5 Bullet Archive

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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The Death of Partying in the U.S.A.—and Why It Matters

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2025 · Derek Thompson · derekthompson.org

“The Death of Partying in the U.S.A.—and Why It Matters” by Derek Thompson. Here’s one choice excerpt: Between 2003 and 2024, the amount of time that Americans spent attending or hosting a social event declined by 50 percent. … The death of the party fits into a broader social phenomenon that I called “The Anti-Social Century” in a cover story for The Atlantic. At a time of surging anxiety and mental distress, Americans spend more time alone today than in any period in recorded history. Ahem, so Coyote…— Tim Ferriss
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This is one of the most incredible things I’ve found in a while.

BooksTim featured this 1× · 2025 · amazon.com

This is one of the most incredible things I’ve found in a while. As a kid, I wanted to be a comic-book penciler for more than a decade. Frank Miller’s Sin City: Hard Goodbye Curator’s Collection (Amazon, AbeBooks) shows you the original art pages with pencil lines, rubber cement, smudges, and more. You actually feel like you’re sitting in Frank’s seat as he made it! A little pricey but well worth it for the unique experience.— Tim Ferriss
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▶Jardines

MusicTim featured this 1× · 2025 · Chancha Via Circuito · youtu.be

“Jardines” (YouTube, Apple Music, Spotify) by Chancha Via Circuito, ft. Lido Pimienta.— Tim Ferriss
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COYOTE

PodcastsTim featured this 1× · 2025 · explodingkittens.com

COYOTE! This has been my obsession for two years. COYOTE is a fast, casual card game I created with the amazing Exploding Kittens team. Here’s a video demo. I worked really hard on every aspect of the game (concept, mechanics, cards, characters, art, etc.)! You can finally buy it everywhere, including Amazon, Target, Walmart, and 8,000+ retail locations worldwide. It’s been a huge hit with hundreds of test families, my friends, and at conferences around the world. It now produces guaranteed laughs with kids, adults, tipsy people, serious people, you name it. Freeing your inner trickster is a l— Tim Ferriss
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“If a large diamond is cut up into pieces, it immediately loses its value as a whole; or if an army is scattered or divided into small bodies, it loses all its power; and in the same way a great intellect has no more power than an ordinary one as soon as it is interrupted, disturbed, distracted, or diverted.” — Arthur Schopenhauer
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I was recently sent the following excerpt from “Means and Meaning

BooksTim featured this 1× · 2025 · Packy McCormick · notboring.co

I was recently sent the following excerpt from “Means and Meaning” by Packy McCormick. The conversation below between David Foster Wallace and David Lipsky happened in 1996, decades before virtual meetings, algorithmic feeds, and AI. Here is the excerpt: Infinite Jest featured The Entertainment, a videotape so compelling people just watched it until they died. … And in a conversation with Rolling Stone’s David Lipsky, during a five-day road trip at the end of his Infinite Jest book tour that would become a book, which became a movie, David Foster Wallace addressed the challenge head-on: David — Tim Ferriss
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The Gut Microbiota Mediates the Anti-Seizure Effects of the Ketogenic Diet

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2025 · Christine A · cell.com

“The Gut Microbiota Mediates the Anti-Seizure Effects of the Ketogenic Diet30520-8# )” by Christine A. Olson, Elaine Y. Hsiao, et al. in Cell. If you only have 60 seconds, see the press release here. This could be a glimpse of something really, really important, even if you don’t care about epilepsy. It’s not a brand-new publication, but it was new to me, and it ties into a few experiments I’m currently running on myself. Here is an excerpt: “Mice treated with antibiotics or reared germ-free are resistant to KetoDiet-mediated seizure protection. Enrichment of, and gnotobiotic co-colonization w— Tim Ferriss
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Maestri House Rechargeable Milk Frother

