Take Me to a Random Website
A list of random websites I find interesting or useful. For better adulting and making sense of the world.
Take me to a Random Website
- GoStudyHall by John Green. Website
- Playboard (analysis of thousands of Youtube channels). Main page
- Personify WildApricot. How to Start a Nonprofit
- The Fire.
- Z-Lib: The world’s largest ebook library
- You Will Own Nothing And Be Happy
- Wiki
- The Great Taking
- Project Cedar (by the NY FED)
Podcasts and Newsletters
- 99% Invisible
- Swindled Podcast
- Deep Dive with Ali Abdaal
- Jocko Underground
- Every.to
- Articles of interest
- Modern-O
- Some hippie I met once in Traverse City, MI
Culture
- Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
- Webby Awards
- The Spruce
- Website Design Museum
- Killed By Google
Music
- Indie Cantina
- Mississippi Blues Trail
- Damon Stone
- Doc Watson (musician)
- Scott Bradley’s Blog
Economics
- Truflation
- Freakonomics
- Mises Institute (Austrian School of Economics)
- Lyn Alden
- Visual Capitalist
- Exploring Economics
- Epsilon Theory
- Game of Trades
- Nomad Capitalist
- Trading Economics
- Federal Reserve Economics Data (of St. Louis; FRED)
- ShadowStats
- Harvard Business Review
- Anthropic’s Economic Index (for how jobs are affected by LLMs)
Finance
- Investopedia
- OptionAlpha
- OptionsTrading
- IRS
- Smart Contract Research (crypto)
- OpenInsider
- Whale Wisdom
- Credit Karma
- Credit monitoring
- Get information about: Credit cards, Personal loans, Auto (loans and insurance), Home (e.g., mortgage calculators), Money (building your credit), Net Worth, Tax, Credit Scores
- Bankrate
- Website
- Get information about: Banking, Mortgages, Investing, Credit cards, Loans, Home equity, and Insurance
- Nerdwallet
- Website
- Get information about: Credit cards, Banking, Home, Loans, Insurance, Personal finance, Investing, Small business, and Taxes
- US Office of Finanical Research
- App Economy Insights
Consumer Protection
- EWG index healthiness of home products
- Consumer Reports
- Consumer Finance Protection Bureau
Indices
- US Leading Economic Indicator (LEI)
- Historical Home Prices
- Baltic Dry Index
- Manheim Used Vehicle Index
- Case-Shiller US Home Price Index
Political Science
- Center for Foreign Relations
- Jonathan Haidt (Social Psychologist)
- Cory Doctorow (Author)
- Brookings Institute
- YouGov
- FiveThirtyEight (discontinued)
- Open Secrets
- Bipartisan Policy Center
AI Governance
Emerging Technology Policy
- Horizon Institue for Public Service
- Blog The rise and fall of the industrial R&D lab by Ben Southwood, Works in Progress
Law and Research
- Cornell’s Legal Information Institute (LII)
- UPenn Libraries
- Harvard Business School Online
Philosophy
- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- The School of Life
- Philosophy Break
- Stephen Joppich
- Berry Belmont
- No Vehicles Left in the Park (similar to Trolly Problem)
Psychology
- Positive Psychology
- Psychology Today
- Psychology Labs (Dr. Martin Shapiro)
- Free to Attach
- Self Actualization Test (Scott Kaufman)
- Test Website
- See also this blog post from Positive Psychology [link]
- Enneagram insitute
- Check this out if you’re into MBTI tests [9 Enneagram Types]
- [16 Personalities]
Science
Written on March 27, 2024