Favorite Internet Links

My all-time favorite internet links are laid out below in a loosely organized manner. These are links that I often return to time and time again.

A lot of these links are present in my launch post along with a lot more info as to what I am trying to do here. I am always open to new recommendations so if there is something that has profoundly moved or stuck with you, feel free to send it my way (lonnylikes@gmail.com).

Last updated: 2024-10-10

Writing that shaped my worldview, stuff I return to often

David Foster Wallace: This is Water
Visakan Veerasamay: Are you serious?
Ira Glass: The Taste Gap
Scott Alexander: NOBODY IS PERFECT, EVERYTHING IS COMMENSURABLE
Reddit: No More Zero Days
https://blog.samaltman.com/the-days-are-long-but-the-decades-are-short
https://markmanson.net/80-20-your-life
https://medium.com/@info_67796/a-year-from-now-you-will-wish-you-had-started-today-karen-lamb-5b79d5f9b80b#:~:text=%E2%80%9CA%20year%20from%20now%2C%20you,Lamb%20%7C%20by%20Lauren%20Atkins%20%7C%20Medium
Nick Maggiulli: Even God Couldn’t Beat Dollar-Cost Averaging
Atul Gawande: Want to get great at something? Get a Coach
https://a16z.com/its-time-to-build/

Writing Online and Doing Creative Work

bookbear express

writing as autonomy

by Paul Gauguin…

3 years ago · 65 likes · 5 comments · Ava

https://www.benkuhn.net/writing/

https://collabfund.com/blog/selfish-writing/

Beautiful Writing

David Foster Wallace: Roger Federer as Religious Experience
Spencer Hall: https://www.bannersociety.com/2011/9/1/20840131/gods-away-on-business
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/24/movies/soul-review-pixar.html?referringSource=articleShare

Finding New or Strange Connections

Lastly, I have encountered writings that have been inspiring through the beauty of their construction. Witnessing the artistry pouring out of another person’s brain makes me proud to be human. Below are some pieces that all combine disjoint ideas into a seamlessly flowing narrative:

https://orionmagazine.org/article/state-of-the-species/

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/08/13/big-med

The Intrinsic Perspective

The gossip trap

Over the weekend this essay of mine won 1st place and $5,000 in Scott Alexander’s anonymous book review contest, which was hosted at Astral Codex Ten…

3 years ago · 392 likes · 80 comments · Erik Hoel

Enjoy Golf

https://www.independent.ie/news/rory-revisited-no-question-off-limits-no-subject-out-of-bounds-as-paul-kimmage-meets-golfer-of-the-decade/38918652.html

The Golfer’s Journal

https://thefriedegg.com/the-ringmaster-how-phil-mickelson-took-control-on-sunday-at-the-2021-pga-championship/

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