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A curated, public dashboard of my learning resources, books, courses, documentaries, and tools.
Tools & Piracy
Largest shadow library — books, papers, comics
Borrow books, download old software & media
Free book borrowing, OpenLibrary catalogue
Free access to paywalled research papers
Library Genesis — textbooks & fiction
Reddit community for privacy news, tips, and discussions.
Reddit community for self-hosting apps, servers, and private clouds.
Human Biology & Medicine
Real cadaver dissections, organ deep-dives
Illustrated anatomy with quizzes
Full Anatomy & Physiology series
Medical school-level physiology & pathology
Detailed medical & neuroscience lectures
Clinical medicine, disease mechanisms
Nancy Kanwisher — full MIT OCW course
Robert Sapolsky — biology of human behaviour
Visual intuition for how neural networks work
Creator: Jon Amiel (2009)
A biographical drama detailing Charles Darwin's struggle to write 'On the Origin of Species' while coping with family tragedy and religious conflict.
Creator: Steven Soderbergh (2014)
A medical drama set in early 20th-century New York, detailing the surgical breakthroughs and trials at The Knickerbocker Hospital.
Creator: Alastair Fothergill / BBC (2006)
The landmark nature documentary series exploring the planet's diverse biomes, ecosystems, and animal survival strategies.
Mind & Behaviour
Paul Bloom — full Yale course
DSM disorders, clinical psychiatry
Barry Schwartz explains how choice overload increases anxiety and decreases satisfaction
CBT, anxiety, depression — practical tools
Personality disorders, forensic psychology
Cal Newport argues that social media is a commercial product, not a fundamental utility
Creator: Adam Curtis (2002)
How those in power used Freud's theories to control the crowd.
Creator: Penny Marshall (1990)
Based on Oliver Sacks' biographical account of awakening catatonic patients.
Author: Dr. Julie Smith
Practical mental health tools from a therapist
Author: Daniel Kahneman
How we actually make decisions (and why we're wrong)
Author: Oliver Sacks
Neurological case studies — strange and moving
Philosophy & Ethics
What is death, and should we fear it?
What's the right thing to do? Full course
Plato to Nietzsche — intellectual history
A thought experiment raising the question of whether an object that has had all of its components replaced remains fundamentally the same object.
Creator: Anand Gandhi (2012)
A highly acclaimed philosophical drama exploring questions of identity, justice, beauty, life, and death through three intersecting stories.
Politics & Society
Steven Smith — Machiavelli to Tocqueville
The famous ideological reveal scene from John Carpenter's 'They Live'
Science & society explained beautifully
Critical theory, culture, politics — essay style
Steve Cutts — A satirical short film about our search for happiness in a consumerist society
Annie Leonard — A fast-paced look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns
Patricio Plaza & Santiago Grasso — An animated short film on the alienation of modern work
Steve Cutts — A look at man's relationship with the natural world
Brent & Tobias — An animated short film about social media obsession and screen addiction
Creator: Adam Curtis (2016)
Explores how modern systems of power construct a fake, simplified version of the world.
Reddit community dedicated to criticizing and reducing consumerism and waste.
Reddit community sharing critiques, discussions, and articles on the impacts of corporate consumerism.
Reddit community focused on breaking free from the consumerist race and living more intentionally.
Reddit community discussing the choice to live without legal marriage or formal partnerships.
Reddit community for people who choose not to have children (childfree lifestyle).
Economics & Game Theory
Robert Shiller — markets, risk, financial history
Ben Polak — Nash equilibria, auctions, strategy
Creator: Morten Tyldum (2014)
The historical drama of Alan Turing cracking the German Enigma code during World War II.
Creator: Gnana Rajasekaran (2014)
A biographical film tracking the life of the self-taught Indian mathematical genius Srinivasa Ramanujan.
Physics & Cosmology
Quantum mechanics, spacetime, entropy
Graduate-level physics — dark matter, black holes
Physics, science, and surprising ideas
Creator: Neil deGrasse Tyson (2014)
An adventure science series exploring the universe, space, time, and biology.
Creator: Neil deGrasse Tyson (2020)
An adventure science series exploring the universe, space, time, and biology.
Creator: Carl Sagan (1980)
The landmark documentary series exploring astronomical phenomena and our place in the universe.
Creator: Christopher Nolan (2014)
A science fiction epic with highly accurate depictions of black holes and relativity.
Creator: National Geographic (2017)
An anthology series charting the personal and professional lives of history's most brilliant innovators.
Creator: Frank Spotnitz (2021)
A historical drama series exploring the extraordinary mind, achievements, and hidden secrets of Leonardo da Vinci.
Creator: Renny Bartlett / BBC (2013)
A compelling docudrama exploring Isaac Newton's obsession with alchemy, biblical prophecy, and the occult.
Creator: PBS Nova (2019)
Physicists test Einstein's 'spooky action at a distance' using light from distant quasars to study quantum entanglement.
Creator: Craig Mazin (2019)
A dramatization of the 1986 nuclear disaster at the Chernobyl Power Plant, focusing on the human cost and the search for truth.
Creator: Kirk Ellis (2024)
A mini-series exploring Benjamin Franklin's critical diplomatic and scientific influence in France during the American Revolution.
Sex, Intimacy & Relationships
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An interdisciplinary academic field analyzing gender identity and representation across society, law, history, and literature.
An ancient Indian mindfulness meditation technique focused on insight into the true nature of reality.
The state of becoming consciously aware that you are dreaming while inside the dream, enabling influence over its events.
Fundamental eye anatomy and key clinical vision disorders involving lens clouding and optic nerve damage.
An evidence-informed modular framework for assisting people in the immediate aftermath of disaster or trauma.
Core motivational psychological models and mental rules explaining human behavior and group choices.
Focused on developing conversational Spanish fluency, pronunciation, and basic speaking capabilities.
Focused on mastering the Urdu alphabet and the elegant Nastaliq calligraphic writing script.
Board & Card Games
An award-winning creative storytelling card game of imagination, subtle clues, and beautifully illustrated dreamlike cards.
The sport of solving a Rubik's Cube and other twisty puzzles as quickly as possible, utilizing optimized algorithms.
The non-magical performance art of handling playing cards with dexterity, creative flourishes, and visual flow.
A fast-paced tactical physical card-combustion game where cards are tossed, flipped, and swiped in active dueling.