Everything Tim Ferriss has recommended in 5-Bullet Friday — 2,122 books, articles, quotes, films, products and more, gathered from 480 issues since 2015. Browse by category, sort by what the community values or how often Tim has returned to it, and spend your 25 votes on what matters most to you. Each item's note is quoted from Tim's own words in the newsletter.

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QuotesTim featured this 2× · 2018–2020

“Every day of our lives, we are on the verge of making those slight changes that would make all the difference.”Mignon McLaughlin
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QuotesTim featured this 2× · 2018–2020

“Don’t postpone joy until you have learned all of your lessons. Joy is your lesson.”Alan Cohen
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Don’t Talk PSA | Angry Voicemail (Uncensored)

Misc VideosTim featured this 2× · 2018–2020 · youtube.com

Don’t Talk PSA | Angry Voicemail (Uncensored). This might not be a productive use of time, but it’s hilarious enough to highlight. Alamo Drafthouse theaters (@alamodrafthouse) are probably my favorites in the country. The food, booze, and experience are fantastic. This is partly due to a simple rule: Do not fucking talk or use your phone, or we’ll kick your ass out. The above video is a consequence of that rule. It’s worth watching the whole thing.— Tim Ferriss
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Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives

BooksTim featured this 2× · 2018–2020 · Stanford neuroscientist David Eagleman · amazon.com

Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives by Stanford neuroscientist David Eagleman (@davideagleman). Don’t let the title of this book fool you; it isn’t making a case for the afterlife. Instead, this short read (easy to finish in 1–2 days) is a collection of 40 thought exercises on the nature of existence, reality, perception, death, pain, boredom, and more. It’s remarkably elegant and fun. At the very least, it should make you appreciate your own life—warts and all—much more. From the book’s official description: “In one afterlife, you may find that God is the size of a microbe and unaware of you— Tim Ferriss
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Abstract: The Art of Design

FilmsTim featured this 2× · 2017–2020 · netflix.com

Abstract: The Art of Design, Tinker Hatfield (season 1, episode 2). If you’ve ever wondered how the empire of Air Jordan came to be, Tinker Hatfield is a big part of the answer, and this is the story of his life and craft. Thanks to Tobi Lütke (@tobi), CEO of Shopify, for the recommendation.— Tim Ferriss
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Moving Shapes

Products & GadgetsTim featured this 2× · 2018–2020 · instagram.com

“Moving Shapes.” This dance piece is hypnotically original. For a more BDSM-themed arrangement, or if you prefer legs to arms, try this. You’re welcome.— Tim Ferriss
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The Francis Mallmann episode of Chef’s Table (Season 1, Episode 3)

Misc VideosTim featured this 2× · 2017–2019 · David Gelb · el2.convertkit-mail.com

The Francis Mallmann episode of Chef’s Table (Season 1, Episode 3). This was recommended to me at least a dozen times before I finally watched it, and I shouldn’t have waited. Francis (@francismallmann) is the Argentine author of one of my all-time favorite cookbooks, Seven Fires, and this series was created by David Gelb, who also directed Jiro Dreams of Sushi. This short episode is GORGEOUSLY shot, every bit equal to a feature film. I suggest watching with a bottle of red wine.— Tim Ferriss
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QuotesTim featured this 2× · 2017–2019

“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.”Helen Schucman
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QuantiTea Duck Shit Fragrance Oolong Tea

Supplements & HealthTim featured this 2× · 2018–2019 · Jason Nemer · quantitea.com

QuantiTea Duck Shit Fragrance Oolong Tea. This excellent tea was recommended to me by Jason Nemer (@jasonnemer), the co-creator of AcroYoga (interview here). Here’s the description from the website: “Duckshit Fragrance (Ya Shi Xiang) tea received its distinctive name from the original farmer whose intention was to hide the success of the tea from fellow farmers. Tea plants can be cloned by taking clippings and nurtured to mature tea trees. Duck shit Fragrance is a style of wulong [also written ‘oolong’] from the yashixiang cultivar (dancong 单枞) tea trees that grow in the Phoenix Mountains. Dan— Tim Ferriss
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The Kevin Rose Loading Prank.” I’ll give credit to my good friend KRose

