5 Bullet Archive

Everything Tim Ferriss has recommended in 5-Bullet Friday — 2,154 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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This Oddball Chef Wants to Serve You Wild Animals

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2021 · Daniel Duane · outsideonline.com

“This Oddball Chef Wants to Serve You Wild Animals” by Daniel Duane (@danielduane) for Outside. Josh Skenes and I became friends circa 2011, just before the creation of The 4-Hour Chef, and he appears extensively in its pages. I love his unorthodox approaches to both cooking and life. He’s still pushing the envelope. Trigger warning (pun intended): if you’re vegetarian or vegan, this article might not make for the most compatible reading. But if it whets your appetite, you can find more wild tales from Josh in my podcast interview with him.— Tim Ferriss
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Lost in Thought

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2021 · David Kortava · harpers.org

“Lost in Thought” by David Kortava for Harper’s Magazine. I would have dismissed this article were it not for my personal experience with retraumatization and breakdown at a silent retreat in 2017. I recount this experience at roughly 12:11 of my podcast episode on healing from childhood abuse. This is a very well-researched piece on the largely ignored risks of meditation and, more specifically, the enhanced risks of longer retreats for some populations. I still regularly meditate, but I do find there to be a point of diminishing returns, as well as a point (i.e., extended retreats) where the— Tim Ferriss
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Oregon is Blazing a Psychedelic Trail

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2021 · Ezra Klein · nytimes.com

“Oregon is Blazing a Psychedelic Trail” or “Can Magic Mushrooms Heal Us?” (The New York Times) by Ezra Klein (@ezraklein). Both links go to the same article, as it has had two headlines. The subheadline is “A very promising mental health experiment is taking shape in Oregon,” and the entire piece is excellent. Five-minute read. “Sounding the Alarm on Compass’s Interference with Oregon’s Psilocybin Therapy Program” by David Bronner. This combines well with the above to provide a fuller picture of what is at stake and what is possible.— Tim Ferriss
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Banksy Work Physically Burned and Digitized as NFT in Art-World First

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2021 · Seth Godin · coindesk.com

“Banksy Work Physically Burned and Digitized as NFT in Art-World First” and “The Non-Fungible Token Bible: Everything you need to know about NFTs” (especially sections 1, 2, and 3, as a lot has happened since this piece was published). “NFTs are a dangerous trap” by Seth Godin. Quick note and questions related to Seth’s post — The current energy costs of crypto/blockchain appear to be enormous. For the crypto-literate engineers out there: How should we think about the promise and feasibility of Proof of Stake as a remedy, and how much of the energetic costs might that mitigate? The creator of — Tim Ferriss
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Ketamine for Depression: What the Treatment Reveals About the Brain

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2021 · Lauren Tanabe · elemental.medium.com

Ketamine for Depression: What the Treatment Reveals About the Brain by Lauren Tanabe (@lauren_tanabe). This is one of the best pieces on ketamine therapy that I have read. It covered some familiar ground for me, but it also surfaced several possibilities and combinations that I’d never considered. One such combination is ketamine plus rapamycin, an immunosuppressive drug widely used for organ transplants, which also happens to have profound life-extension implications in many species: “He [Chadi Abdallah, MD] and his colleagues recently published a study that found that giving rapamycin, an an— Tim Ferriss
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Meet the 19-Year-Old From Kazakhstan Who Remixed ‘Roses’ Into a Hit (NYT)

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2021 · archive.is

Meet the 19-Year-Old From Kazakhstan Who Remixed ‘Roses’ Into a Hit (NYT). Sometimes it seems impossible to beat the odds. And sometimes the ruts seem too deeply dug. But when you come across someone like Imanbek Zeikenov, you gain a little hop in your step and a little optimism in your spirit. From the NYT: “Imanbek Zeikenov [@realimanbek] is 19 years old and lives with his parents in the small village of Aksu in Kazakhstan. He studied railway engineering at school, and until last December, held a day job at his local train station. But everything changed in the summer of 2019, when he discov— Tim Ferriss
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Still Alive

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2021 · Scott Siskind · astralcodexten.substack.com

“Still Alive” by Scott Siskind, better known as “Scott Alexander” (@slatestarcodex). This really struck a chord, and if you are considering growing your audience or “platform,” make this essay part of your required reading. This bullet will be a bit longer and more heated than usual, as it reopened old wounds. Some of my dear friends are journalists, and they’re wonderful people. They measure twice and cut once. They are thoughtful, unrushed, and considerate, despite organizational pressure and incentives to be the opposite. That takes extraordinary discipline, and it’s fucking hard. It isn’t — Tim Ferriss
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What Is Death?

