Hi, I’m Alex.

Things I’ve written up to share:

• Connection Gamesmy hosting guide: Authentic Relating games and question decks
• Questionsquestions to get to know someone, from small talk to depth
• Decisionshow I make decisions: FIRE, WRAP, and analysis-paralysis questions
• Emotional First Aidin-the-moment tactics for strong emotions, e.g. overwhelm
• Emotional Regulationa playbook of procedures for lowering neuroticism
• Growth Modalitiesan explorable map of 156 personal growth methods
• Nootropicsan evidence map of 67 nootropics, common prescriptions, and habits, graded by goal
• Favorite Toolsthe full list, with referral links

• WritingSubstack · draftcorgi.substack.com
• PodcastSubstack · codercorgi.substack.com
• ProjectsUpping My P(doom), Explained · every reference in an AI-doom song, explained line by line
• Social
• MusicSpotify
• Occasionally updated
  • Letterboxd
  • Goodreads
• All my linksbeacons.ai/codercorgi

Things I’ll happily talk about for an hour include:

• Connection
  • connection games
  • authentic relating
  • T group sentence stems
  • models like spiral dynamics
• Sensemaking
  • ikigai
  • AI infra investing
• Lifestyle
  • traveling
  • nomading
  • sardines
  • keto/carnivore diet
• Experiential
  • nootropics
  • ecstatic dance
  • contact improv
  • platonic cuddling

Inspiring communities for meaning-making:

• Global
  • TPOT
  • Effective Altruism
  • Socratica
  • Network School
• Seattle
  • VibeSeattle
  • Fractal/Tetra Seattle
  • INTDEV
  • OmCulture
  • AI House
• San Francisco Bay Area
  • The Commons
  • Mox SF
  • Frontier Tower
  • SundaysInSF
  • Lighthaven
• New York
  • Fractal NYC
  • Merlin’s Place
  • OBNYC
• Austin
  • OneSalon
  • T groups
  • Relateful Austin
  • Casa de Luz
  • LessWrong Austin
  • Ledgeway

More community links: curius.app/alex-yun/communities

• Granola: AI-native note-taking for meetings. 2 months free
  Favorite features: AI-enhanced meeting notes, and asking AI questions about the transcript in real time.
• Curius: a shared library for bookmarks; annotate readings with friends.
  My reading recs (work in progress).
• NotebookLM: interactive audio podcasts (and more) from your sources, free.
• uBlock Origin: the best ad blocker.
• fmhy.net: the most up-to-date links to free-media sites.
• Reflect: second-brain-style note-taking.
  Free for .edu via reflect.app/student. See also their note-taking app comparison.

Also: Google’s tools for commenting, and Notion for more complicated things.

More, with referral links: Favorite Tools