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July 2026 Roundup: What I am Reading, Watching and Listening To

July 2026 Roundup: What I am Reading, Watching and Listening To

Why your personal brand is your most valuable asset

Darius Foroux makes a case I have watched play out in my own career: as the economy shifts from need to want, who you are becomes more valuable than what you do.

How To Plan Your Day Like Marcus Aurelius

Two thousand years ago the most powerful man in the world kept a private journal of reminders to himself on how to live. What strikes me about Marcus Aurelius is not the philosophy in the abstract but how operational it was. He used the morning to prepare for difficulty and the evening to review where he fell short.

The Society of Thought Hiding Inside Every Reasoning Model

This is one of the more fascinating findings I have come across this year. When you ask a frontier reasoning model a hard question, it does not simply think longer. It spontaneously generates an internal debate among distinct perspectives that argue, question, and reconcile, what the researchers call a society of thought. Nobody trained the models to do this. It emerged on its own when they were rewarded purely for getting the right answer.

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January 2026 Roundup: What I am Reading, Watching and Listening To

January 2026 Roundup: What I am Reading, Watching and Listening To

How Not To Die - Chris DeMuth Jr
Vittorio is a biotech accelerationist and thinker exploring reality, how to transcend biology, and truth. He shares the science of how not to die, or at least how to live well, and his thoughts on human potential.

Doubling Down on your Winners
If a company is performing well (and communicating well), continue to invest in subsequent rounds. That follow-on capital can be just as important to overall fund returns as the initial investment. 

18 months of Reflection - Sanjeev Agrawal
A personal essay detailing the author's deep introspection on life, career, and values after a major transition. It re-evaluates the pursuit of traditional achievement, noting that true joy was more often found in moments of physical mastery than in financial success.

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