Life HacksTim featured this 2× · 2018–2019 · twitter.com

“The Kevin Rose Loading Prank.” I’ll give credit to my good friend KRose for this one, even though he’s not expecting it. He and I were texting last week via iPhone, and I had poor reception. I was trying to send him a picture, and I kept asking, “Did you get it yet?” to which he kept responding, “Not yet. It’s still loading….” After a few rounds of this, we had the following exchange: Kevin: “There is a non-zero chance you’re fucking with me and sending me a picture of a downloading symbol.” Tim: “Haha... I’m not! That’s a genius idea, though.” And so, here we are in 5-Bullet Friday, and I of— Tim Ferriss
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Les Doigts de l'Homme - Festival Jazz de Coti Chiavari

MusicTim featured this 2× · 2017–2018 · youtube.com

Les Doigts de l'Homme - Festival Jazz de Coti Chiavari. I can’t get enough of these guys. I play this particular video in the background as I write. The beginning is a remarkable demonstration of skill, but the “real” music starts around 2:00. If you want a fantastic mood elevator, this might do the trick.— Tim Ferriss
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Métropolitain

MusicTim featured this 2× · 2016–2018 · Emmanuel Santarromana · youtube.com

Métropolitain by Emmanuel Santarromana (from the album Hôtel Costes 6).— Tim Ferriss
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The Gift: Poems by Hafiz, the Great Sufi Master

ArticlesTim featured this 2× · 2018 · Hafiz · amazon.com

The Gift: Poems by Hafiz, the Great Sufi Master by Hafiz (translated by Daniel Ladinsky). Speaking as someone who actively avoided poetry for decades, I have a confession: Hafiz has become one of my favorite writers in the last year. I randomly (or not?) found this collection at a bookstore and flipped to several poems that made me burst out laughing, including “Two Giant Fat People.” Hafiz is a profound joker, and his poems are unlike any poetry I’ve ever seen. Here is part of the description from Amazon: “Chosen by author Elizabeth Gilbert as one of her ten favorite books, Daniel Ladinsky’s — Tim Ferriss
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QuotesTim featured this 1× · 2026

“Instructions for living a life: Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.”Mary Oliver, “Sometimes”
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Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World

DocumentariesTim featured this 1× · 2026 · Sasha Waters · youtube.com

Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World (PBS,YouTube). I’ve quoted poet Mary Oliver in these emails more times than I can count, so I was thrilled to learn that American Masters has given her the full-length treatment. It’s directed by Sasha Waters, and it covers Mary’s childhood, her love of Emerson and Whitman, her communing with nature, and much more. Hat tip to reader Steven Pollman, who wrote in to recommend it. Be forewarned that the vibe is very much on the artsy side. My favorite B-roll clip is of a hilarious dog in a pool. You’ll see.— Tim Ferriss
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Could anesthesia-induced dreams wipe away trauma?

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2026 · Stanford Medicine · med.stanford.edu

“Could anesthesia-induced dreams wipe away trauma?” (Stanford Medicine). Pair it with “Could anesthesia dreams be a more palatable psychedelic therapy?” Thank you to researcher Dr. Adam Haar Horowitz, who first tipped me off to these wild and promising techniques. His new startup, DUST, harnesses science from MIT and Harvard to make dream engineering a reality (e.g., targeted dream incubation for modifying dream content, two-way communication with dreamers). This new field has already demonstrated that influencing the sleeping brain can deepen sleep, boost overnight learning, and improve wakin— Tim Ferriss
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OMA Nourishing Seaweed Soup (Beef Bone Broth)

Products & GadgetsTim featured this 1× · 2026 · omanaturalfood.com

OMA Nourishing Seaweed Soup (Beef Bone Broth). This is an instant version of miyeok-guk, the Korean seaweed soup traditionally served on birthdays (in honor of one’s mother) and to new mothers. Drop one cube in a bowl, add a cup of boiling water, wait two minutes, and you have a savory, deeply comforting bowl of bone broth and seaweed. Fun fact: the name comes from eomma (엄마), Korean for “mom.”— Tim Ferriss
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QuotesTim featured this 1× · 2026

“One must say Yes to life and embrace it wherever it is found—and it is found in terrible places. … For nothing is fixed, forever and forever and forever, it is not fixed; the earth is always shifting, the light is always changing, the sea does not cease to grind down rock. Generations do not cease to be born, and we are responsible to them because we are the only witnesses they have. The sea rises, the light fails, lovers cling to each other and children cling to us. The moment we cease to hold each other, the moment we break faith with one another, the sea engulfs us and the light goes out.”
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Behind-The-Scenes Session with Niels Hoven

