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Bookshelf
Favorite books
- BKAnimal Farm & 1984 · George Orwell — Two studies of propaganda, control, and totalitarian language.
- BKAnomalous Cognition: Remote Viewing Research and Theory · May & Marwaha — The declassified science behind the U.S. remote viewing program.
- BKThe Art of Invisibility · Kevin Mitnick — Practical operational privacy from a former master social engineer.
- BKBreathe · Rickson Gracie — Breath, jiu-jitsu, and a lifetime of physical and mental resilience.
- BKCountdown to Zero Day · Kim Zetter — Stuxnet, told like a thriller.
- BKThe Cuckoo's Egg · Cliff Stoll — The original hacker-hunt, still the best intro to intrusion detection.
- BKDark Wire · Joseph Cox — The FBI's secret encrypted-phone sting that took down organized crime.
- BKExtreme Privacy · Michael Bazzell — A field manual for removing yourself from public records and databases.
- BKThe Fate of Empires and Search for Survival · Sir John Bagot Glubb — A historian's pattern across the rise and fall of empires.
- BKGhost in the Wires · Kevin Mitnick — The memoir behind the myth.
- BKMastery · Robert Greene — The apprenticeship-to-mastery path shared by history's greatest minds.
- BKNutrient Timing · Ivy & Portman — The science of when to eat around training for recovery and performance.
- BKOnly the Paranoid Survive · Andrew Grove — Navigating strategic inflection points, from Intel's former CEO.
- BKPermanent Record · Edward Snowden — Why bulk surveillance matters to ordinary people.
- BKSandworm · Andy Greenberg — How state-level cyberweapons escape into the wild.
- BKThe Talent Code · Daniel Coyle — How deep practice and myelin quietly build elite skill.
- BKThird Eye Spies · Russell Targ — An inside account of the CIA's Stargate remote-viewing program.
- BKTransfer of Training · Anatoliy Bondarchuk — The sport-science framework behind specialized strength training.
Favorite films
- FILMAkira — Cyberpunk anime that shaped a genre of tech-anxiety storytelling.
- FILMAlien — Claustrophobic sci-fi horror about facing something you can't understand.
- FILMBlade Runner — Neo-noir on identity, memory, and what makes something human.
- FILMCitizen Four — Laura Poitras's real-time documentary of the Snowden leaks.
- FILMThe Firm — Corporate thriller on loyalty, leverage, and getting out clean.
- FILMGhost in the Shell — Cyberpunk meditation on consciousness inside a networked body.
- FILMHackers — 90s hacker-culture cult classic, equal parts style and spirit.
- FILMThe Matrix Trilogy — Simulation, control, and waking up to the system underneath.
- FILMMemento — Told in reverse, a study in memory, trust, and self-deception.
- FILMMr. Robot — Hacking, mental health, and anti-establishment paranoia done right.
Watch
Instagram
YouTube channels
- YTJohn Hammond — Malware analysis and CTF walkthroughs.
- YTNetworkChuck — Approachable networking and security fundamentals.
- YTLiveOverflow — Deep, honest breakdowns of how exploits actually work.
- YTThe PC Security Channel — Real-world malware testing and defense reviews.
- IG@dimplesresearch — Project Research LLC updates and build notes.
- IG@silverarrowapp — SilverArrow product announcements.
- IG@thehackernews — Daily security headlines.
Helpful links
Websites worth bookmarking
- WWWKrebs on Security — Investigative reporting on cybercrime — krebsonsecurity.com.
- WWWThe Hacker News — Breaking security news — thehackernews.com.
- WWWEFF — Digital rights and privacy advocacy — eff.org.
- WWWHave I Been Pwned — Check if your accounts appear in known breaches — haveibeenpwned.com.
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