BooksTim featured this 1× · 2025 · amazon.com

Maestri House Rechargeable Milk Frother. OK, I never expected to have a frother in this newsletter, but this is a great example of “there is always a market for the best.” It also reminds me of sage wisdom from Kevin Kelly, found in his tiny, practical book titled Excellent Advice for Living: Take note if you find yourself wondering “Where is my good knife?” or “Where is my good pen?” That means you have bad ones. Get rid of those. I’ve owned a lot of frothers for coffee and tea. Most of them are cheap, or I got them for free. They break, batteries stop charging, or they simply have two modes:— Tim Ferriss
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To help next week’s global launch of COYOTE

PodcastsTim featured this 1× · 2025 · coyotegame.com

To help next week’s global launch of COYOTE, I did a complete redesign of my oldest and still most important website. No more GeoCities retro! If you squint, I bet some of you will spot the new optimizations. This was quite the task, given 1,000+ blog posts, the podcast, and more. Please take it for a test drive! If you spot any bugs or issues, please let me know on X by tagging @tferriss. I’ll send something fun to the best bug hunter.— Tim Ferriss
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“Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.” — Benjamin Franklin
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“Coming or going, Day or night, You must just strive to Face the incomprehensible.” — Daitō (1283–1338)
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Cognito Therapeutics

Products & GadgetsTim featured this 1× · 2025 · cognitotx.com

Cognito Therapeutics. The team at Cognito is developing a novel, non-invasive, wearable medical device aimed at slowing the progression of Alzheimer’s disease by using light and sound stimulation to restore brain-wave activity. They are focusing specifically on gamma waves, which are critical for memory, learning, and healthy brain function. In Alzheimer’s patients, gamma waves are altered, indicating impairment in normal brain function. Related: “Evidence that gamma rhythm stimulation can treat neurological disorders is emerging” from MIT News.— Tim Ferriss
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How I practice at what I do

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2025 · Tyler Cowen · marginalrevolution.com

“How I practice at what I do” by Tyler Cowen. Also from Tyler (source): “‘What is it you do … that is comparable to a pianist practicing scales?’ If you don’t know the answer to that one, maybe you are doing something wrong or not doing enough.”— Tim Ferriss
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“A problem never exists in isolation; it is surrounded by other problems in space and time. The more of the context of a problem that a scientist can comprehend, the greater are his chances of finding a truly adequate solution.” — Russell L. Ackoff, “The Development of Operations Research as a Science”
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▶How to “Dry Age” a Steak in Two Hours

Life HacksTim featured this 1× · 2025 · youtube.com

How to “Dry Age” a Steak in Two Hours. “Dry-aged steak is famously tender and flavorful, but often too expensive for home cooks to attempt. In this episode of Techniquely, Lan Lam explains how dry-aging works and shows us how to achieve the flavor of dry-aging at home in as little as 2 hours with the use of shio koji, a fermented Japanese paste.” Chef David Chang of Momofuku fame also swears by koji. Shio koji (塩麹) is a traditional Japanese seasoning made by fermenting a mixture of koji (rice inoculated with Aspergillus oryzae), salt, and water. It’s prized for its ability to tenderize meat, e— Tim Ferriss
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The Hyperstitions of Moloch

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2025 · latent.space

“The Hyperstitions of Moloch” on Latent.Space. If I were to update The 4-Hour Workweek, I would most certainly include case studies that use the frameworks and approaches in this piece. Disclaimer: I have only read the text and have not yet listened to the accompanying podcast. More on Latent.Space: “A technical newsletter, podcast, and community by and for the rising class of AI Engineers, focusing on the business and technology of this new AI summer.”— Tim Ferriss
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65 Notes to Myself

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2025 · Seth Godin · seths.blog

65 Notes to Myself by Seth Godin. Gems upon gems in this one.— Tim Ferriss
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To remember how little you matter, on a cosmic timescale, can feel like putting down a heavy burden that most of us didn’t realize we were carrying in the first place.” — Oliver Burkeman

BooksTim featured this 1× · 2025 · oliverburkeman.com

“To remember how little you matter, on a cosmic timescale, can feel like putting down a heavy burden that most of us didn’t realize we were carrying in the first place.” — Oliver Burkeman, Four Thousand Weeks (Click here to share on X.) Pair this quote with one of my favorite pieces of writing from Oliver, “The Liberation of Cosmic Insignificance Therapy.” You can complement this edition of 5-Bullet Friday with my conversations (part one, part two) with Craig Mod. Craig is a writer, photographer, and walker living in Tokyo and Kamakura, Japan. And, as always, please give me feedback on X. Whic— Tim Ferriss
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“Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.” — Jean de La Fontaine
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Why Japan Counts 72 Microseasons