PodcastsTim featured this 1× · 2026 · Tim Ferriss · tim.blog

Behind-The-Scenes Session with Niels Hoven. The most fascinating conversations I have are often behind closed doors. I’ve long assumed them too confidential to share, but this episode is my second exception. Niels and I discuss all things related to Mentava, whose software can teach some toddlers to read before they turn three. If you want to rethink education, I think this conversation has some rich terrain.— Tim Ferriss
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The Pomodoro Technique

Life HacksTim featured this 1× · 2026 · e.ggtimer.com

The Pomodoro Technique. Set a timer for 25 minutes, work on one thing and one thing only until it rings. Then, take a five-minute break and repeat, if needed. A couple of timer options: E.ggTimer, a dead-simple countdown site, and Google Timer (you can also just type “25 minutes timer” into Google search, and it starts immediately.)— Tim Ferriss
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Brain-Stimulating Contact Lenses Match Prozac in Depression Study

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2026 · neurosciencenews.com

“Brain-Stimulating Contact Lenses Match Prozac in Depression Study” (Neuroscience News). Materials scientists have developed a ‘wearable, drug-free’ contact lens capable of treating depression by delivering mild electrical signals through the retina. The study demonstrates that these specialized lenses are as effective as fluoxetine (the active ingredient in Prozac) at reducing behavioral, neural, and physiological signs of depression in mice. This technology leverages the eye’s anatomical connection to the brain to stimulate mood-regulating circuits non-invasively. Treating the brain through — Tim Ferriss
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Artisana Organics Raw Walnut Butter with Cashews

Products & GadgetsTim featured this 1× · 2026 · Artisana Organics · amazon.com

Artisana Organics Raw Walnut Butter with Cashews (Amazon, Artisana). This contains just two ingredients: organic raw walnuts and organic raw cashews. Artisana also makes my favorite almond butter, and both are delicious. Gents, walnuts are good for your swimmers. The strongest walnut-specific study was a 2012 randomized controlled trial in 117 healthy men ages 21–35 eating a Western-style diet. They were randomized to either continue their diet or add 75 g/day of walnuts (~2.6 oz) for 12 weeks. This amount isn’t trivial, but it isn’t impossible, either. 75 grams is roughly 0.63 cups of chopped— Tim Ferriss
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Productivity Mix, a deadmau5 compilation

MusicTim featured this 1× · 2026 · Haldor Asheim · youtube.com

“Productivity Mix, a deadmau5 compilation.” I listened to a deadmau5 continuous mix when I wrote The 4-Hour Body back in 2009, and not all mixes are created equal. This option from Haldor Asheim has been perfect for immersing myself in writing without distracting vocals.— Tim Ferriss
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QuotesTim featured this 1× · 2026

“Most of us tend to take our thoughts and ideas as actual descriptions of reality.”Bruce Tift, Already Free: Buddhism Meets Psychotherapy on the Path of Liberation
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How to turn your AI into a world-class designer

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2026 · Anshu Chimala · lennysnewsletter.com

“How to turn your AI into a world-class designer” by Anshu Chimala on Lenny’s blog. Anshu led software engineering and design teams at Apple for 12 years. From the article: Technique 1: Use seed strings to inject variety The idea here is to get the model to find a new source of inspiration for designs, rather than relying on the defaults it learned from training. If you’ve tried to prompt a model to design a website or app, you’ve probably already seen what that default looks like. … One technique for this is String Seed of Thought, published by Sakana AI. We make the AI generate a random stri— Tim Ferriss
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Scientists have a bold idea to fight Lyme disease: Change the mice

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2026 · youtube.com

“Scientists have a bold idea to fight Lyme disease: Change the mice” (60 Minutes). In a recent edition of 5BF, I asked you all about scalable technologies for eradicating Lyme-carrying ticks. Subscriber Tyler pointed me toward a recent 60 Minutes segment about a research project on Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard. To catch up on the team’s progress since the segment aired in 2025, check out the Mice Against Ticks website and this paper in Nature Communications.— Tim Ferriss
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14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible

