Last updated: December 13, 2025

Every month in my Ways of Looking newsletter, I share things I’ve been enjoying — books, products, articles, experiments, apps, and more. This page consolidates all of those recommendations into a single filterable archive.

Click any issue number to see the original context, which has more color on the recommendations.

I reserve the right to not stand by old recommendations. Or new ones, for that matter.

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"The ear does not do a Fourier transform" (Galen)
Content Science Issue #15 Nov '25
"levered beta is all you need" (Ethan Ding)
Content Business Issue #15 Nov '25
LocalSend
Products Tech Issue #15 Nov '25
Systemantics (John Gall)
Books Ideas Issue #15 Nov '25
"How to sequence your DNA for <$2k" (Max Langenkamp)
Content Science Issue #15 Nov '25
"Theravada reinvents meditation" (David Chapman)
Content Ideas Issue #15 Nov '25
Barefoot shoes (general)
Experiments Health Issue #14 Oct '25
Johnathan Bi interview with Francis Pedraza
Content Ideas Issue #14 Oct '25
Soludos espadrilles
Products Health Issue #14 Oct '25
Vimalakirti Sutra
Books Ideas Issue #14 Oct '25
"Four Types of Disagreement" (silentbob)
Content Ideas Issue #14 Oct '25
Vivo Barefoot Primus Lite Knit
Products Health Issue #14 Oct '25
Aviary Footwear sneakers
Products Health Issue #14 Oct '25
"Fell in a hole, got out." (Tony Stubblebine)
Content Business Issue #13 Sep '25
"God created the real numbers" (Ethan Heilman)
Content Ideas Issue #13 Sep '25
"Why Are There So Many Rationalist Cults?" (Ozy Brennan)
Content Other Issue #13 Sep '25
"You can try to like stuff" (Dynomight)
Content Ideas Issue #13 Sep '25
Lanto Sinus Probiotic powder
Products Health Issue #13 Sep '25
Life: A User's Manual (Georges Perec)
Books Ideas Issue #13 Sep '25
"Building a web search engine from scratch in two months with 3 billion neural embeddings" (Wilson Lin)
Content Tech Issue #12 Aug '25
"Decibels are ridiculous" (lcamtuf)
Content Science Issue #12 Aug '25
"In The Balance" (Scott Alexander)
Content Ideas Issue #12 Aug '25
"The Most Intolerant Wins: The Dictatorship of the Small Minority" (Nassim Taleb)
Content Ideas Issue #12 Aug '25
FoodCycler
Products Other Issue #12 Aug '25
Kettlebell-based strength workouts
Experiments Health Issue #12 Aug '25
Prescriptions for a Healthy House
Books Health Issue #12 Aug '25
lcamtuf's Substack
Content Science Issue #12 Aug '25
The characters of plastics
Content Science Issue #12 Aug '25
"Just Call My Cell Anytime" scheduling
Experiments Other Issue #11 Jul '25
Jason Fried video on phone calls
Content Other Issue #11 Jul '25
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (Annie Dillard)
Books Other Issue #11 Jul '25
Quince merino wool tee
Products Health Issue #11 Jul '25
Ryker shorts
Products Health Issue #11 Jul '25
Wayve shorts
Products Health Issue #11 Jul '25
"Smile" vs. "Poop!" (Rivalvoices)
Content Ideas Issue #11 Jul '25
An end to all this prostate trouble?
Content Health Issue #10 Jun '25
Intake Nasal Strips
Products Health Issue #10 Jun '25
Seasonality in routines
Experiments Health Issue #10 Jun '25
The Beginning of Infinity (David Deutsch)
Books Science Issue #10 Jun '25
The Frame-Dependent Mind: On Reality's Stubborn Refusal To Be One Thing
Content Ideas Issue #10 Jun '25
interface0 (product)
Products AI Issue #10 Jun '25
"Possibly a serious possibility" (Adam Kucharski)
Content Ideas Issue #10 Jun '25