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2025 · Ligaya Mishan · nytimes.com

“Why Japan Counts 72 Microseasons” by Ligaya Mishan for T: The New York Times Style Magazine. (Alternate link.) This is a beautiful exploration of Japanese culture, seasons, ritual, and even time itself. It was part of the much larger NYT Style Magazine culture issue called “J is for Japan.” I read this article as “S is for Seasonality,” and here’s a teaser from the first page: Although the Japanese government officially adopted the Gregorian calendar in 1873, the spirit of the traditional Japanese calendar persists. Modeled after the lunisolar Chinese calendar introduced in the early seventh — Tim Ferriss
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▶Total Pixel Space

FilmsTim featured this 1× · 2025 · Jacob Adler · youtube.com

Total Pixel Space by Jacob Adler. This was sent to me by one of the most creative people I know. The writing and thought experiment within are definitely worth experiencing. From the description: “Total Pixel Space contains every possible digital image, including films of your entire life, every life you never lived, and the lives of every creature or object that ever and never existed on or off the earth, from every possible angle.” “The annual AI Film Festival, organized by Runway, a company that specializes in AI-generated video, kicked off in New York … with ten short films from around the— Tim Ferriss
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Origami is revolutionizing technology, from medicine to space

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2025 · Maya Wei-Haas · nationalgeographic.com

“Origami is revolutionizing technology, from medicine to space” by Maya Wei-Haas. (Alternate link.) From the sub-headine: “The centuries-old art of folding paper is yielding new applications in spacecraft, architecture, and even the human body.” A few excerpts to whet your appetite: Despite origami’s current popularity in science and technology, researchers’ early folding forays met resistance. Hull still remembers a discussion he had in 1997 with a program officer from the National Science Foundation (NSF), a U.S. government agency that supports research and education. Hull was outlining a po— Tim Ferriss
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Anthony De Mello “Awareness” video

Misc VideosTim featured this 1× · 2025 · reddit.com

Anthony De Mello “Awareness” video. I found this clip on the Tim Ferriss subreddit. As I commented on the post, it is hard to believe, but this is the first time I’ve ever seen video of De Mello. Long overdue, since I’ve read Awareness at least a dozen times.— Tim Ferriss
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Tune Up Fitness – Alpha Ball

Products & GadgetsTim featured this 1× · 2025 · Nsima Inyang · amazon.com

Tune Up Fitness – Alpha Ball. This was recommended to me by Nsima Inyang, a mutant among mutants. The Alpha Ball solves a few different problems at the same time: - It’s precise. Foam rollers are big amorphous objects. It can be hard to get them to certain spots, which the Alpha Ball can easily access. - It’s compact enough for luggage and travel. This also means I can use it against a wall for spinal erectors, TFL, etc. - It has a Goldilocks density: not too hard and not too soft. The firmness hits the sweet spot—hard enough to work out deep knots but not so aggressive that it causes excessiv— Tim Ferriss
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Finally, out of desperation, I went as small as I could possibly go and asked: ‘What’s the ONE Thing you can do this week such that by doing it everything else would be easier or unnecessary?’” — The

BooksTim featured this 1× · 2025 · Gary Keller · amazon.com

“Finally, out of desperation, I went as small as I could possibly go and asked: ‘What’s the ONE Thing you can do this week such that by doing it everything else would be easier or unnecessary?’” — The ONE Thing by Gary Keller You can complement this edition of 5-Bullet Friday with my brand-new podcast episode, a 4-Hour Workweek case study featuring Charlie Houpert, founder of “Charisma on Command,” which now has 10M+ subscribers on YouTube across its channels. And, as always, please give me feedback on X. Which bullet above is your favorite? What do you want more or less of? Other suggestions?— Tim Ferriss
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My new card game, Coyote

