Monthly Art #34

Sat, Oct 13, 2018

This is a monthly “newsletter”, containing a list of what I enjoyed the most last month. Whether it was a full length movie, short film, music album, book or even a painting.

Banksy live demos how to shred £1m at Sotheby's. #banksy https://t.co/ZYIHmigRpL

— BBC Arts (@bbcarts) October 6, 2018

What I am watching

• Maniac (2018)

Another brilliant tv mini-series, produced by Netflix, where in the near future AI is trying to cure schizophrenic people by messing with their dreams. Sort of the Inception (2010), but with more diverse scenes.

I like how Cary Joji Fukunaga experiments with camera.

Hands off to the Dan Romer for the musical accompaniment - Maniac (Music from the Netflix Limited Series) by Dan Romer.

• Wikipedia

• IMDb

• The “End of History” Illusion - Bence Nanay

The problem I am currently facing is where I am struggling to make a choice because there are too many options. For example, what cup to buy - green or blue or red. But some options won’t matter that much in 10 years or even 1 year.

What I am reading

• Wealth: The Toxic Byproduct by Kevin Simler

The money you’ve earned represents value you’ve contributed to society. Earning money (via production) is good for others. Spending it (via consumption) is bad.

• Science-backed methods to keep in mind when you’re learning new things by Yash Chavan

1. Just start, break the initial barrier.
2. Practice chunking
3. Learn, Practice, Recall? ?Repeat
4. Take it easy
5. Understand your procrastination and kill it
6. Set an ending time for tasks
7. Use visual and spatial memories
8. Use metaphors and stories
9. Learn what you want
10. Intersection of skills
11. Sleep!

• Invert, Always Invert

Charlie and I have not learned how to solve difficult business problems. What we have learned is to avoid them. - Warren Buffett

What I am experimenting with

Reading key takeaways from books by using Blinkist and Smart Reading (RU).