Fun

• Small joys of writing a lay summary
• Shape of stories
• Doug and Hill
• The power of words
• The importance of stupidity in scientific research
• The frustrated gene
• All the world’s a lab…at first, the graduate student
• How to fail in grant writing
• Oh, boy! (memo on how to sow dysfunction)
• What we really want

Fundamentals

• Think again (Adam Grant)
• How to kick the worry habit and make the most of your life
• The creative process (Ira Glass: don’t let your vision to kill your confidence)
• On the importance of education (Noam Chomsky)
• Message to future generations (Bertrand Russel)
• How to eliminate negative emotions and release your breaks
• What is risky and what is safe
• The most reliable way to change behavior
• Complete and unconditional responsibility
• Using your time well
• Plus fort que le glaive est mon esprit
• On the importance of scientific vision
• A good company
• How to pick a graduate advisor
• Odds of being alive