I've been recommending the podcast “Aria Code” to everyone. As someone who used to stay away from opera like cryptocapitalists from centralization, I've found comfort in learning about the lessons written into music sheets centuries ago that connect to ways of living today. This year, I also revisited Wendy Hui Kyong Chun's Habits of New Media and Ariella Azoulay's Civil Imagination while thinking about how what we consume shapes who we are.