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2021 · BJ Miller · nytimes.com

“What Is Death?” (Sunday New York Times) by BJ Miller (@bjmillermd). Dr. BJ Miller has helped more than 1,000 people to die. He is a hospice and palliative medicine physician as well as author of A Beginner’s Guide to the End: Practical Advice for Living Life and Facing Death. When people ask about episodes of my podcast that deeply affected me, I often mention my podcast with BJ, which was hilarious, heart-wrenching, and transcendent. I still remember many of the lessons, even though it was recorded in 2016. His new NYT piece is an outstanding revisitation of death, alongside the opportunitie— Tim Ferriss
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The Art of Seeing Things: Essays by John Burroughs

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2021 · John Burroughs · amazon.com

The Art of Seeing Things: Essays by John Burroughs, edited by Charlotte Zoë Walker (@czwalkergil). How do you sharpen the eye and mind? How can you more fully experience the vibrant details of nature? John Burroughs writes beautifully on these and many other topics. He can be heavy on the bird references, but the essay that is the namesake of this volume—“The Art of Seeing Things”—is simply outstanding.— Tim Ferriss
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Michelin restaurants and fabulous wines: Inside the secret team dinners that have built the Spurs’ dynasty

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2020 · espn.com

Michelin restaurants and fabulous wines: Inside the secret team dinners that have built the Spurs’ dynasty (@espn). This piece is FANTASTIC. It is wonderfully written and full of takeaways if you read carefully. Hat tip to @bakerlink for the recommendation. Here’s a short teaser from the beginning: As much as [Coach] Popovich knows about hoops, he really knows food and wine. “I don’t know that he doesn’t know more about wine than he does about basketball,” former Spurs assistant coach P.J. Carlesimo says. Popovich scouts restaurants and wine lists as obsessively as he might any opponent. Befor— Tim Ferriss
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This is a two-for-one bullet.

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2020 · Lauren Henderson · escultores.com.mx

This is a two-for-one bullet. First, Víctor Hugo Yáñez Piña and his sculptures of people chiseling away at their own bodies (@escultor_vhyp). Hat tip to Mike N., who sent me this article about Victor. Second, this amazing Lion Turtle piece by Lauren Henderson (@truffke).— Tim Ferriss
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How to Think for Yourself

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2020 · Paul Graham · paulgraham.com

How to Think for Yourself by Paul Graham (@paulg). I have recommended many of Paul’s essays over the years, including The Risk of Discovery, Having Kids, Keep Your Identity Small, and, perhaps more than any other, Maker’s Schedule, Manager’s Schedule. How to Think for Yourself is a fabulous new addition to the list. Here’s one of my favorite excerpts from it: “Treat it as a puzzle. You know that some accepted ideas will later turn out to be wrong. See if you can guess which. The end goal is not to find flaws in the things you’re told, but to find the new ideas that had been concealed by the br— Tim Ferriss
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Politician Cyrus Habib Leaves Office to Join the Jesuits

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2020 · nytimes.com

Politician Cyrus Habib Leaves Office to Join the Jesuits (The New York Times — @nytimes). Have you ever fantasized about walking off and leaving it all behind? This is the amazing story of one man, on track for ever-growing prestige and power, who did just that. Kudos to Frank Bruni (@FrankBruni) for a great piece. For more on Cyrus, here is his Wikipedia page.— Tim Ferriss
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This week, the iconic Navy SEAL Foundation (NSF) pledged one of the organization’s largest single grants in its 20-year history to support a major post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) study focused o

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2020 · prweb.com

This week, the iconic Navy SEAL Foundation (NSF) pledged one of the organization’s largest single grants in its 20-year history to support a major post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) study focused on MDMA-assisted psychotherapy. This is a very big deal. I might expand more another time, but for now I’ll simply extend sincere gratitude to the Navy SEAL Foundation. Thank you for leading from the front. This is a large domino that could tip over many others.— Tim Ferriss
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The very first psychedelic study I ever supported (psilocybin for moderate-to-severe depression) was published this week

