Smerity's papers are some of my favourite. Check out
https://ar5iv.labs.arxiv.org/html/1708.02182
And my all-time favourite
https://ar5iv.labs.arxiv.org/html/1911.11423
How could you go wrong with a paper that starts with
> Language has been a thorn in humanity’s side since we evolved a complex enough audio and graphics processing unit to grunt, let alone write cryptocurrency whitepapers or opinion columns.