Foundational readings that shaped me. Hover for links and find more on Curius.

Currently reading: Ways of Curating by Hans Ulrich Obrist, Frieze January/February 2026

On the future

*especially as it pertains to innovation and science.

• Where is Science Going?

• Who Becomes an Inventor in America?

• Why Drugs Got Harder to Develop

On purpose, philosophy

• Everything Everywhere All at Once (film)

• Life is Short

• How Much is a Memory Worth?

• Finding Fulfillment

• Navigating the Unpredictability of Everything

On career, growth

• Advice for the Young Scientist

• Terry Tao's Career Advice

• Some Thoughts on the Real World by One Who Glimpsed it and Fled

• The Cycle of Many

• The Levers Money Can't Pull

• The Museum of Failure

Scratched an itch I can't place

• How Stripe Built a Writing Culture

• the Whewell-Coleridge debate

• Parasite

• Tomorrow (film series)

• Alexander McQueen's No, 13 Finale