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2020 · hopkinsmedicine.org

The very first psychedelic study I ever supported (psilocybin for moderate-to-severe depression) was published this week in JAMA Psychiatry (@JAMAPsych), and it doesn’t disappoint. ⁣Here are a few eye-opening highlights:⁣ ⁣ “The magnitude of the effect we saw was about four times larger than what clinical trials have shown for traditional antidepressants on the market,” says Alan Davis, Ph.D.⁣ [...]⁣ For the entire group of 24 participants, 67% showed a more than 50% reduction in depression symptoms at the one-week follow-up and 71% at the four-week follow-up. Overall, four weeks post-treatmen— Tim Ferriss
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The Psychedelic Election

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2020 · Andrew Sullivan · andrewsullivan.substack.com

The Psychedelic Election by Andrew Sullivan (@sullydish). Greek civilization, a mysterious once-in-a-lifetime ceremony at the Temple of Eleusis, and a cameo by Marcus Aurelius… what’s not to like? This fascinating piece touches on a lot, including how people in D.C. or Oregon can, just possibly, be part of the next Renaissance.— Tim Ferriss
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Why Private Eyes Are Everywhere Now

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2020 · Patrick Radden Keefe · newyorker.com

Why Private Eyes Are Everywhere Now by Patrick Radden Keefe (@praddenkeefe) for the New Yorker.— Tim Ferriss
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Johns Hopkins survey about belief changes following psychedelic use

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2020 · jhmi.co1.qualtrics.com

Johns Hopkins survey about belief changes following psychedelic use. The Johns Hopkins Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research needs your help. They are conducting an anonymous online survey of changes in beliefs that can occur after taking a classic psychedelic (psilocybin-containing mushrooms, LSD, ayahuasca, mescaline, DMT, etc.). Psychedelic-occasioned changes in belief may represent a vital, under-studied mechanism that could account for persisting therapeutic and nontherapeutic effects. Examples of some of the persisting effects that have been observed in patient groups include— Tim Ferriss
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9 Common Traits in the Lives of Stoic Leaders

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2020 · Stephen Hanselman · dailystoic.com

9 Common Traits in the Lives of Stoic Leaders by Stephen Hanselman (@SteveHanselman).— Tim Ferriss
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Joe Rogan Is the New Mainstream Media

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2020 · Bari Weiss · nytimes.com

Joe Rogan Is the New Mainstream Media (New York Times) by Bari Weiss (@bariweiss). For those seeking extra credit, you can read Bari’s powerful resignation letter from the NYT, which followed just 50 days later on July 14th.— Tim Ferriss
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Silicon Valley and Wall Street Elites Pour Money Into Psychedelic Research

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2020 · Shalini Ramachandran · wsj.com

Silicon Valley and Wall Street Elites Pour Money Into Psychedelic Research by Shalini Ramachandran in WSJ, which should also be going to print today. This is a great piece with some notable and surprising names. That said, the headline doesn’t capture the most important part to me: ~2,500 donors participated, in amounts ranging from one dollar to $5 million, to raise the $30 million needed to complete clinical trials for MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for trauma/PTSD. My sincerest thanks to each and every one of you who helped make this happen! Every donation mattered and made a difference. 🙏 NO— Tim Ferriss
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John McPhee on Writing and the Relationship Between Artistic Originality and Self-Doubt

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2020 · Maria Popova · brainpickings.org

John McPhee on Writing and the Relationship Between Artistic Originality and Self-Doubt by Maria Popova (@brainpicker). Here is one of my favorite quotes in the piece: “as Auden observed in one of his singular strokes of wry perspicacity, ‘some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about.’”— Tim Ferriss
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The Four Quadrants of Conformism

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2020 · Paul Graham · paulgraham.com

“The Four Quadrants of Conformism” by Paul Graham (@paulg). Pair this with Paul’s 2004 essay “What You Can’t Say,” which features The Conformist Test: “Let’s start with a test: Do you have any opinions that you would be reluctant to express in front of a group of your peers? If the answer is no, you might want to stop and think about that. If everything you believe is something you’re supposed to believe, could that possibly be a coincidence? Odds are it isn’t. Odds are you just think what you’re told.”— Tim Ferriss
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A statement signed by 150 people, incl.

