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Explore Charley Berno’s curated list of favorite reads and resources—insights on life, learning, and more.
Here is a sample of some favorite content and people from the Internet. This page is used to help me flag and find old favorites.
A recent article I wrote coining the term "Selassian moment"
Favorites
- Friend groups underinvest in themselves (short post) - shared trust is a superpower. Build something with your friends
- Reality has a surprising amount of detail (short post)
- Status as a Service (long post) and Compress your ideas (short post) by Eugene Wei
- How to Pick a Career (long post) - Tim Urban deep dive on doing fulfilling work
- You and Your Research (long post) - Richard Hamming on doing great work
- Willingness to Look Stupid (med post) - what the virtue of curiosity looks like in practice
- It's Time to Build (short post) - Marc Andreessen call to arms
- Tips on salary negotiation (long post) - only read if you need it
- Notes on being very tall (short article) - recommending as a 6'4" man, the essay notes that 6'3" is the best height and is probably right
- Operations matter more than ideas
- Immortality Begins at Forty (short post)
- Ethnic Food Dining Guide (DC area)
- The Inner Ring - CS Lewis moral philosophy in ten mins with practical recommendation for orienting yourself towards a good life
- Kevin Kelly - 68 Bits of Unsolicited Advice
- Michael Sorkin - 250 Things an Architect Should Know
- Dalai Lama - 18 Rules of Living
- Sam Altman - 36 Lessons Before 30
- Berkshire Shareholder Letters
- Amazon Shareholder Letters
- Paul Graham's Essays
- Andrew Carreon's Letters - two letters a year since 2018, this will eventually be a classic repository of investing and business knowledge
- Alex Guzey's lifehacks
Favorite hip hop