The Archive
Favorites
Not a list of ratings. The things that shaped how I see, with the reason each one stuck.
Books
The argument that problems are soluble and knowledge is unbounded reset my sense of what is possible. I think about it constantly.
The Beginning of Infinity · David Deutsch
It is the rare founder book that admits how bad it feels and does not pretend there is a clean answer. Honest about the parts no one frames well.
The Hard Thing About Hard Things · Ben Horowitz
Film
It is patient and enormous and lonely in a way most films are afraid to be. It respects the audience enough to slow down.
Blade Runner 2049 · Denis Villeneuve
It is really about small people choosing to carry something too heavy for them, together. I have never outgrown that.
The Lord of the Rings · Peter Jackson
Games
The only thing you gain is knowledge, and knowledge is enough to change everything. A game about the joy and terror of understanding.
Outer Wilds · Mobius Digital
It hands you a world and trusts you to be curious. No arrows, no nagging. It taught me that the best systems reward exploration instead of forcing it.
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild · Nintendo