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2020 · twitter.com

“A statement signed by 150 people, incl. Bill T. Jones, Wynton Marsalis, Jennifer Finney Boylan, Noam Chomsky, J.K. Rowling, Margaret Atwood, and Salman Rushdie….” I link above to the tweet instead of the Harper’s letter itself, as many of the comments should terrify anyone living in the United States. If you think McCarthyism was bad, just wait until we have dozens of labels that can get someone fired, blacklisted, or worse for attempting to have open discussion. I’ve watched this 5x, 10x, and 20x in volume and intensity since the beginning of COVID. If things don’t course correct, I worry we— Tim Ferriss
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People and Predators Series

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2020 · sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu

People and Predators Series, published by The Center for Human-Carnivore Coexistence at Colorado State University. As a preface, I’ll provide a quote that largely explains why wolves in Colorado have caught my attention: “Re-establishing wolves in western Colorado could connect the entire North American wolf population from Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan through Canada and Alaska, down the Rocky Mountains into Mexico. It would be difficult to overestimate the biological and conservation value of this achievement.” — Dr. L. D. Mech, iconic biologist Based on what other ecologists have told m— Tim Ferriss
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Researchers at Johns Hopkins University are seeking individuals ages 18–65 with anorexia nervosa to participate in a research study looking at the effects of psilocybin

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2020 · tim.blog

Researchers at Johns Hopkins University are seeking individuals ages 18–65 with anorexia nervosa to participate in a research study looking at the effects of psilocybin, a naturally occurring psychoactive substance found in certain species of mushrooms. The study will investigate psychological effects of psilocybin, including whether or not it can help with anorexia. (For a comprehensive overview of therapeutic applications of psilocybin and other psychedelics, I suggest watching this, or you can listen to the audio-only version here). Please visitwww.hopkinspsychedelic.org/anorexia to learn m— Tim Ferriss
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This Enlightening Map Shows the Literal Meaning of Every Country’s Name

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2020 · theculturetrip.com

“This Enlightening Map Shows the Literal Meaning of Every Country’s Name.” I discovered this in my personalized weekly e-mail from Mix. Did you know that Zimbabwe means “Stone Enclosure”? Or that Latvia means “Forest Clearer”? I’m obsessed with language learning (for more on that, see these articles), and this perfectly scratched the itch.— Tim Ferriss
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Can MDMA help to treat addiction?

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2020 · icpr2020.net

“Can MDMA help to treat addiction?,” a short interview with Dr. Ben Sessa of Imperial College, London. Here is one of my favorite portions: [INTERVIEWER:] Why then do psychedelics seem to do better in the treatment of addictions than conventional treatments? [DR. SESSA:] Because underlying addiction, and many if not most chronic mental disorders, is rigidity. Stuck rigid mental narratives about self and the world, which arise early in life as a result of early experiences, in other words, the very core building blocks of our personality, which stay with us for life. The majority of mental heal— Tim Ferriss
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James Baldwin, The Art of Fiction No. 78

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2020 · theparisreview.org

“James Baldwin, The Art of Fiction No. 78” from the Paris Review, Issue 91, 1984. James Baldwin (1924–1987) was an incredible storyteller and weaver of culture into words. He was also a tortured soul, and I’ve been fascinated by him since college. I recommend reading his Wikipedia page before the Paris Review interview for more context, including the fact that he was discriminated against within the civil rights movement for being gay. One aspect of James that drew me to him is that he doesn’t oversimplify in his writing; another is that he strove to uncover messiness both within and without. — Tim Ferriss
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Survey of entity encounter experiences occasioned by inhaled N,N-dimethyltryptamine: Phenomenology, interpretation, and enduring effects

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2020 · journals.sagepub.com

Survey of entity encounter experiences occasioned by inhaled N,N-dimethyltryptamine: Phenomenology, interpretation, and enduring effects. Here’s one notable line: “More than half of those who identified as atheist before the experience no longer identified as atheist afterwards.”— Tim Ferriss
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68 Bits of Unsolicited Advice

