5 Bullet Archive

Everything Tim Ferriss has recommended in 5-Bullet Friday — 2,095 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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Washington Irving

PeopleTim featured this 2× · 2019–2023 · amazon.com

Washington Irving. From Wikipedia: “Washington Irving is an American short-story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early nineteenth century. He is best known for his short stories ‘Rip Van Winkle’ (1819) and ‘The Legend of Sleepy Hollow’ (1820), both of which appear in his collection The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. His historical works include biographies of Oliver Goldsmith, the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and George Washington as well as several histories of fifteenth-century Spain that deal with subjects such as Alhambra, Christopher Columbus, and the Moor— Tim Ferriss
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People who have acquired savant syndrome

PeopleTim featured this 1× · 2026 · en.wikipedia.org

People who have acquired savant syndrome, whereby they exhibit savant skills after central nervous system (CNS) injury or disease, as distinguished from a person born with Autism Spectrum Disorder or other developmental disability. Here is a partial list of documented cases—some controversial—from the Wikipedia entry on the broader savant syndrome: • Alonzo Clemons, American acquired savant sculptor • Tony Cicoria, American acquired savant pianist and medical doctor • Derek Amato, American acquired savant composer and pianist • Patrick Fagerberg, American acquired savant artist, inventor, and — Tim Ferriss
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Michel Thomas

PeopleTim featured this 1× · 2026 · tim.blog

Michel Thomas. I recommended Michel’s language learning CDs way back in 2007 in this blog post, and I wrote, “Michel Thomas is one of the few language teachers I recommend, and he walks the talk.” If you want the basics of Spanish or French in less than a week, his programs really deliver. Get his personal recording, if you can, but some of his courses taught by others using his method (e.g., Korean) are also excellent. >From Wikipedia: Michel Thomas (born Moniek Kroskof, February 3, 1914–January 8, 2005) was a polyglot linguist and decorated war veteran. He survived imprisonment in several Na— Tim Ferriss
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Donating Blood Changes Your Genes

PeopleTim featured this 1× · 2025 · perplexity.ai

“Donating Blood Changes Your Genes.” From the lede paragraph: “Recent research from the Francis Crick Institute has revealed intriguing genetic adaptations in the blood stem cells of frequent blood donors, supporting the production of new, non-cancerous cells without increasing cancer risk, as reported in the journal Blood.” Back in The 4-Hour Body, I recommended regular blood donation for a few reasons mentioned in this short article. This is a Perplexity-created synopsis curated by dailyed. Perplexity compiles and summarizes information from various online sources on a topic and creates a re— Tim Ferriss
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George Gurdjieff

PeopleTim featured this 1× · 2024 · tim.blog

George Gurdjieff. Hat tip to Cyan Banister! From Wikipedia: “Gurdjieff taught that people are not conscious of themselves and thus live their lives in a state of hypnotic ‘waking sleep,’ but that it is possible to awaken to a higher state of consciousness and serve our purpose as human beings. The practice of his teaching has become known as ‘The Work’ (connoting work on oneself) and is additional to the ways of the Fakirs (Sufis), Monks, and Yogis.”— Tim Ferriss
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Tamara de Lempicka

PeopleTim featured this 1× · 2024 · britannica.com

Tamara de Lempicka. I randomly found this artist’s work on the streets of NYC, and it propelled me down a rabbit hole. Her life story and art work are one-of-a-kind. Here’s a gem from Britannica: “By her own account, de Lempicka sought to make a living from her art as a result of her husband’s reluctance to work.” I suppose necessity is the mother of invention! If you only have 30 seconds, watch this video. See more of her works here, here, and here.— Tim Ferriss
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Fan Ho

PeopleTim featured this 1× · 2023 · instagram.com

Fan Ho (@fanhophotography). See some of his work here: Fan Ho Photography. From Wikipedia: “Fan Ho was a Chinese photographer, film director, and actor. From 1956, he won over 280 awards from international exhibitions and competitions worldwide for his photography.”— Tim Ferriss
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Sadie Farrell

PeopleTim featured this 1× · 2023 · en.wikipedia.org

Sadie Farrell, better known as “Sadie the Goat.” They just don’t make female NYC river pirates like they used to. Here’s a teaser from Wikipedia: “Upon encountering a lone traveler, she would headbutt, like a charging goat, a man in the stomach.” Her entry is short and definitely worth the read. Don’t gloss over the ear part. Thanks to N. for intro’ing me to this incredible character.— Tim Ferriss
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The Camino de Santiago