Products & GadgetsTim featured this 1× · 2025 · instagram.com

My new card game, Coyote, launches globally and everywhere (Target, Walmart, Amazon, etc.) at the end of July. The game has exceeded all expectations on social media, with 170M+ video views of gameplay alone (here’s a great example), and the retail sales we do have say we have a tiger by the tail. I want to blow the roof off and break some records. Do you have any ideas for PR, stunts, appearances on shows, collaborations, media, or otherwise that you think could be fun and impactful? Please submit your ideas here, and my team will be reviewing all entries. Thanks so much in advance! This one — Tim Ferriss
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RØDE PSA1+ Professional Studio Arm

PodcastsTim featured this 1× · 2025 · amazon.com

RØDE PSA1+ Professional Studio Arm. This is the latest addition to my minimalist podcast toolkit. The Shure MV7+ microphone, the Logitech Brio 4K webcam, and Riverside for remote recordings completes the setup. From the description: “The PSA1+ is the ultimate studio boom arm for podcasters, streamers, and broadcasters. Its innovative parallelogram spring design ensures ultra-smooth movement and precise microphone placement in any position, while its fully damped internal springs and neoprene arm cover eliminate mechanical noise for completely silent operation.” This arm literally took me 1–2 m— Tim Ferriss
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Lost in Starlight

FilmsTim featured this 1× · 2025 · Han Ji-won · netflix.com

Lost in Starlight. The visuals in this film blew my mind. I never really thought of South Korea as an animation powerhouse, but this changes things. This particular film was co-written and directed by Han Ji-won, who earned the distinction of being the youngest South Korean to direct a theatrically released animated film (Clearer Than You Think). Here’s part of the description: “When an astronaut leaves Earth for Mars, the vast infinite space divides star-crossed lovers in this animated romance that crosses the cosmos.” Honestly, that teaser doesn’t do it justice, but you shouldn’t read more a— Tim Ferriss
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“Many clients of mine come to me with a genuine and deep desire to let go but often have no idea how to go about it, as their ‘letting go muscle’ is completely atrophied. Often all that is needed is simply for the person to give himself or herself permission to let go.” — Javier Regueiro
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Are you stuck in movie logic? Consider just saying what the problem is

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2025 · Cate Hall · usefulfictions.substack.com

“Are you stuck in movie logic? Consider just saying what the problem is” by Cate Hall. LOVED this article. Incredibly tactical and useful. There’s a good chance you’ll be able to use something from it within the next week.— Tim Ferriss
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TANK M3 Push Sled

MusicTim featured this 1× · 2025 · torquefitness.com

TANK M3 Push Sled. This is, bar none, the best sled I have ever used for pushing or pulling. 10–15-minute workouts in the morning sun have become my favorite way to set the stage for a great, mood-elevated day. The ease of rotation and traction makes it perfect for even a gravel driveway like mine. From the description: “Designed with patented Mag-Force™ Resistance Technology, the TANK M3 delivers scalable intensity, accommodating many fitness levels while minimizing the need for weight plates and clunky user swaps. The TANK M3’s three-wheeled design glides effortlessly across turf, rubber, or— Tim Ferriss
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“The really important kind of freedom involves attention and awareness and discipline, and being able truly to care about other people and to sacrifice for them over and over in myriad petty, unsexy ways every day.” — David Foster Wallace, This is Water
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It would appear that I have presbyopia—text on my phone, small fonts on supplement bottles, etc.

Supplements & HealthTim featured this 1× · 2025 · instagram.com

It would appear that I have presbyopia—text on my phone, small fonts on supplement bottles, etc. are getting blurry. I asked all of you on X, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn whether you have found any treatments (exercises, eye drops like pilocarpine, surgeries, others) to be worth the investment and risk profile. Thank you to everyone who offered tips! There are a few overlapping recommendations in the responses and in the reading that one specialist sent me: “The Present and Future of Mitochondrial-Based Therapeutics for Eye Disease.”— Tim Ferriss
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Vashon Island Coffee Dust