DocumentariesTim featured this 1× · 2026 · Torquil Jones · netflix.com

14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible. From the description: “Fearless Nepali mountaineer Nimsdai Purja embarks on a seemingly impossible quest to summit all 14 of the world’s 8,000-meter peaks in seven months.” The film was directed by Torquil Jones and executive produced by Nimsdai Purja, Jimmy Chin, and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi. You can watch the trailer here. Nimsdai and nine other climbers sadly perished in an avalanche a month ago in an attempt to summit the 12th highest mountain in the world. Climb on, Nimsdai.— Tim Ferriss
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Love, Death + Robots

Products & GadgetsTim featured this 1× · 2026 · Tim Miller and David Fincher · netflix.com

Love, Death + Robots’s “For He Can Creep” (S4E8) I’ve watched many episodes of LD&R, but I somehow missed season 4, so I’m making up for lost time. The official description of Love, Death + Robots: “Terrifying creatures, wicked surprises and dark comedy converge in this NSFW anthology of animated stories presented by Tim Miller and David Fincher.” If you don’t have Netflix, check out the breakthrough animated film Paprika, whose mind-bending plot and visuals pushed a generation of animators to think bigger and go stranger.— Tim Ferriss
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Focal Bathys wireless, noise-cancelling headphones

MusicTim featured this 1× · 2026 · amazon.com

Focal Bathys wireless, noise-cancelling headphones (Amazon, B&H). I originally got mine from Headphones.com, where they are currently on back order, but these are my current default headphones if working at a coffee shop or busy co-working spot. From the description: With its wireless and active noise cancelling (ANC) technologies, Bathys is the perfect travel companion. In addition to isolating ambient noise, it delivers pure high-fidelity sound, thanks to its exclusive speaker drivers and integrated USB-DAC mode. Comfortable and refined, these wireless headphones boast a battery life of more— Tim Ferriss
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Society of the Snow

FilmsTim featured this 1× · 2026 · netflix.com

Society of the Snow, a film from Juan Antonio Bayona about one of the most remarkable stories of the twentieth century. Society of the Snow was selected to represent Spain at the 2024 Oscars, where it was nominated for two Academy Awards. It won 12 Goya Awards (including Best Film and Best Director), was nominated for a BAFTA and a Golden Globe, and premiered as the closing film at the Venice Film Festival. Sometimes, I like to visit the brutal, so that I can better appreciate the everyday beauty I—and we—take for granted. This film, spectacularly cast and executed, fits that bill. Not for the— Tim Ferriss
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Seeing Silence: The Beauty of the World’s Most Quiet Places

BooksTim featured this 1× · 2026 · Pete McBride · amazon.com

Seeing Silence: The Beauty of the World’s Most Quiet Places by Pete McBride. The sublime is easy to find in this book, whether you simply flip through the gorgeous photos or do a deep dive into the prose. Pete McBride, a National Geographic photographer and filmmaker, shot the images across all seven continents, from Everest to Antarctica. The foreword is by Bill McKibben, a renowned environmentalist and journalist. The prologue is by Erik Weihenmayer, the first blind person to summit Everest.— Tim Ferriss
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QuotesTim featured this 1× · 2026

“The question what to believe is perhaps the most momentous that anyone can put to himself. Our beliefs are not to be classed among the luxuries, but among the necessaries of existence. They become particularly important in times of trouble. They are like the life-boats carried by ocean ships.”Felix Adler )
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Hard Times: An Illustrated Oral History of the Great Depression

BooksTim featured this 1× · 2026 · Pulitzer Prize-winner Studs Terkel · amazon.com

Hard Times: An Illustrated Oral History of the Great Depression by Pulitzer Prize-winner Studs Terkel. I quite unexpectedly came across this book, and it totally captivated me. I couldn’t put it down, even though I had no initial interest in a book on the Great Depression. The stories are incredible. Studs Terkel interviewed hundreds of people who lived through the Great Depression and let them tell the story in their own words. The result is a collection of firsthand accounts—some devastating, some surprisingly funny—of how ordinary people got through it. This edition includes period photogra— Tim Ferriss
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The Dark Wizard

