On Thinking for Oneself by Arthur Schopenhauer
- Guidelines for SoCG Reviewing (though written for SoCG reviews, I found these guidelines useful for reviewing scientific papers generally)
Do Not Remain Nameless to Yourself (Feynman’s letter to his former student Koichi Mano)
More Wrong Things I Said in Papers by Scott Aaronson
It Happens to Everyone… But It’s Not Fun by Thomas Vidick
You and Your Research by Richard Hamming
A Stroke of Genius: Striving for Greatness in All You Do by Richard Hamming
Writing Examples First by Timothy Gowers (Follow-up: Examples First II)
A Close Call: How a Near Failure Propelled Me to Succeed by Terence Tao
Mathematical methods and human thought in the age of AI by Tanya Klowden and Terence Tao
How should university students control their AI diet by Terence Tao