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Life
Outside of protocol work: what I’m reading and where I’ve been.
Books
A short shelf of what stuck with me.
Unio MysticaOsho
Talks weaving Zen, Hassidism, Tantra, and Gurdjieff — a sharp lens on mystic union across traditions.
Stolen FocusJohann Hari
On the attention economy and why deep thought keeps slipping away — and what it takes to get it back.
The Brothers KaramazovFyodor Dostoevsky
Faith, doubt, and moral gravity in one family — the novel I keep returning to for how it frames responsibility and belief.
Gautama Buddha: The Life and Teachings of the Awakened OneVishvapani Blomfield
Biography that braids early sources with modern scholarship — a clear picture of the historical teacher and why his view of mind and ethics still lands.
Master of the GameSidney Sheldon
Generations of the Blackwell family, ambition, and control — pulp pace with a ruthless eye for what people will trade for power.
If Tomorrow ComesSidney Sheldon
Tracy Whitney: betrayal, prison, then revenge as a globe-trotting con artist. The same novel is also sold as If Tomorrow Never Comes in some editions — one story, two titles.
The Other Side of MeSidney Sheldon
His memoir — Depression-era childhood, Hollywood and TV, then the pivot to novels. Less thriller, more origin story.
Travel
Places worth remembering (add trips and years you care about).
- Iceland2025
Impact Evaluators Research Retreat — verifiable evaluation for open source.
- Berlin
Cypherpunk Camp — privacy, identity, and verifiable systems.