How We Feel app
Products Health Issue #9 May '25
Heal All Oil (Tamanu oil)
Products Health Issue #9 May '25
Castor oil (general use)
Products Health Issue #9 May '25
"Task estimation: Conquering Hofstadter's Law" (Jacob Bayless)
Content Business Issue #9 May '25
"On Really Trying" (Gwern)
Content Ideas Issue #9 May '25
"Lost in the Meritocracy" (Walter Kirn)
Content Ideas Issue #9 May '25
"How to quickly charge your smartphone" (Eugen Barilyuk)
Content Tech Issue #9 May '25
How Buildings Learn (Stewart Brand)
Books Ideas Issue #9 May '25
Pomodoro technique
Experiments Other Issue #8 Apr '25
"A quantum mechanics puzzle" series (Ron Garret)
Content Science Issue #8 Apr '25
100 nightly sketches
Experiments Other Issue #8 Apr '25
Dodecahedron Timer Ball
Products Tech Issue #8 Apr '25
Visakanv thread on practice reps
Content Ideas Issue #8 Apr '25
Visakanv tweet on practice reps
Content Ideas Issue #8 Apr '25
Egypt: A Short History
Books Other Issue #8 Apr '25
"Power Lies Trembling" (Richard Ngo)
Content Ideas Issue #7 Mar '25
Respiray wearable air filter
Products Health Issue #7 Mar '25
The Invisible Rainbow (Arthur Firstenberg)
Books Health Issue #7 Mar '25
Honey diet (anabology)
Experiments Health Issue #7 Mar '25
A Case Against the Placebo Effect
Content Science Issue #6 Feb '25
Nattokinase supplementation for cholesterol
Experiments Health Issue #6 Feb '25
The Enneagram: A Christian Perspective
Books Ideas Issue #6 Feb '25
Urban AIP meal delivery
Products Health Issue #6 Feb '25
Arthur Andrew Nattokinase
Products Health Issue #6 Feb '25
OpenAI o1 pro
Products AI Issue #5 Jan '25
The Silicon Valley Canon: On the Paideía of the American Tech Elite
Content Business Issue #5 Jan '25
US Global Mail
Products Other Issue #5 Jan '25
Unsong (Scott Alexander)
Books Other Issue #5 Jan '25
o1 isn't a chat model (and that's the point)
Content AI Issue #5 Jan '25
Claude 3.6 for daily LLM use
Products AI Issue #5 Jan '25
"Meme Seeding" (Marc Winn)
Content Other Issue #4 Dec '24
Clockers (Richard Price)
Books Other Issue #4 Dec '24
Daily 750-word freewriting practice
Experiments Other Issue #4 Dec '24
FlyKitt
Products Health Issue #4 Dec '24
"Productize your purpose" (ikigai background)
Content Other Issue #4 Dec '24
"The New Light Is Bad" (Tom Scocca)
Content Health Issue #3 Nov '24
ARZOPA portable monitor
Products Tech Issue #3 Nov '24
Pocket Casts
Products Tech Issue #3 Nov '24
Rolfing (Structural Integration)
Experiments Health Issue #3 Nov '24
Roost laptop stand
Products Tech Issue #3 Nov '24
Ten One Mountie+
Products Tech Issue #3 Nov '24
A History of the Jews (Paul Johnson)
Books Ideas Issue #3 Nov '24
Readwise Reader
Products Tech Issue #2 Oct '24
Tanchjim One earbuds
Products Tech Issue #2 Oct '24
Truthear Hexa in-ear monitors
Products Tech Issue #2 Oct '24
Who Is Michael Ovitz?
Books Business Issue #2 Oct '24
Bring a good lightbulb when traveling
Experiments Health Issue #2 Oct '24
"Observer Theory" (Stephen Wolfram)
Content Science Issue #2 Oct '24
Moondrop FreeDSP cable
Products Tech Issue #2 Oct '24
The Caesars Palace Coup
Books Business Issue #1 Sep '24
Fanlecy back stretcher
Products Health Issue #1 Sep '24
Donate blood / therapeutic phlebotomy for high SHBG
Experiments Health Issue #1 Sep '24
Claude Projects and Artifacts
Products AI Issue #1 Sep '24
"Lab-grown diamonds" (Works in Progress)
Content Science Issue #1 Sep '24

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