DocumentariesTim featured this 1× · 2026 · amazon.com

The Dark Wizard (Amazon, HBO, Hulu). I grew up fascinated with Dean Potter as a wild and near-mythical character. I kept a copy of Outside magazine with him on the cover. This four-part series will show you why. From the description: “The Dark Wizard chronicles the triumphs, tragedies, rivalries, romances, and near-death moments that shaped a brilliant yet tormented artist and athlete whose imagination and audacity redefined what the body and mind could do.” At the very least, watch the trailer here. Better than a cup of coffee for adrenaline. This series is a showcase of the razor’s edge betw— Tim Ferriss
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Google’s Phishing Quiz

Apps & SoftwareTim featured this 1× · 2026 · Google's Jigsaw division · phishingquiz.withgoogle.com

Google’s Phishing Quiz. This is a free quiz from Google’s Jigsaw division, which tests you on your ability to spot hackers and spammers attempting to steal your personal information. I suggest you try it, as even people with a good understanding of scams can slip up. From one piece by a VICE reporter: Recognizing sketchy emails designed to steal your password or trick you into installing malware may be the most important cybersecurity skill one can learn. … As a seasoned cybersecurity reporter, I like to believe my paranoia levels are pretty high, and thus I should be pretty good at spotting p— Tim Ferriss
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Building without predicting

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2026 · Derek Sivers · sive.rs

“Building without predicting” by Derek Sivers. Derek first mentioned this wild experiment in our podcast together. Here’s the beginning of his blog post update: On a podcast, I briefly mentioned that I’m building my dream house without predicting - by living in a bare cabin in the woods, then adding only what I find I actually need. Apparently it was intriguing, because since then, it’s been my most frequently asked question: “How’s your house going?” I didn’t think this would interest total strangers, but enough people have asked, so here’s the story…— Tim Ferriss
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We’re Living in a Tick Nightmare. It’s Time to Go to War.

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2026 · nytimes.com

“We’re Living in a Tick Nightmare. It’s Time to Go to War.” (The New York Times) Alternate link. This is a sobering piece on why tick-borne disease is exploding across the Eastern U.S. and why the author thinks we should treat it the way we once treated malaria: as a public problem with a public solution, not a personal one solved by tucking your pants into your socks. It also gets into alpha-gal syndrome (AGS), the tick-borne red-meat/mammalian-product allergy, which can be fatal. This is something I’ve seen in my family, and I myself have had Lyme disease twice from growing up on Long Island— Tim Ferriss
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MCT Oil Powder

Products & GadgetsTim featured this 1× · 2026 · amazon.com

MCT Oil Powder. I only add MCT oil powder to coffee while fasted. These days, that means drinking it well before my first meal around 2–3pm. Here’s why I used MCT oil at all: MCTs are readily converted into ketones, which the brain can use as an alternative fuel source. One study in people with Alzheimer’s disease found that MCT supplementation doubled the brain’s consumption of ketones, and a six-month randomized trial in people with mild cognitive impairment found improvements in several measures of cognition. That said, the evidence is still mixed, and a 2024 systematic review concluded tha— Tim Ferriss
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F*ck That: An Honest Meditation

Misc VideosTim featured this 1× · 2026 · Jason Headley · youtube.com

F*ck That: An Honest Meditation by Jason Headley. NSFW, so put on some headphones if you’re at the office or in public. Pair it with comedian Des Bishop’s bit on mindfulness. One friend’s wife had literally never meditated until I sent this to her. Said husband had been suggesting meditation for years and was pissed that I made it happen with this absurd audio. The whole thing was hilarious, as you’ll understand if you listen.— Tim Ferriss
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World’s Hardest Flash - Adam Ondra Climbs 5.15 (9a+) First Try

DocumentariesTim featured this 1× · 2026 · Peter Mortimer of Sender Films · youtube.com

“World’s Hardest Flash - Adam Ondra Climbs 5.15 (9a+) First Try.” I’m finally getting back into basic rock climbing after elbow surgery, and I love it. I’m watching tutorials to progress from V3/V4 to higher grades, but I also love mini-docs about beyond-insane feats of athleticism. This one is worth watching, even if you’ll never touch a climbing wall. Adam Ondra, the Czech phenom widely considered the best rock climber alive, sets out to do something no human had ever done: climb a 5.15a route on his very first try, without having laid hands on the rock. This video tracks it and has guest ap— Tim Ferriss
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QuotesTim featured this 1× · 2026

