The shelf
Reading
Books I have actually finished and would recommend to my younger self—not a backlog padded with things I intend to read.
Security & AI 3
The Code Book
A rare mix of storytelling and understanding; it builds intuition for how cryptography evolved.
The Art of Invisibility
Practical privacy thinking without turning everything into fear.
If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies
Extreme, but useful for forcing the consequences of AI risk into focus.
Chemistry 3
Organic Chemistry as a Second Language
The clearest on-ramp I have found for understanding organic chemistry instead of memorising it.
Introduction to Neuropsychopharmacology
An excellent foundation for understanding how drugs affect the brain.
The Organic Chem Lab Survival Manual
A practical reference that stays useful after the first read.
True stories 2
Ghost in the Wires
Pure hacker mindset, and a reminder that hacking is often psychology before it is code.
American Kingpin
The operational reality of Silk Road: anonymity, scale, and the small mistakes that compound.
Online 4
AI 2027
Concrete AI forecasts rather than vague capability talk.
AI 2027 prediction tracker
Useful accountability for those forecasts.
METR time horizons
Tracks how quickly AI task-completion ability is changing.
Species
One of the more interesting channels documenting current AI systems.
Nothing matches those filters.