Products & GadgetsTim featured this 1× · 2025 · vashoncoffeedust.com

Vashon Island Coffee Dust. One of the simplest ways to reduce glucose/insulin spikes and improve health (and lose more fat) is to change how you drink your daily coffee. A lot of readers of The 4-Hour Body have thanked me for the tip to use cinnamon and/or vanilla extract instead of their usual milk and sugar. Achtung! Some artificial sweeteners (sucralose, saccharin, acesulfame-K, etc.) can trigger insulin release through taste receptors or metabolic pathways, even in the absence of carbohydrates. Now, cinnamon is great, but it can lose its novelty. That’s where Vashon Coffee Dust comes in: “— Tim Ferriss
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Resetting your cellular data stats on an iPhone

Life HacksTim featured this 1× · 2025 · support.apple.com

Resetting your cellular data stats on an iPhone. I was consuming mobile data at an unusually high rate (e.g., “You have 10% remaining for the next 10 days”), and I followed these steps to figure out what the hell was gobbling it up. Step one is resetting your cellular data stats to zero, which most of us did years ago, if ever: “To reset these statistics, go to Settings > Cellular, scroll to the bottom, then tap Reset Statistics.” Within a few hours, I knew who the offenders were and could minimize overages.— Tim Ferriss
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How to be more emotionally intelligent (without trying so hard)

BooksTim featured this 1× · 2025 · Joe Hudson · x.com

“How to be more emotionally intelligent (without trying so hard)” by Joe Hudson. Joe Hudson has coached top leaders at OpenAI, Alphabet, Apple, and more. He has worked with everyone from Sam Altman to Ev Williams. Numbers 4, 7, 8, and 9 are a few of the many that struck a chord with me.— Tim Ferriss
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“I was disappointed in myself for not being tough enough to take the flak, disappointed and ashamed. But as pilgrims must discover if they are to complete their quest, we are led to truth by our weaknesses as well as our strengths.” — Let Your Life Speak by Parker J. Palmer
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▶Chatri Sityodtong, CEO of ONE Championship — From Dirt Poor to Top-10 Sports-Media Franchise, The $100M Breakfast, Dominating Social Media (30B+ Views/Year), Key Strategic Decisions, and The Moneyball

Misc VideosTim featured this 1× · 2025 · youtube.com

“Chatri Sityodtong, CEO of ONE Championship — From Dirt Poor to Top-10 Sports-Media Franchise, The $100M Breakfast, Dominating Social Media (30B+ Views/Year), Key Strategic Decisions, and The Moneyball of Fight Matchmaking.” ONE has become one of my favorite sports-watching experiences. To watch tonight’s fight live at 9 p.m. ET, if you’re in the US or Canada, just tune in to Amazon Prime. Live elsewhere? Just select your country here to see other viewing options. ONE’s YouTube channel also features fantastic highlights from past fights.— Tim Ferriss
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WTF? Marc Maron ends his podcast after 16 years

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2025 · Steve Bennett · chortle.co.uk

“WTF? Marc Maron ends his podcast after 16 years” by Steve Bennett. This is a wonderfully warm closing of the curtain. Endings can be as beautiful as beginnings, and I think Marc’s words are worth savoring. His podcast was one of the handful in 2012–13 that inspired me to start my own.— Tim Ferriss
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My appearance on To Dine For with Kate Sullivan.

Misc VideosTim featured this 1× · 2025 · Chef Marco Canora · tpt.org

My appearance on To Dine For with Kate Sullivan. My first appearance on PBS! I grew up on PBS, and certain series, like Joseph Campbell and The Power of Myth (video, audio), left an indelible mark. In To Dine For with Kate Sullivan, four-time Emmy Award-winning journalist Kate Sullivan accompanies guests to their favorite restaurants and explores their lives and thinking. Kate kindly invited me last summer to join her in New York City. I picked Hearth, which was founded by Chef Marco Canora, whom many will recognize from his extensive appearances in The 4-Hour Chef as one of my main teachers. — Tim Ferriss
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▶Grasp