PeopleTim featured this 1× · 2022 · en.wikipedia.org

The Camino de Santiago. From Wikipedia: “The Camino de Santiago, known in English as the Way of St James, is a network of pilgrims’ ways or pilgrimages leading to the shrine of the apostle Saint James the Great in the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia in northwestern Spain, where tradition holds that the remains of the apostle are buried. As Pope Benedict XVI said, ‘It is a way sown with so many demonstrations of fervor, repentance, hospitality, art, and culture, which speak to us eloquently of the spiritual roots of the Old Continent.’”— Tim Ferriss
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Real Mind Control: The 21-Day No-Complaint Experiment

PeopleTim featured this 1× · 2022 · tim.blog

“Real Mind Control: The 21-Day No-Complaint Experiment” “What My Morning Journal Looks Like” “The Painless Path to Endurance” “How to Lose 100 Pounds on The Slow-Carb Diet – Real Pics and Stories.” Pair it with this one-pager PDF from The 4-Hour Chef.— Tim Ferriss
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Rafael Grassetti

PeopleTim featured this 1× · 2022 · rgrassetti.com

Rafael Grassetti (@rafagrassetti). Rafael, better known as Raf, has been described as “one of the best-known digital sculptors in the world” and is Art Director at Sony for the God of War ) franchise. You can get a taste of his incredible work on Twitter, Instagram, and his website. Thanks to everyone who recommended Raf’s work in response to my tweet about favorite 3D artists. Preface to the next two bullets: I watched and read all of these prior to the related NASA news from yesterday, Thursday, June 9th (NYT: “NASA Plans to Join U.F.O. Research Efforts”). I’m fascinated by several aspects o— Tim Ferriss
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The most powerful feature that Twitter has: Advanced search

PeopleTim featured this 1× · 2022 · twitter.com

“The most powerful feature that Twitter has: Advanced search.” Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey (@jack) commented on this thread and said, “twitter search is my favorite feature (and undervalued).” Thanks to JZ for sending this to me.— Tim Ferriss
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Edward O. Thorp

PeopleTim featured this 1× · 2022 · amazon.com

Edward O. Thorp. From Wikipedia: “Edward Oakley Thorp is an American mathematics professor, author, hedge fund manager, and blackjack researcher. He pioneered the modern applications of probability theory, including the harnessing of very small correlations for reliable financial gain. Thorp is the author of Beat the Dealer, which mathematically proved that the house advantage in blackjack could be overcome by card counting. He also developed and applied effective hedge fund techniques in the financial markets and collaborated with Claude Shannon in creating the first wearable computer.”— Tim Ferriss
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Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi

PeopleTim featured this 1× · 2021 · tim.blog

Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi. I wanted to further study this amazing genius after my recent conversation with polymath Noah Feldman. Easter egg: anyone notice the Roam Research logo in the statue?— Tim Ferriss
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Jacob Collier

PeopleTim featured this 1× · 2021 · jacobcollier.com

Jacob Collier (TW: @jacobcollier, IG: @jacobcollier). Jacob was introduced to me by a musician friend, and his musical ear—and talent—is nearly unbelievable. Here’s one example, and if you want to go deep down the nerd hole, here is another example.— Tim Ferriss
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Plenty Coups

PeopleTim featured this 1× · 2021 · en.wikipedia.org

Plenty Coups. From Wikipedia: “Plenty Coups (Crow: Alaxchíia Ahú, ‘many achievements’; 1848–1932) was the principal chief of the Crow Nation (Apsáalooke) and a visionary leader.”— Tim Ferriss
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Richard MacDonald

PeopleTim featured this 1× · 2020 · richardmacdonald.com

Richard MacDonald (@richardmacdonaldsculpture). For behind-the-scenes process pics, his Instagram account delivers. Here is one that will make your head spin... or invert. Try holding that pose for a few minutes. For more examples, check out this short video created in partnership with Cirque du Soleil (@cirque), which has a permanent gallery exhibiting Richard’s work in Las Vegas.— Tim Ferriss
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Angela Gram

PeopleTim featured this 1× · 2020 · angelagramart.com

Angela Gram (@angelagramart). To many long-term readers, my reasons for liking Angela’s work will be obvious. To new readers, no explanation will make any sense. Thanks to drumming animal Dave Elitch (@daveelitch) for pointing me to her. And if the art blows your mind, just search her Instagram feed for a clip of her playing guitar.— Tim Ferriss
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Junya Watanabe