Could apply to a lot of vocations and missions, not just writing: “The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must hold to this illusion even when he knows it is not true.”John Steinbeck
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Please Use AI

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2026 · Shawn Smucker · shawnsmucker.substack.com

“Please Use AI” by Shawn Smucker. Don’t let the title fool you. It’s a beautiful reminder to remain human, despite pressures to mimic the machines we use. Hat tip to CS for the recommendation. This piece brings to mind a Kurt Vonnegut passage that is about telling his wife he’s going out to buy an envelope: “She says, ‘Well, you’re not a poor man. You know, why don’t you go online and buy a hundred envelopes and put them in the closet?’ And so I pretend not to hear her and go out to get an envelope, because I’m going to have a hell of a good time in the process of buying one envelope. I meet a— Tim Ferriss
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Ian Fleming’s typical day at his estate in Jamaica

Life HacksTim featured this 1× · 2026 · x.com

“Ian Fleming’s typical day at his estate in Jamaica.” I reposted with “Please tell me this is real.” Thanks to Michael for sleuthing out the answer. Pair it with “How To Write A Book By Ian Fleming.” Ian Fleming is best known for creating James Bond in a series of spy novels beginning with Casino Royale (1953), which also happens to be one of my favorite Bond movies.— Tim Ferriss
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All living things emit a faint glow. Could this light be useful?

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2026 · Jo Marchant · nature.com

“All living things emit a faint glow. Could this light be useful?” by Jo Marchant (Nature). Here is one of the many wild paragraphs in this piece: Some experiments are harder to dismiss, says Cifra. A team led by biologist Rhys Mould at the University of Westminster, London, for example, studied isolated mitochondria in sealed quartz containers. Adding a toxin to one container decreased the respiration rate of mitochondria in adjacent ones, and mitochondria from cancer cells showed a stronger response than those from healthy cell lines did. The effect was blocked by an opaque barrier of alumin— Tim Ferriss
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2001 (Instrumentals)

MusicTim featured this 1× · 2026 · Dr. Dre · youtube.com

2001 (Instrumentals) (YouTube, Spotify, Apple Music) by Dr. Dre. From The Ringer: The first sound you hear on 2001 is the THX Deep Note crescendoing and rumbling like an earthquake. It’s a fitting, on-the-nose introduction to one of the most cinematic rap albums of all time: Throughout 2001, Dre creates a highly curated noir L.A. soundscape, complete with skits, whirring helicopters, bar chatter, and whizzing bullets.— Tim Ferriss
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QuotesTim featured this 1× · 2026

“You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.”Ray Bradbury
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Parks and Recreation

FilmsTim featured this 1× · 2026 · amazon.com

Parks and Recreation (Peacock, Apple TV, Amazon Prime). OK, I realize I’m late to the party here, but, MY GOD, what a wonderful nightly palate cleanser! Like millions of people, I’d seen tons of social clips of Parks and Rec and even 1–2 scattered episodes. But I’d never watched it as one should: starting at the beginning. The character development over time is incredible, and having a reliable “Oh, I feel so much better!” at the end of every day has become one of my favorite rituals. If you want to sample just one episode, try “Sister City” (Season 2, Episode 5) or one of their other top-rate— Tim Ferriss
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From Hierarchy to Intelligence

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2026 · Jack Dorsey · block.xyz

“From Hierarchy to Intelligence” by Jack Dorsey and Roelof Botha. Here are a few excerpts to give you some idea of the gist: Block is remote-first. Everything we do creates artifacts. Decisions, discussions, code, designs, plans, problems, and progress all exist as recorded actions. It’s the raw material for a company world model. In a traditional company, a manager’s job is to know what’s happening across their team and relay that context up and down the chain. In a remote-first company where work is already machine-readable, AI can build and maintain that picture continuously. What’s being b— Tim Ferriss
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Inside the Secret Factory That Supplies Ukraine’s War Drones

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2026 · nytimes.com

“Inside the Secret Factory That Supplies Ukraine’s War Drones.” (Alternate link.) For a good pairing on the future of war-tech, watch “Palmer Luckey Wants America to Win.”— Tim Ferriss
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PQ Silicone Gel Earplugs

