Distractions

Contra recommendation algorithms. List ongoing.

Albums

• New Ancient StringsToumani Diabaté, Ballaké Sissoko
• Adult Swim Festival 2020 (Live performance)Colin Stetson
• Afrique VictimeMdou Moctar
• Saturation I, II, IIIBrockhampton
• Your Queen Is A ReptileSons of Kemet
• Exmilitary, The Money StoreDeath Grips
• Scaring The Hoes, LP!Danny Brown & JPEGMAFIA
• MadvillainyMF DOOM & Madlib
• IllmaticNas
• Metaphorical MusicNujabes
• RAMONAKill Bill: The Rapper
• New Levels New DevilsPolyphia
• Rat's Nest, PetroDragonic, Flying Banana KGTLW
• HellfireBlack Midi
• The New SoundGeordie Greep
• Virtutes OccultaeTaylor Brook
• You Won't Get What You WantDaughters
• Sinner Get ReadyLingua Ignota
• Preacher's DaughterEthel Cain
• JavelinSufjan Stevens
• アダンの風 (Windswept Adan)Ichiko Aoba
• DialectsSnowmine
• FrailtyJane Remover
• After the Magic, Sky HundredParannoul
• LovelessMy Bloody Valentine
• Nurture, SMILE :DPorter Robinson
• Oil Of Every Pearl's Un-insidesSophie
• Ants From Up ThereBlack Country, New Road
• In the Aeroplane Over the SeaNeutral Milk Hotel
• SpiderlandSlint
• Lateralus, 10'000 DaysTOOL
• 冀西南林路行 (Inside the Cable Temple)万能青年旅店
• MandarinMandarin
• Impulse VoicesPlini
• Lord Of The HarvestPeter Talisman
• Neō Wax Bloom, Tital Memory ExoIglooghost
• Random Access MemoriesDaft Punk
• Fishmonger, Fearmonger, WallsocketUnderscores

Books

• 1984George Orwell
• Crime and PunishmentFyodor Dostoevsky
• Harry Potter & Methods Of RationalityEliezer Yudkowsky
• Prisoner of MaoJean Pasqualier
• The Miscellanies of a Japanese PriestYoshida Kendo
• The Rape of NankingIris Chang
• 三体 (The Three Body Problem)刘慈欣

Podcasts

• The Magnus ArchivesRusty Quill
• The Lex Fridman PodcastLex Fridman

Video Games

• Baba Is YouArvi Teikari
• Chrono TriggerSquare Enix
• Dark SoulsFrom Software
• Final Fantasy VII: RemakeSquare Enix
• Kingdom Hearts IISquare Enix
• Mario 64, Mario GalaxyNintendo
• Metro 20334A Games
• MinecraftMojang
• OkamiCapcom
• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of SkyNintendo
• Return of the Obrah DinnLucas Pope
• Spyro the DragonInsomniac
• TerrariaRe-Logic
• The Elder Scrolls V: SkyrimBethesda
• The Binding of Isaac: RebirthEdmund McMillen
• TLoZ: Ocarina of Time, Tears of the KingdomNintendo
• The Stanley ParableGalactic Cafe
• Outer WildsMobius Digital
• PikminNintendo
• PortalValve
• UndertaleToby Fox
• Xenoblade ChroniclesMonolith Soft

Anime / Cartoons / Donghua

• Attack On TitanHajime Isayama
• All Saints StreetLingzi
• Avatar: The Last Airbender M. D. DiMartino & B. Konietzko
• BeastarsParu Itadaki
• Chainsaw ManTatsuki Fujimoto
• ErasedKei Sanbe
• Frieren: Journey's EndKanehito Yamada
• Odd TaxiKazuya Konomoto
• One Punch Man, Mob Psycho 100ONE
• NarutoMasashi Kishimoto

Movies

• 1917Sam Mendes
• OppenheimerChristopher Nolan
• The Tale of the Princess KaguyaIsao Takahata
• Castle in the Sky, My Neighbour TotoroHayao Miyazaki

Websites

• Reading The China DreamDavid Ownby
• LesswrongLesswrong Contributors
• xkcdRandall Munroe