Who do you read/watch _everything_ by?
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David Mermin had a great line on Feynman: "I would drop everything to hear Feynman lecture on the Municipal Drainage System". For whom can this be applied mutatis mutandis?
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When I hear that line of Mermin's I instantly think of the great John McPhee. I've read essays of McPhee's which sounded terrible - "A Roomful of Hovings"(?!) - and been just spellbound.
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The question is partially motivated by this observation: https://twitter.com/michael_nielsen/status/1083840425952067584 … (Also, Littlewood's observation that life is too short to listen to any composer except Bach, Beethoven, or Mozart (IIRC).)
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Update: the suggestions so far are amazing, thanks everyone who has contributed. More suggestions welcome!
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McPhee’s book on oranges is terrific.
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That's the other one I thought of including in my tweet. It took me quite a while to work up the gumption. And, of course, I regretted not reading sooner. But "A Roomful" is one of my favourite essays.
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Everything
@donaldglover touches turns to gold,@robertsietsema’s NYC restaurant reviews are brilliant at marrying a passion for food and history,@PeterAttiaMD puts out some of the best conversations about up-and-coming research in medicine & longevity -
Would also add I have yet to see a bad movie from
@A24. Hit after hit after hit.
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Putting in a shoutout for "Atchafalaya"
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