Products & GadgetsTim featured this 1× · 2026 · amazon.com

PQ Silicone Gel Earplugs. For sleep, I’ve used Mack’s silicone earplugs for more than a decade. But they’re not without issues: the putty is too large for my ears, but a half is too small, and I constantly run out while on the road. The PQ earplugs come in a package of 50, and they’re just the right size. Thus far, these have become my default.— Tim Ferriss
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QuotesTim featured this 1× · 2026

“For the classics, philosophical insight was the product of a life of leisure; for me, a life of leisure is the product of philosophical insight.”Nassim Nicholas Taleb “Absolutely unmixed attention is prayer.” — Simone Weil
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Life Is Beautiful

FilmsTim featured this 1× · 2026 · Roberto Benigni · amazon.com

Life Is Beautiful. My lady hadn’t seen this, so I insisted that we watch it together. It’s an unforgettable masterpiece. This 1997 classic was co-written and directed by Roberto Benigni, who also plays the lead role. Life Is Beautiful follows Guido, a Jewish-Italian father who shields his young son from the horrors of a concentration camp by convincing him it’s all an elaborate game. That’s how the movie is typically described, but that’s truthfully only the second half of the movie, and there is much more to it. Perhaps better than any film I’ve ever seen, it uses hilarity to explore one of t— Tim Ferriss
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Better Than Free

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2026 · Kevin Kelly · tim.blog

“Better Than Free” by Kevin Kelly. Kevin (@kevin2kelly) is Senior Maverick at WIRED, which he co-founded in 1993, and he is the author of one of my favorite essays on making a living as a creator: “1,000 True Fans.” But if “1,000 True Fans” tells you who your customers might be, how do you figure out what to sell them, especially in the age of AI? I recently published “Has AI Already Killed How-To Nonfiction?,” and reader Andy Vaughn recommended another Kevin essay in the comments: “Better Than Free.” “Better Than Free” answers the what question, and I was shocked I hadn’t seen it before, as i— Tim Ferriss
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Sketches of the Mediterranean

MusicTim featured this 1× · 2026 · Jon Hassell · vimeo.com

“Sketches of the Mediterranean” by Jon Hassell with Paolo Fresu. I find this great for writing, but some will find it closer to auditory hallucinations in an opium den. Feel free to skip around, and the music starts around one minute in.— Tim Ferriss
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QuotesTim featured this 1× · 2026

“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.”Anaïs Nin “Yes. Adlerian psychology is a psychology of courage. Your unhappiness cannot be blamed on your past or your environment. And it isn’t that you lack competence. You just lack courage. One might say you are lacking in the courage to be happy.” — The Courage to Be Disliked by Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga
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Novelist as a Vocation

BooksTim featured this 1× · 2026 · Haruki Murakami · amazon.com

Novelist as a Vocation by Haruki Murakami. I’m loving this, and I’m only allowed to listen while driving or taking baths. It’s a reward. Put another way, I can’t use it to postpone writing. It’s a gem, but skip forward if a chapter doesn’t grab you. Here are a few excerpts from the official description: An insightful look into the mind of a master storyteller—and a unique look at the craft of writing from the beloved and best-selling author of 1Q84, Norwegian Wood, and What I Talk About When I Talk About Running. “Murakami is like a magician who explains what he’s doing as he performs the tric— Tim Ferriss
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Le Festin

MusicTim featured this 1× · 2026 · youtube.com

“Le Festin.” I love cooking to this with my lady. Even if you’re plowing through this email, listen to a minute of this before the next bullet. Trust me.— Tim Ferriss
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QuotesTim featured this 1× · 2026

“In looking for people to hire, you look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence, and energy. And if they don’t have the first, the other two will kill you.”Warren Buffett
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How do bilingual brains navigate between languages? Scientists discover ‘geometric neural map.’

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2026 · news.rice.edu

“How do bilingual brains navigate between languages? Scientists discover ‘geometric neural map.’” This article describes new research just published in Cell, and it begins with the below paragraph: “Anyone who speaks more than one language knows the feeling of expressing the same thought through entirely different linguistic lenses. A new study by researchers at Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine reveals that the key to this translation ability is a shared geometric map of neural responses in the hippocampus.” It also discusses how neuroscience and AI may be converging on similar c— Tim Ferriss
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“If you are moved by it, you don’t need it explained to you. If not, no explanation can make you moved by it.”Federico Fellini, Italian film director and screenwriter (1920–1993).