Thought-Provoking Things 2021 — Looking back at the books, podcasts, and media I encountered this year that I’ve caught myself thinking about again and again. If you were tasked to create an updated ten commandments for making sense of life in 2022, there is a good chance that the first commandment should be “Correlation…

Thought-Provoking Things 2021 — Looking back at the books, podcasts, and media I encountered this year that I’ve caught myself thinking about again and again. Brandon Sanderson is one of the most prolific and celebrated fantasy/sci-fi authors of this generation. Apart from being known for intense world-building and cohesive magic systems, (unlike some other…

Thought-Provoking Things 2021 — Looking back at the books, podcasts, and media I encountered this year that I’ve caught myself thinking about again and again… Before I dive into this next thought-provoking thing, I beg your patience while I indulge in sharing several life experiences that set the stage for what follows. On the…

Thought-Provoking Things 2021 — Looking back at the books, podcasts, and media I encountered this year that I’ve caught myself thinking about again and again… Andy Weir’s “the Martian” was my favorite sci-fi novel of the past decade. I am thrilled to say that I just might like his latest survivalist space thriller “Project…

Thought-Provoking Things 2020 Here are the books, podcasts, and television shows I encountered this year that I’ve found myself thinking about again and again: << Part 4- Wintergatan Wednesdays Part 5- Why Buddhism Is True, Robert Wright I beg you to look past the click-baitey title. This is the book…

Thought-Provoking Things 2020 Here are the books, podcasts, and television shows I encountered this year that I’ve found myself thinking about again and again: << See Part 3- Chernobyl, HBO miniseries Part 4- Wintergatan Wednesdays, YouTube channel Many of you may vaguely remember from a few years a viral video of a music machine of a…

Thought-Provoking Things 2020 Here are the books, podcasts, and tv shows I encountered this year that I’ve found myself thinking about again and again: << Part 2- The Will to Power: The Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche Part 3- Chernobyl, HBO miniseries Chernobyl is one of the smartest, hardest-hitting television dramas of the past decade. Apart…

Thought-Provoking Things 2020 Here are the books, podcasts, and television shows I encountered this year that I’ve found myself thinking about again and again: << See Part 1- The Fifth Risk, Michael Lewis Part 2- The Will to Power: the Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche Dr. Gordy Mower, one of my favorite philosophy professors at Brigham Young University, gave me some advice…

Thought-Provoking Things of 2020 Here are the books, podcasts, and television shows I encountered this year that I’ve found myself thinking about again and again: Review- The Fifth Risk, by Michael Lewis I first fell in love with Michael Lewis after attending a lunch as a policy intern on Capitol Hill. The featured speaker, a member of Congress, said that “Moneyball”…