Videos, websites, things I find online that I find interesting

Online articles/blogs

• Does Art need Justification?

  • Beautiful essay about Christianity and Art

• The Untold Stories of Japanese War Brides

  • It made me tear up; made me think of my own mother who immigrated young to the US.

• The Best Choice Problem: calculating the optimal stopping rule using Markov chain theory

  • It's about... football, I'm interested.

• Defense Against Charts

  • Really cool interactive story of how not to lie with data.

• What makes a good variable naming convention

  • Interesting blog post about how to name variables

Online books

Philosophy

• How to Read Philosophy by DAVID W. CONCEPCIÓN

  • Interesting appendix about how to learn philosophy- I think this would be helpful for reading scientific articles especially about "flagging" the paper.

• Forallx: Formal logic for alll

  • Need to be better scientist, so I think I can improve reading this

R

• Principles of Econometrics with R
  • Used it to look at how to measure heteroscedasticity

Blog post

Academia

• Why do academics have big egos
  • A must-read for anyone in academia- a reminder to be humble.

Videos

Art

• Make Art Out of Curiosity not Fear | Art Tutorial

  • Felt like I was high watching this video, but needs to be said.
  • Good message; creepy guy

• Trying To Be Original Is Killing Your Creativity (Inspired By Jeff Goins)

• Sex and the City: Love at the End of History

  • One of my favorite video essayist- an interesting view of late-stage capitalism and feminism.

• Artusi VS Monteverdi

  • Interesting video about the main critic of Monteverdi's days.

Culture

• Fascists Have No Drip | the history of fashion in fascist Italy

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• Why Do We Hoard Information We’ll Never Use? – Books, articles, and intellectual FOMO

  • An interesting video of why we hoard information

• why being "nice" gets you nowhere

  • I wish I watched this video before I started my postdoc - form boundaries!

• no ethical consumption under capitalism lol

  • Great video critiquing people who don't want to take care of themselves financially.

• Cunk & The Rise of Anti-Intellectualism

  • I love Philomena Funk so this was an interesting video-essay making a really good point about the character of Cunk: why is she so dismissive?

Design

• Why Are Designers & Creatives Elitist Jerks?
  • Such a fascinating video about the theatricality of designers.

Cooking

• Decolonized Sides - Sean Sherman
  • Interesting food recipes based on ingredients only found in North America

Video-game

• The Lost Art of Collectivist RPGS
  • Interesting game philosophy difference between Skyrim (given power by individual pursuit) versus Gothic (given power by society).

Music

• How to Escape the Neoliberal Lie | Kendrick Lamar & Whiplash

  • Really made me interested about Kendrick Lamar - should listen to his albums.

• STEP x THROUGH THE FIRE AND FLAMES

  • I HEAR GOD'S VOICE

• (When I Marry) Mister Snow" | Audra McDonald | Carousel

• Audra Mcdonald is the moment. She is life. She is mother

• Bomsori – Wieniawski: Polonaise de concert, Op. 4

  • Lovely music, never heard before

• Doechii - Tiny Desk

  • I'm obsessed with her music! Best music for getting pumped!

Music theory

• Polyrhythms in Sub-Saharan African Music
  • Interesting app that the presenter uses about polyrhythm; interestingly ended up here because I was reading the history of polyphony because I was trying to figure out why Monteverdi had haters.

Science

• Buckingham Pi Dimensional Analysis - simplifying problems by eliminating units

Fiction

• Opal
  • Such a cool short! Dark though