MusicTim featured this 1× · 2025 · Sevendust · youtu.be

“Grasp” (YouTube, Spotify, Apple Music) by Sevendust. This one has everything: dulcet tones, belting, funky riffs, and a few drops of the hammer. This oldie underscores a lot of what I love about Sevendust. If you have a chance to see them live, take it.— Tim Ferriss
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Well-rounded doesn’t cut

Products & GadgetsTim featured this 1× · 2025 · Derek Sivers · sive.rs

“Well-rounded doesn’t cut” by Derek Sivers. Pair with “1,000 True Fans” by Kevin Kelly for a potent combo. These two philosophies will become even more valuable in the coming AI deluge of machine-created content. To surf above the tsunami, I suggest one human-scale win at a time. Think big first, and you’ll likely get lost, defeated by AIs instructed to do the same. Think small, and you’ll have a better chance of enduring… and snowballing into something big.— Tim Ferriss
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“You’re never so centered on yourself as when you’re depressed. You’re never so ready to forget yourself as when you are happy. Happiness releases you from self. It is suffering and pain and misery and depression that tie you to the self. Look how conscious you are of your tooth when you have a toothache. When you don’t have a toothache, you’re not even aware you have a tooth, or that you have a head, for that matter, when you don’t have a headache.” — Awareness by Anthony De Mello
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Dick Garwin Fought Nuclear Armageddon. He Hid a 50-Year Secret.

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2025 · William J · nytimes.com

“Dick Garwin Fought Nuclear Armageddon. He Hid a 50-Year Secret.” by William J. Broad (The New York Times). I deeply enjoyed this riveting profile of an incredible man, arguably the most influential scientist you’ve never heard of. From the piece: “Richard Garwin’s role in designing the hydrogen bomb was obscured from the public, even his family, as he advised presidents and devoted his life to undoing the danger he created.” Click here if you have any issues reading through the above link. Here’s one excerpt that pulled me in: “Dr. Garwin never officially joined any president’s cabinet, as [H— Tim Ferriss
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Conan O’Brien Must Go, S1E4 (Ireland)

Misc VideosTim featured this 1× · 2025 · amazon.com

Conan O’Brien Must Go, S1E4 (Ireland). This series was recommended to me by one of my employees, and it’s been a godsend during an unexpectedly stressful week. No matter how preoccupied I’ve been, Conan’s insanity and antics right before bed have been the perfect send-off to sleep. This episode made me laugh so hard that my dog was concerned.— Tim Ferriss
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▶Getula

MusicTim featured this 1× · 2025 · Be Svendsen · youtube.com

“Getula” (YouTube, Spotify) by Be Svendsen. This is an unrushed ten minutes of caramel-smooth flow, and you can loop for extended work sessions or reading at a coffee shop. The track takes a good two minutes to get warmed up, so relaaaaax.— Tim Ferriss
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Annie Dillard on Unselfconsciousness

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2025 · Maria Popova · themarginalian.org

“Annie Dillard on Unselfconsciousness” by Maria Popova (The Marginalian). This is a beautiful reflection on excerpts from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annie Dillard’s Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, which was recommended to me by Craig Mod. Here’s a taste: “I have often noticed that even a few minutes of this self-forgetfulness is tremendously invigorating. I wonder if we do not waste most of our energy just by spending every waking minute saying hello to ourselves.”— Tim Ferriss
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“For fast-acting relief, try slowing down.” — Jane Wagner (American writer, director, and producer) “The time to relax is when you don’t have time for it.” — Sydney J. Harris (Chicago Sun-Times columnist)
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Flow

Misc VideosTim featured this 1× · 2025 · amazon.com

Flow. Thanks to Kevin Rose for the recommendation. I found this incredibly calming after a super stressful week. Here is the description: “From the boundless imagination of filmmaker Gints Zilbalodis comes this thrilling animated spectacle, a wondrous journey through realms natural and mystical. A courageous cat teams up with a capybara, a lemur, a bird, and a dog in search of dry land after their home is devastated by a great flood. Together they must rely on trust, courage, and wits to survive the perils of a newly aquatic planet.” At the 97th Academy Awards, Flow won Best Animated Feature a— Tim Ferriss
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Versa Gripps

