Things I use and recommend
Content worth following:
Huberman Lab YouTube channel for understanding human mind and body.
Lex Fridman YouTube channel for history and political podcasts.
Alex Hormozi YouTube channel for motivation and business ideas.
Deep Dive with Ali Abdaal for growth and productivity.
The Ezra Klein Show for political talks.
Johnny Harris (my favorite) for short historical and political documentaries.
And of course Searchlight Instagram and TikTok page for interesting podcast clips
Books worth reading:
The Essential Rumi, poetry book of Rumi focused on ecstatic love, spiritual awakening, and divine connection.
Deep Work by Cal Newport focused on achieving on meaningful life through focused and deep work.
Feel-Good productivity by Ali Abdaal, one of the best productivity books one will ever read.
How Fascism Works by Jason Stanley. This book explains the tools fascist and authoritarian regimes use to govern people using propaganda.
Nuclear War by Annie Jacobsen.
Atomic Habits by James clear.
Neuro Habits by Peter Hollins on forming good and sustainable habits.
Animal Farm by George Orwell.
Meditation by Marcus Aurelius
The tools I use:
Adobe Premiere Pro and Adobe After Effects for video editing.
Notion for organizing ideas, taking notes, making plans and projects.
Adobe Illustrator and Canva for designing.