Media Diet
KSPerson-first discovery
Technology journalist and interviewer tracking power across Silicon Valley and media
A demo stack for technology journalism, power mapping, interviews, media criticism, and the source trails behind sharp questions.
A curated look at what Kara Swisher reads, watches, listens to, and recommends.
Top Shelf
Large-format recommendations with covers, source context, quote snippets, and endorsement strength.
Idea
Mental Models
CuriosityStacks Editorial
Source note: Mental Models is framed as a useful lens for ideas, judgment, and better inputs.
Idea
Compounding Trust
CuriosityStacks Editorial
Source note: Compounding Trust is framed as a useful lens for leadership, judgment, and better inputs.
Book
The Creative Act
Rick Rubin
Source note: The Creative Act is framed as a useful lens for creativity, judgment, and better inputs.
Podcast Show
My First Million
Shaan Puri and Sam Parr
Source note: My First Million is framed as a useful lens for entrepreneurship, judgment, and better inputs.
Source Trails
Interviews & Appearances
Podcast and video appearances where recommendations can be linked back to public source material.
YouTube
The Media Diet Interview
The Media Diet Interview
A mock source container for recommendations attributed to Kara Swisher. This record demonstrates how public appearances will connect to sourced items later.
View recommendations from this sourcePodcast
CuriosityStacks Source Notes
CuriosityStacks Source Notes
A mock source container for recommendations attributed to Kara Swisher. This record demonstrates how public appearances will connect to sourced items later.
View recommendations from this sourceThe Stack
Organized like a curated collection instead of a generic database.
Long-form reading that shapes the person's public thinking.
Audio sources, shows, and conversations connected to this stack.
Videos, talks, and visual explainers referenced in source trails.
Products, templates, and workflows mentioned as useful inputs.
Nothing on this shelf yet
This category will fill in as more sourced recommendations are added.
Concepts and mental models that show up across the media diet.
Additional references that do not fit a primary shelf yet.
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All Recommendations
Move between read, listen, watch, use, ideas, recent mentions, and strongest endorsements.
Idea
Mental Models
CuriosityStacks Editorial
Source note: Mental Models is framed as a useful lens for ideas, judgment, and better inputs.
Idea
Compounding Trust
CuriosityStacks Editorial
Source note: Compounding Trust is framed as a useful lens for leadership, judgment, and better inputs.
Book
The Creative Act
Rick Rubin
Source note: The Creative Act is framed as a useful lens for creativity, judgment, and better inputs.
Podcast Show
My First Million
Shaan Puri and Sam Parr
Source note: My First Million is framed as a useful lens for entrepreneurship, judgment, and better inputs.
Podcast Show
Pivot
Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway
Source note: Pivot is framed as a useful lens for media, judgment, and better inputs.
Podcast Show
Hidden Brain
Shankar Vedantam
Source note: Hidden Brain is framed as a useful lens for psychology, judgment, and better inputs.
Video
Creative Constraints
Studio Notes
Source note: Creative Constraints is framed as a useful lens for creativity, judgment, and better inputs.
Article
Attention Is a Strategy
Field Notes
Source note: Attention Is a Strategy is framed as a useful lens for media, judgment, and better inputs.
Article
Source Notes on Taste
CuriosityStacks Editorial
Source note: Source Notes on Taste is framed as a useful lens for creativity, judgment, and better inputs.
Source Notes
Recommendations are linked to public interviews, posts, show notes, and transcripts where available. Prototype records are source-shaped examples and should be verified against public material before production publication.
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