I want to create a thread with resources on how to become more cultured. Please share your ideas, insights, and resources on what it means to be cultured and how to become more cultured. Here's my attempt (These lists merely serve as a starting point. Many works of art that you love might not show up on any of these lists): Step One: Consume culture: Movies/Shows to watch: Top 250 Movies - IMDb 101 Greatest Screenplays 101 Best Written TV Series Books to read: One Million Ratings! Goodreads. 100 must-read classics The ten best Shakespeare plays of all time Music to listen to: The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time 100 Greatest Classical Music Works Games to play: Best Video Games of All Time Paintings you should know: Most Famous Paintings in Art History Of All Time Ranked Top 101 Greatest Paintings of All Time Sculptures you should know: 26 Top Famous Sculptures of All Time Buildings you should know: 50 Iconic Buildings Around the World You Need to See Before You Die Step Two: Create your own lists. What do you like? Refine your taste.  Step Three: Contribute. A cultured person isn't just a consumer. He's also a creator. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The goal is to become a Renaissance man, a polymath: "Humans are limitless in their capacity for development. This is expressed in the term Renaissance man: people who seek to develop their abilities in all areas of accomplishment: intellectual, artistic, social, physical, and spiritual." ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A cultured person carries himself well: Great at the art of conversation Great social skills Great communication skills High emotional intelligence ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Examples of cultured people:  Leonardo da Vinci George Lucas J.K. Rowling Joseph Campbell Terence McKenna Alan Watts Carl Jung Adyashanti When you find a work of art that you love, find out more about how it was created. Study the creator and his body of work. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------