Things getting me through my PhD

These are few things playing a crucial role in my PhD journey, hope you find some inspiration too. If you have any recommendations, ping me up :)

Thoughts

Research as understanding: A perspective towards research as pure as the one we all started with as kids, before we started thinking about career, promotion, funding, et.al., in academia.
How to turn pro: The only way to become a pro is to fight the resistance, an engaging summary of the book The War of Art.
Mimetic desire of René Girard
- https://www.briantimar.com/notes/mimetic/mimetic/
- Story of someone who worked in physics and had a revelation about mimetic desire
- How colleges act as incubators for Mimetic Desire
How the stories we tell ourselves compel us to prioritize our behaviours - Anand Gandhi: Culture we consume is to our brains as food is to our body? So, let’s keep an eye on our media diet?
The Egg by Andy Weir[story, animated video: Novelty is the key; it deals with the purpose of life the best, cause it shows how death doesn’t matter (you were/are/will still be alive in other forms), but also shows that what you do in your lifetime is important and valuable to reach the end goal of humanity.
Choose one of five: Andrew Scott reads Edith Sampson’s speech at a graduation ceremony about what one can with a degree now that one has it.

Fundamentals of Data Visualization: Guide on presenting data in practical and aesthetic ways.
Missing semester IAP 2020 @ MIT: General introduction to some computing tools like UNIX shell, Git and more. Supplementary: The Good Research Code Handbook

An Introduction to the History and Philosophy of Science: Helps you appreciate what science is, and how we (humans) make it.

Overleaf: To collaborate on LaTeX documents. You can also host your own overleaf server for added privacy.
Inkscape: FOSS vector-graphic editor.
Google Slides: I am trying to move to an entirely LaTeX workflow, but this is just more convenient for collaborations.
Python and it’s invaluable packages:
- pandas
- jupyter-notebooks
vim and VSCode: Text editors of choice
zsh + oh-my-zsh
git