PeopleTim featured this 1× · 2020 · cultrface.co.uk

Junya Watanabe (@jungraphy). Here is one of my recent favorites, and here is another, but the best thing you can do is visit his Instagram profile and scroll for five minutes. There are so many gems, and experimental themes emerge as you look through his larger corpus. The visuals make me want to return to Tokyo immediately. #bladerunner— Tim Ferriss
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Francisco Goya

PeopleTim featured this 1× · 2020 · en.wikipedia.org

Francisco Goya (March 30, 1746–April 16, 1828) was a Spanish romantic painter and printmaker. He is considered the most important Spanish artist of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries and throughout his long career was a commentator and chronicler of his era. Immensely successful in his lifetime, Goya is often referred to as both the last of the Old Masters and the first of the moderns. He was also one of the great contemporary portraitists.— Tim Ferriss
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David Choe

PeopleTim featured this 1× · 2020 · instagram.com

David Choe. This is endlessly entertaining and nearly always NSFW. If you find it causes you to blush and utter, “Oh, my...,” just recite good ol’ Mae West: “Those who are easily shocked should be shocked more often.”— Tim Ferriss
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Betty Eisner

PeopleTim featured this 1× · 2020 · maps.org

Betty Eisner. This woman is amazing, and this isn’t my first time reading up on her. I’m revisiting because of my re-engagement with a few scientific projects. To give an example of how these connect, Betty appears to be one of the originators of using “dyads” (simultaneous male and female therapists) during hallucinogen administration, a format that is currently being used to great effect in the treatment of PTSD using MDMA-assisted psychotherapy. Here’s more on her wide-ranging CV, adapted from Wikipedia: Betty was an American psychologist known for pioneering the use of LSD and other psyche— Tim Ferriss
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A small, curated Twitter list called “COVID-19

PeopleTim featured this 1× · 2020 · twitter.com

A small, curated Twitter list called “COVID-19,” which currently consists of just seven people I follow on this topic who tend to report and curate well. Nearly all of them are MDs with infectious disease expertise or investors and computer scientists who can think well in terms of exponential growth, compounding, etc. Most folks—even very smart folks—are simply not good at these things, which are critical to properly assessing such a virus. Warning: there are a few extremes in the list, but I’ve found most of their thinking to be helpful. It won’t take you long to pick them out.— Tim Ferriss
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Johannes Stötter

PeopleTim featured this 1× · 2020 · johannesstoetterart.com

Johannes Stötter (@johannesstoetterart). I originally came across this video, which I later learned was posted by @bodypainting_festival (great account to follow). It completely blew my mind. Subsequently, I was pointed to this video of the behind the scenes footage of the creation process. Sincere thanks to @joshbatalibasi, @stephrsparks, @robyn.isabel, @shivamansur, and others who identified the artist: Johannes Stötter. Also, kudos to Brett Backus (@backusbuilt) for sending me this equally brain-bending video of turning humans into frogs and chameleons. Don’t miss that either.— Tim Ferriss
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Marc Lipsitch (@mlipsitch

PeopleTim featured this 1× · 2020 · twitter.com

Marc Lipsitch (@mlipsitch), Professor of Epidemiology and Director of the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He is an author of more than 250 peer-reviewed publications on antimicrobial resistance, epidemiologic methods, mathematical modeling of infectious disease transmission, pathogen population genomics, and immunoepidemiology of Streptococcus pneumoniae.— Tim Ferriss
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Catherine the Great

PeopleTim featured this 1× · 2020 · en.wikipedia.org

Catherine the Great, born Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst, was Empress of Russia from 1762 until 1796, making her the country’s longest-ruling female leader. She came to power following a coup d’état in which her husband, Peter III, was overthrown. Under her reign, Russia was revitalized—it grew larger and stronger and was recognized as one of the great powers of Europe.— Tim Ferriss
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Lynn Margulis

PeopleTim featured this 1× · 2020 · voicesfromoxford.org

Lynn Margulis. >From Wikipedia: She was “an American evolutionary theorist and biologist, science author, educator, and popularizer, and was the primary modern proponent for the significance of symbiosis in evolution. Historian Jan Sapp has said that ‘Lynn Margulis’s name is as synonymous with symbiosis as Charles Darwin’s is with evolution.’” Next up for me is her debate with Richard Dawkins at Oxford from 2009 (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3). She was incredibly controversial, and I don’t agree with all of her views, but I do find this type of debate useful in stretching one’s mind. Quote I’m ponder— Tim Ferriss
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Daniel Popper (@danielpopper