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2020 · Kevin Kelly · kk.org

“68 Bits of Unsolicited Advice” by Kevin Kelly (@kevin2kelly). Kevin is arguably the real-life most interesting man in the world, so I jumped on this piece as soon as it came out.— Tim Ferriss
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Howard Marks’ latest memo

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2020 · oaktreecapital.com

Howard Marks’ latest memo. Howard Marks (@HowardMarksBook) is co-chairman and co-founder of Oaktree Capital Management, a leading investment firm with more than $120 billion in assets. Warren Buffett has written of Howard Marks: “When I see memos from Howard Marks in my mail, they’re the first thing I open and read. I always learn something.” This is his latest, and I think it poses some of the smartest questions I’ve seen related to these wild times. Here’s one standout line, variously attributed: “Capitalism without bankruptcy is like Catholicism without hell.” For those who’d like to learn — Tim Ferriss
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Coronavirus: Why You Must Act Now

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2020 · Tomas Pueyo · medium.com

Coronavirus: Why You Must Act Now by Tomas Pueyo (@tomaspueyo). This is probably the best write-up I’ve found thus far on what needs to be done and why. It also includes case studies and suggestions. Many thanks to Chris G. for sending it my way. Here is one snippet: This chart shows, for the 1918 flu in the US, how many more deaths there were per city depending on how fast measures were taken. For example, a city like St. Louis took measures 6 days before Pittsburg, and had less than half the deaths per citizen. On average, taking measures 20 days earlier halved the death rate. Italy has fina— Tim Ferriss
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The once-daily scientific and global recap of COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 by Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2020 · Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security · centerforhealthsecurity.org

The once-daily scientific and global recap of COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 by Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security. This is a short newsletter of concise bullet points, and it’s the only COVID-19 newsletter that I’m subscribed to. It’s not the end-all and be-all, but it’s more reliable than 99.9% of the noise being circulated. This helps keep you out of primary social feeds, which will overwhelm and confuse. That said...— Tim Ferriss
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How Public Health Policies Saved Citizens in St. Louis During the

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2020

How Public Health Policies Saved Citizens in St. Louis During the— Tim Ferriss
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How Sia Saved Herself

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2020 · Hillel Aron · rollingstone.com

How Sia Saved Herself by Hillel Aron (@hillelaron). After my short tweetstorm on the dangers of public exposure, reader Bryan Elliott (@BryanElliott) recommended this to me. What does fame look like without a face? Is it possible to be a pop star while breaking many of the supposed “rules”? Read this and find out. Excellent piece.— Tim Ferriss
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Business gets ready to trip: How psychedelic drugs may revolutionize mental health care

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2020 · Jeffrey O’Brien · fortune.com

Business gets ready to trip: How psychedelic drugs may revolutionize mental health care by Jeffrey O’Brien (@jeffreyobrien) in Fortune. I don’t do much media these days, but I made a huge exception for this one, as it should be huge: 12–16 pages in the print edition, making it the largest feature in the issue. It’s one of the best articles on psychedelics I’ve seen in years, and it covers a lot of important ground: business, nonprofit, scientific, and investment considerations, among others. As one friend said about the piece: “Finally, this is the article I can send my parents to explain why — Tim Ferriss
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Body Count” by Epsilon Theory/Ben Hunt

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2020 · epsilontheory.com

“Body Count” by Epsilon Theory/Ben Hunt (@epsilontheory). This was sent to me by one of my smartest and most connected friends. It paints a spooky picture of the Chinese reports of what has informally been referred to as “Wuhan coronavirus.” Per the WHO at the time of this writing, the official virus name is SARS-CoV-2, and the disease it causes is COVID-19, much like HIV causes AIDS. Here is one portion from this essay (edited for length), and I suggest reading the entire piece: >From a narrative perspective, China is fighting this war against nCov2019 exactly like the US fought its war again— Tim Ferriss
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Digital nomad: this is the reality of living the ‘dream’ Instagram lifestyle

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2020 · Elly Earls · stylist.co.uk

Digital nomad: this is the reality of living the ‘dream’ Instagram lifestyle by Elly Earls(@ellyjearls). This piece highlights some of the risks of working remotely, as well as the incredible importance of community. Pair it with “Remote Workers Are Not All Digital Nomads” by Weiting Liu (@weitingliu).— Tim Ferriss
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Why Is Joe Rogan So Popular?

