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Alan Watts The User Illusion Lost Illusions Sideways look at Time Lives of a Cell Surely you’re joking Mr Feynman Foucault Seneca Seth Godin Sagan Animal Farm Antifragile Ogilvy Randy Pausch WaitButWhy bill wurtz Russell Brand Derek Sivers pg’s essays Ribbonfarm 48 Laws of Power https://t.co/2bMf0cAMeD
1. It's been a few years since I was *really* into him and his work, but I haven't yet encountered anything or anyone that has displaced Alan Watts as the "market leader" in my brain. Which isn't to say he's Hugely Influential– maybe like 10%? Still, https://t.co/yJqHlQ3kau
Alan Watts really changed my life when I was inhibitingly depressed around 2014/2015. Life just seemed so bleak - even with a job I liked and a wife I loved, existence seemed like a jail sentence. Alan helped me see that it was funny, in a hearty and nourishing way https://t.co/QazobK21GF
2. Lewis Thomas, who wrote Lives of a Cell. He's so, so underrepresented. I would get all of you his book for Christmas. He talked about biology, and he mused about life. In 29 short essays, he covered so much about everything, with loving curiosity https://t.co/1DfrTcJvvc
One of my fav bits from Lewis Thomas, who was a science communicator / biologist watcher who influenced me a lot: the biggest massive multiplayer game is *language*. We might not realise it but we are all shaping it, through all our utterances https://t.co/3mn4prnaol
3. Ogilvy was such a loveable rascal. He was a firecracker of a storyteller, had deep convictions in his truths and tastes, was intellectually rigorous, named names, charmingly described himself as insufferable, was a maestro of the press. hilarious guy https://t.co/5ZeHN0qlO1
