance on The Ezra Klein Show was a good listen. If you’ve read The Anxious Generation, you will have some idea of what to expect, but I thought the conversation was insightful and Ezra’s questions were generally good. He’s had some great guests on recently.