Skip to content
HomeVideosBooksBlogsPodcasts
HistoryListsWatch laterLiked videosFollowing

The videos, books, blogs and podcasts Hacker News keeps recommending, all in one place.

VideosBooksBlogsPodcastsAboutPrivacySettings

Data from Hacker News, HackerTube, HackerBooks, HackerBlogs and Open Library. Credits · Not affiliated with Y Combinator.

HomeVideosBooksBlogsPodcasts
Ctrl K

    Videos

    Books

    Topic

    Ideas, Learning & Language

    272 videos · 1,588 books · 72 blogs · 3 podcasts

    Education & learningUniversity lectures & coursesPhilosophy & ethicsReligion, belief & skepticismLanguage & linguisticsProductivity & self-improvementFuturism & technology and societyScientific method & science communicationIdeas & learning (other)
    New to this?

    Start here

    How to Speak

    HN treats it as the canonical, near-universally recommended lecture on giving talks and presentations.

    Watch

    Videos

    See all
    22:44

    This Is Water by David Foster Wallace Full Speech

    Joe Mita
    1.8M views • 13 years ago
    54:56

    Justice: What's The Right Thing To Do? Episode 01 "THE MORAL SIDE OF MURDER"

    Harvard University
    43M views • 17 years ago
    18:27

    How to learn any language in six months | Chris Lonsdale | TEDxLingnanUniversity

    TEDx Talks
    38M views • 12 years ago
    59:56

    Marty Lobdell - Study Less Study Smart

    Pierce College District WA
    26M views • 15 years ago
    57:36

    Construction of the 10000 year clock - Alexander Rose (SETI Talks)

    SETI Institute
    18k views • 15 years ago
    5:21

    Ira Glass on Storytelling 3

    warphotography
    146k views • 17 years ago
    37:54

    Do Chairs Exist?

    Vsauce
    16M views • 5 years ago
    43:11

    Who is Yahweh - How a Warrior-Storm God became the God of the Israelites and World Monotheism

    ESOTERICA
    3.8M views • 3 years ago

    Books

    See all
    Cover of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance2007–2026

    Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

    Robert M. Pirsig
    302 recommend · 620
    Cover of How to Take Smart Notes2018–2026

    How to Take Smart Notes

    Sönke Ahrens
    49 recommend · 97
    Cover of Crucial Conversations2009–2025

    Crucial Conversations

    Kerry Patterson
    90 recommend · 148
    Cover of Bhagavad-Gita2007–2026

    Bhagavad-Gita

    Vyasa
    55 recommend · 156
    Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanGloria J. Russell
    2011–2026

    Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

    Gloria J. Russell
    99 recommend · 157
    Cover of Learned Optimism2007–2025

    Learned Optimism

    Martin Elias Pete Seligman
    56 recommend · 108
    Cover of Consider the Lobster2009–2026

    Consider the Lobster

    David Foster Wallace
    46 recommend · 69
    Cover of Philosophical investigations2010–2026

    Philosophical investigations

    Ludwig Wittgenstein
    42 recommend · 154
    Cover of Going Postal2009–2026

    Going Postal

    Terry Pratchett
    44 recommend · 102
    Cover of A Guide to the Good Life2010–2026

    A Guide to the Good Life

    William B. Irvine
    135 recommend · 197
    Cover of How to Read a Book2008–2026

    How to Read a Book

    Mortimer J. Adler
    157 recommend · 365
    Cover of The mind illuminated2015–2026

    The mind illuminated

    Culadasa John Yates
    79 recommend · 163
    Cover of The Righteous Mind2012–2026

    The Righteous Mind

    Jonathan Haidt
    94 recommend · 225
    Cover of Myth of Sisyphus2007–2026

    Myth of Sisyphus

    Albert Camus
    36 recommend · 75

    Blogs

    See all
    Put This Onputthison.com26 people

    Is it classist to be against fast fashion?

    Put This On
    Personal · last shared 2024
    Benjamin Ross Hoffmanbenjaminrosshoffman.com19 people

    Wait vs. Interrupt Culture

    Benjamin Ross Hoffman
    Personal · last shared 2025
    Numinous Productionsnuminous.productions30 people

    How can we develop transformative tools for thought?

    Numinous Productions
    Personal · last shared 2025
    Farnam Streetfarnamstreetblog.com204 people

    How to Think

    Farnam Street
    Personal · last shared 2018
    Sam Harrissamharris.org280 people

    The Fireplace Delusion

    Sam Harris
    Personal · last shared 2026
    Berfroisberfrois.com29 people

    The Principles of Newspeak (1949)

    Berfrois
    Publication · last shared 2025
    Presentation Zenpresentationzen.com49 people

    Presentation Zen: Storytelling lessons from Bill Cosby

    Presentation Zen
    Personal · last shared 2024
    Rob Hendersonrobkhenderson.com62 people

    No one expects young men to do anything and they are responding by doing nothing

    Rob Henderson
    Personal · last shared 2026

    Podcasts

    See all

    The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

    Dr. Jordan B. Peterson

    Philosophy Bites

    Edmonds and Warburton

    COMPLEXITY

    Santa Fe Institute