Books
- “Hamilton” by Ron Chernow
- “Grant” by Ron Chernow
- “Sapiens” by Yuval Noah Harari
- “Galapagos” by Kurt Vonnegut
- “Women” by Charles Bukowski
- “A Little History of the World” by E.H. Gombrich
- “Liar’s Poker” by Michael Lewis
- “The Undoing Project” by Michael Lewis
- “Dance, Dance, Dance” by Haruki Murakami
- “Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World” by Haruki Murakami
- The “Game of Thrones” series by George R.R. Martin
- “American Psycho” by Bret Easton Ellis
- “Misery” by Stephen King
- “A Clockwork Orange” by Anthony Burgess
- “Uncanny Valley” by Anna Wiener
Movies
- Pulp Fiction – Quinten Tarantino
- The Social Network – David Fincher
- Boogie Nights – Paul Thomas Anderson
- Licorice Pizza – Paul Thomas Anderson
- Get Him to the Greek – Nicholas Stoller
- True Romance – Tony Scott
- The French Dispatch – Wes Anderson
- Captain Fantastic – Matt Ross
- Snatch – Guy Ritchie
- In Bruges – Martin McDonagh
- Zoolander – Ben Stiller
TV Shows
- The Wire – HBO
- Mad Men – AMC
- The Sopranos – HBO
- Breaking Bad – AMC
- Catastrophe – Amazon Prime
- I Think You Should Leave – Netflix
- Rick & Morty – Cartoon Network
- Atlanta – FX
- Dave – FX
- Arrested Development – Netflix
- All Bo Burnham standup – Netflix
Teams
- Yankees
- Knicks
- Giants
- Chelsea FC
Music
- Parquet Courts
- Arctic Monkeys
- Hamilton soundtrack
- Ray Charles
- Tyler, the Creator
- Streetlight Manifesto
- Johnny Cash
- Talking Heads
- Queen
- A Tribe Called Quest
- The Avett Brothers
- Vulfpeck
- The Kinks
- Otis Redding
Places
- New York City
- Bali, Indonesia
- Tokyo, Japan
- London, England
- Porto, Portugal
- Tel Aviv, Israel
- Yosemite National Park
- Olympic National Park
Aphorisms
- Small progress daily
- Come from abundance, never scarcity
- Listen before you speak
- Avoid regret
- Assume good intent
- You are what you think about
- Others will always have more
- Act unconditionally
Matthew Speiser 