My Canon
July 12th, 2026
A working list of formative essays and blogs that have shaped my values and thinking.
Criteria for inclusion (which I admit somewhat confound each other) include that they (1) challenge my assumptions, (2) influence my thinking/worldview/perspective in a discernible way, and (3) present a thoughtful and concise write-up of the author's thoughts.
- Attention is your scarcest resource
- Things you're allowed to do
- The Inner Ring
- Effective Startup Ideation
- Focus
- How To Understand Things
- What You'll Wish You'd Known
- Levels of Superpersuasion
- Enslopification
- Climbing the Staircase
Last updated July 18th, 2026.