David's Blog

My favorite discoveries from the past year.

Purchases

1. kitchen scale (hands down the best purchase I’ve made in the last 5 years)
2. sous vider
3. temp-controlled mattress pad

Articles

• Ideas that Changed My Life
• How to Get Startup Ideas: The Meat Grinder Approach
• I Fell 15,000 Feet and Lived
• The Perils of Audience Capture
• Crystal Meth Was a Key Part of Nazi Military Strategy
• America’s Most Remarkable Kid Died in New Castle, Utah
• The Grand Unified Theory of Product Ideation

Podcasts

• Peter Attia Interviewing Ryan Hall
• Ezra Klein on Games
• Peter Attia on Zone 2 Exercise
• Rewatchables on Gladiator
• EconTalk on Inflation in Argentina

Books

1. Extended argument for universal salvation
2. Short, beautiful work of fiction (free on audible)
3. Book that helped me run a sub-20 5k

Cocktails/Whiskey

1. Non-chill-filtered bourbon makes the best old fashioneds
2. Jack Daniels’ barrel proof whiskey is cheaper, easier to find, and much better than any other comparable product on the market
3. There is a super quick way to get tons of juice out of citrus

Shows

1. Slow Horses Seasons 1 + 2 (AppleTV)
2. Severance Season 1 (AppleTV)
3. Limitless (Disney+)
4. Jack Ryan Season 3 (Amazon)

Movies

1. Braveheart
2. Get Out

Running

1. I got rid of 15 year chronic foot pain by messaging this trigger point in my calves
2. Cardiovascular adaptations don’t develop unless you are getting low-intensity cardio in 1+ hour doses, 3-4 times per week
3. Tylenol is a performance enhancing drug
4. I was straining my levator scapulae every ~6 mo because they were weak.
5. I was straining my glute meds because they were weak.