04 /Interests
Interests
Film & TV
I'm a big fan of cinema — I watch everything from the '50s to the 2020s. On the TV side I gravitate toward thriller and crime.
Favourite films
The Godfather Part I · The Apartment · 12 Angry Men · Whiplash
Favourite shows
The Wire · Breaking Bad · Better Call Saul · True Detective (season 1)
Music
Rock is home base, though I'm always picking up newer artists too. Lately I've started collecting it on vinyl.
60s & 70s rock
Pink Floyd · Fleetwood Mac · Queen · The Beatles · ABBA
Newer artists
Peter Cat Recording Co. · Tame Impala · Lovejoy
Reading
I read whatever sparks my interest. A few I'm working through right now:
Sci-fi
- —The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy — Douglas Adams
Finance & economics
- —Why Nations Fail — Daron Acemoglu & James A. Robinson
- —What Went Wrong with Capitalism — Ruchir Sharma