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2020 · Devin Gordon · theatlantic.com

Why Is Joe Rogan So Popular? (Atlantic) by Devin Gordon (@DevinGordonX). This is one of the best explorations of Joe that I’ve come across. Devin captures the zeitgeist—with real insight into Joe and his format—better than anyone I’ve seen to date. Here is one of many sections that struck me, slightly edited for length: [One journalist wrote,] “If traditional media were pissed about anything relevant to the Musk-Rogan interview, it was the extent to which Rogan got played.” Played! Imagine writing that about one of the most discussed and downloaded podcasts of 2018. Rogan, the one who handed E— Tim Ferriss
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The Tragedy of the Commons

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2020 · Garrett Hardin · science.sciencemag.org

“The Tragedy of the Commons” by Garrett Hardin, Science, December 13, 1968, 1243–1248. Thanks to Shane Parrish (@ShaneAParrish) of Farnam Street for pointing me to this. This is an incredibly thought-provoking read. Even if you think you understand the concept of the “tragedy of the commons,” this original piece that introduced the phrase offers a lot of food for thought.— Tim Ferriss
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Having Kids

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2020 · Paul Graham · paulgraham.com

Having Kids by Paul Graham (@paulg). Here is one of my favorite sections: “I remember perfectly well what life was like before. Well enough to miss some things a lot, like the ability to take off for some other country at a moment’s notice. That was so great. Why did I never do that? … See what I did there? The fact is, most of the freedom I had before kids, I never used. I paid for it in loneliness, but I never used it.”— Tim Ferriss
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How Kepler Invented Science Fiction and Defended His Mother in a Witchcraft Trial While Revolutionizing Our Understanding of the Universe

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2020 · brainpickings.org

How Kepler Invented Science Fiction and Defended His Mother in a Witchcraft Trial While Revolutionizing Our Understanding of the Universe. Maria Popova (@brainpicker) is simply amazing. Her prose is worth reading for its beauty alone (keep in mind that English is not Maria’s native language!), and the stories in this essay highlight just how brilliant, stupid, ignorant, and insightful humans can be… sometimes all at the same time. Hat tip to JZ for the recommendation.— Tim Ferriss
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Every Amazon Shareholder Letter in a Single Downloadable PDF

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2019 · el2.convertkit-mail4.com

Every Amazon Shareholder Letter in a Single Downloadable PDF. Jeff Bezos (@jeffbezos) never ceases to amaze, and these letters really highlight how prescient and strategic he and Amazon have been since the 1990s. If you prefer a shortened version via audio, this is worth a shot and includes some fun trivia (e.g., What was the original name idea for Amazon.com? Click on this: Relentless.com…). Big hat tip to Ricardo of Most Recommended Books, whose site is also worth checking out. Quote I’m pondering, particularly as contrasted with the above — “The most exquisite paradox: as soon as you give i— Tim Ferriss
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Quality and Effort

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2019 · Seth Godin · el2.convertkit-mail4.com

“Quality and Effort” by Seth Godin (@sethgodin).— Tim Ferriss
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20 Podcast Predictions for 2020 from Top Industry Leaders

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2019 · Steve Pratt · el2.convertkit-mail.com

20 Podcast Predictions for 2020 from Top Industry Leaders by Steve Pratt (@steveprattca) of Pacific Content. This is a thought-provoking list of predictions for 2020, conveniently grouped into categories (advertising, new revenue models, consolidation, international opportunities, etc.). Contributors include many big platform, content, and media players. Hat tip to Courtney W. Holt (@mootron) for sharing this on Twitter. 2020 is going to be a very exciting year for podcasts...— Tim Ferriss
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The Keto Diet’s Most Controversial Champion

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2019 · Sam Apple · el2.convertkit-mail.com