Products & GadgetsTim featured this 1× · 2025 · amazon.com

Versa Gripps. Due to torn tendons near my right elbow, I’m doing a lot more dumbbell work, which includes leg workouts. In longer sets, the limiting factor is often the grip in that arm, but normal lifting straps are a pain in the ass for dumbbells. That’s where Versa Gripps come in. I actually first used these in the late ’90s, so it was fun to rediscover them. They’re surprisingly versatile.— Tim Ferriss
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Steve Albini’s letter to Nirvana

Products & GadgetsTim featured this 1× · 2025 · x.com

Steve Albini’s letter to Nirvana. This is the four-page letter audio engineer Steve Albini sent to Nirvana, pitching himself to produce their album In Utero. Hat tip to Alex Danco on the Dialectic podcast. Early in the letter, Steve writes: I’m only interested in working on records that legitimately reflect the band’s own perception of their music and existence. If you will commit yourselves to that as a tenet of the recording methodology, then I will bust my ass for you. I’ll work circles around you. I’ll rap your head in with a ratchet… I have worked on hundreds of records (some great, some — Tim Ferriss
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▶Teu Sorriso

MusicTim featured this 1× · 2025 · open.spotify.com

“Teu Sorriso” (Spotify, YouTube) by Paraíso (Jex Opolis Remix).— Tim Ferriss
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“When I’m in writing mode for a novel, I get up at four a.m. and work for five to six hours. In the afternoon, I run for ten kilometers or swim for fifteen hundred meters (or do both), then I read a bit and listen to some music. I go to bed at nine p.m. I keep to this routine every day without variation. The repetition itself becomes the important thing; it’s a form of mesmerism. I mesmerize myself to reach a deeper state of mind.” — Haruki Murakami
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Henry Miller’s 11 Commandments of Writing and His Daily Creative Routine

BooksTim featured this 1× · 2025 · themarginalian.org

“Henry Miller’s 11 Commandments of Writing and His Daily Creative Routine” byMaria Popova. For my personal reorientation towards book writing, I bolded a few as reminders: 1. Work on one thing at a time until finished. 2. Start no more new books, add no more new material to ‘Black Spring.’ 3. Don’t be nervous. Work calmly, joyously, recklessly on whatever is in hand. 4. Work according to Program and not according to mood. Stop at the appointed time! 5. When you can’t create you can work. 6. Cement a little every day, rather than add new fertilizers. 7. Keep human! See people, go places, drink — Tim Ferriss
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Wispr Flow

Apps & SoftwareTim featured this 1× · 2025 · wisprflow.ai

Wispr Flow. From the homepage: “Effortless voice dictation in every application: 3x faster than typing, AI commands and auto-edits.” This came highly recommended by two friends, so I decided to give it a shot. Thus far, it’s far superior to other voice dictation that I’ve tried. For real prose, I continue to believe that deep thinking is the limiter and not any word-per-minute typing rate, but this is a great tool for banging out quick emails and messages.— Tim Ferriss
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“The future will be better than you expect it to be. It always has been. You would not have been here if your present matched your past fears, would you?” — Solve for Happy by Mo Gawdat
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Key Personnel

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2025 · Brennen Jensen · hub.jhu.edu

“Key Personnel” by Brennen Jensen. I know nothing about piano but found this exploration of the niche to be fascinating. Kudos to Brennen on the writing, which made me think of early John McPhee. Did you know there are $999 piano-tuning apps on the App Store? Here’s a taste from the beginning, edited for space: Scores of musical luminaries have performed or visited [the Miriam A. Friedberg Concert Hall]: Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Igor Stravinsky, Leonard Bernstein, Hilary Hahn. At this year’s Peabody Commencement ceremony, the singular Stevie Wonder played a trio of his timeless songs from the Friedb— Tim Ferriss
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▶Song of the Cedars

PodcastsTim featured this 1× · 2025 · youtube.com

“Song of the Cedars.” Past podcast guest Giuliana Furci shared this song with me. Beyond being a lovely and calming listen, as The Guardian explains, there is more to the story: A forest in Ecuador could be recognised as the co-creator of a song under a groundbreaking legal proposal. A petition is to be— Tim Ferriss