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Media

It's strange how the medium of video is so often tied to consumption[1] in the most negative ways, while engaging with text or audio is seen as somehow more noble. I'm reading a book. Imagine that.

I certainly enjoy watching videos and listening to music. I don't really read many books[2], and I'm fine with that. I'll read one every now and then, but for the most part I like to write[3] instead.

Anyway, here are some of the things I've been consuming as of late:

Audio

Lots of music. I keep a log of what I find to be the best song of the day[4]. * Deafheaven. An absolutely phenomenal band that has created some of the most emotionally charged[5] songs I’ve heard[6]. * Toro y Moi. Discovered this guy from my high school photography teacher who played a music video of his[7] once during class. When I got home I totally forgot the name of the artist and tried searching for keywords from the video until I finally found it (guy casually pulling aside fern frond music video?) * The War on Drugs. Consistently incredible. So many of their tracks are associated with particular places[8] for me.
The Lex Fridman Podcast[9]. I listen to this when I commute to work. A wide range of guests engaging in quite compelling discussions with a most excellent host.