The Keto Diet’s Most Controversial Champion in the Atlantic, by Sam Apple (@samuelapple). This is a nearly unbelievable, made-for-film story. The Atlantic’s Paul Bisceglio summarizes the basics well: “13 years ago, the chemist Patrick Arnold went to prison in baseball’s infamous BALCO steroids scandal. Today, he’s all in on keto—and his experiment collaborations could actually have big implications for medicine. Sam Apple (@samuelapple) delivers a wild ride.” This piece involves two past podcast guests, Dominic D’Agostino, PhD and “rogue chemist” Patrick Arnold. It’s an unlikely but perfect pa— Tim Ferriss
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Excerpted from “We Are What We Choose

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2019 · Jeff Bezos · el2.convertkit-mail.com

Excerpted from “We Are What We Choose” by Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos), delivered to the Princeton Class of 2010 at graduation (video of speech, transcript): On one particular trip, I was about 10 years old. I was rolling around in the big bench seat in the back of the car. My grandfather was driving. And my grandmother had the passenger seat. She smoked throughout these trips, and I hated the smell. At that age, I’d take any excuse to make estimates and do minor arithmetic. I’d calculate our gas mileage—figure out useless statistics on things like grocery spending. I’d been hearing an ad campaign — Tim Ferriss
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The 33 Best Trips of 2019

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2019 · el2.convertkit-mail.com

The 33 Best Trips of 2019 (Outside Magazine). I am planning my next adventures, both in the U.S. and abroad, and this list had some unexpected gems.— Tim Ferriss
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Model hallucinations

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2019 · Philip Gerrans · el2.convertkit-mail.com

Model hallucinations by Philip Gerrans and Chris Letheby (@chrisletheby) (Aeon). Thanks to Jason Silva (@JasonSilva) for bringing this to my attention. This entire piece is worth reading, but here are a few paragraphs that really jumped out at me: How does this story explain the therapeutic effects of psychedelics? As we’ve seen, the self-model is an integrated bundle of predictions – and lots of these predictions, built up over a lifetime of experience, can make us deeply stressed and unhappy. A person with social anxiety expects and experiences the world to be hostile and uncontrollable beca— Tim Ferriss
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Metformin and exercise — déjà vu all over again?

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2019 · Dr. Peter Attia · el2.convertkit-mail.com

Metformin and exercise — déjà vu all over again? by Dr. Peter Attia (@peterattiamd). This landed in my inbox on Sunday, courtesy of Peter’s weekly email newsletter. It explains why some of my friends who used to take metformin for longevity have stopped taking it. This short piece is also a great primer on thinking about extending healthspan versus lifespan.— Tim Ferriss
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50 ways to be ridiculously generous — and feel ridiculously good

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2019 · Alexandra Franzen · el2.convertkit-mail.com

50 ways to be ridiculously generous — and feel ridiculously good by Alexandra Franzen. This is a great list, which I found recommended on the website of fellow Austinite Professor Raj Raghunathan, author of If You’re So Smart, Why Aren’t You Happy?. If overwhelmed by options, try this: give an extra $10 or $20 to the barista next time you buy coffee. Give $5 of that to the barista and pay for the next person or next few people behind you. Simply walk out after the drive-by karma bomb. The afterglow is incredible and can last hours. Paradoxically, the fastest path to feeling better is often thi— Tim Ferriss
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REBUS and the Anarchic Brain

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2019 · el2.convertkit-mail.com

REBUS and the Anarchic Brain. This one gets pretty technical, but if you’re interested in models of how the brain might work, how we assemble reality, and so on, this might tickle your fancy.— Tim Ferriss
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Some long-time readers are familiar with my bets in the world of startups (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, Uber, Shopify, Alibaba) and the world of psychedelic scientific research (e.g., Johns Hopkins, Imper

ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2019 · el2.convertkit-mail.com

Some long-time readers are familiar with my bets in the world of startups (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, Uber, Shopify, Alibaba) and the world of psychedelic scientific research (e.g., Johns Hopkins, Imperial College, UCSF). I pick my shots very, very carefully. Here is my latest $100,000 bet, which I think has massive ROI potential. It’s rare to find an Archimedes lever like this.— Tim Ferriss
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The Persuasive Power of the Wolf Lady

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The Persuasive Power of the Wolf Lady (The New Yorker). This is a page-turning read and simply outstanding. I’m already planning on rereading it to study the lessons it contains. Amazing characters and beautiful prose.— Tim Ferriss