Interesting Things
I am a little bit cursed in that I am interested in basically everything. That means I have a difficult time focusing in on one specific topic at a time. Sometimes that’s because I see connections between disparate ideas; other times, it’s just because I find almost everything interesting and thought-provoking.
Below are my recommendations for various media – books, articles/posts, blogs, and newsletters. I’m sure this page will grow and change, but I hope you find these as interesting as I do.
Books I Love
Fiction
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Ender’s Game quartet by Orson Scott Card (especially Speaker for the Dead)
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
The Long Halloween and Dark Victory (Batman anthologies) by Tim Loeb and Jeff Sale
Non-Fiction
Philosophical Crumbs by Søren Kierkegaard (and, coincidentally, where my site got its name!)
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
How (not) to Be Secular by James K.A. Smith
How to Think by Alan Jacobs
The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis
I See Satan Fall like Lightning by René Girard
Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman
Technopoly by Neil Postman
The Slavery of Death by Richard Beck
Favorite Blogs
Alan Jacobs – Snakes and Ladders
Pete Adeney – Mr. Money Mustache
Richard Beck – Experimental Theology
Tyler Cowen – Marginal Revolution