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

Daniel Popper (@danielpopper). Daniel is an installation artist (and much more) from Cape Town, South Africa. He has quickly become one of my favorite artists. His work is simply mesmerizing, and you can see beautiful examples here. I have so many faves, but this is one. If I had a bit more backyard—or a resort, retreat center, big garden, etc.—I’d put his art all over the place. More of his pieces can be found on his official website.— Tim Ferriss
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Max Planck

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

Max Planck. Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck (1858–1947) is the originator of modern quantum theories and one of the most important German physicists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, winning the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1918. I’m particularly fond of perusing his incredible and often wild quotes.— Tim Ferriss
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Sergé "Jojo" Mayer

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

Sergé "Jojo" Mayer. You can watch him in action in this YouTube video. Fun fact from his Spotify page: “...he received his first drum set at age two and made his performing debut in Hong Kong just a year later.” Jojo was mentioned to me by virtuoso percussionist David Kuckhermann (check this out). I’ll have more to say about David soon...— Tim Ferriss
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Alexander "Sasha" Shulgin

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

Alexander "Sasha" Shulgin was an American medicinal chemist, biochemist, organic chemist, pharmacologist, psychopharmacologist, and author. He is credited with introducing MDMA ("ecstasy" or "molly") to psychologists in the late 1970s for psychopharmaceutical use and for the discovery, synthesis, and personal bioassay of over 230 psychoactive compounds for their psychedelic and entactogenic potential. In 1991 and 1997, he and his wife Ann Shulgin authored the books PIHKAL and TIHKAL (standing for Phenethylamines I Have Known And Loved and Tryptamines I Have Known And Loved), which extensively — Tim Ferriss
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Stephen Wolfram

PeopleTim featured this 1× · 2019 · wolfram.com

Stephen Wolfram. Stephen is a computer scientist, physicist, and businessman. He is best known for his work in computer science, mathematics, and theoretical physics. In 2012, he was named an inaugural fellow of the American Mathematical Society. As an entrepreneur, he is the founder and CEO of the software company Wolfram Research, where he has worked as chief designer of Mathematica and the Wolfram|Alpha answer engine.— Tim Ferriss
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Dustin Yellin

PeopleTim featured this 1× · 2019 · instagram.com

Dustin Yellin (@dustinyellin). Dustin is a contemporary artist best known for sculptural paintings that use multiple layers of glass, each covered in detailed imagery, to create a single, intricate, three-dimensional collage. His work is notable both for its massive scale and its fantastic, dystopian themes. Yellin is the founder of Pioneer Works (@pioneerworks)—a not-for-profit cultural center in Red Hook, Brooklyn—where I originally discovered his work.— Tim Ferriss
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Bertrand Russell

PeopleTim featured this 1× · 2019 · en.wikipedia.org

Bertrand Russell, the British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, writer, essayist, social critic, political activist, and Nobel laureate. In 1950, Russell was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature “in recognition of his varied and significant writings in which he champions humanitarian ideals and freedom of thought.”— Tim Ferriss
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David Yarrow

PeopleTim featured this 1× · 2019 · davidyarrow.photography

David Yarrow (@David_Yarrow). David Yarrow is a British fine-art photographer, financier, conservationist, and author. I recommend checking out the wildlife category on his website. I was recently gifted a copy of his Wild Encounters deluxe edition book (scroll down to see), and it might be the most beautiful book I’ve ever seen. It’s ENORMOUS, the craftsmanship is incredible, and the price tag is suitably high (~£1,500!). If you love his art but prefer something smaller and less car-down-payment, I recommend checking out the non-deluxe option at the top of that same page.— Tim Ferriss
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Katharine McCormick

PeopleTim featured this 1× · 2019 · el2.convertkit-mail2.com

Katharine McCormick. Katharine McCormick (August 27, 1875 – December 28, 1967) was a U.S. suffragist, philanthropist, and, after her husband's death, heir to a substantial part of the McCormick family fortune. She graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1904, earning a BSc in biology. She funded most of the research necessary to develop the first birth control pill, which the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the sale of in 1957 for menstrual disorders and added contraception to its indications in 1960. In sum, she provided roughly $2 million ($23 million today) o— Tim Ferriss
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The Resilience of Costco

PeopleTim featured this 1× · 2019 · minesafetydisclosures.com

The Resilience of Costco. This takes just 5-10 minutes to digest. The gist: “For 40 years, Costco has succeeded with a simple formula: reinvest merchandising profits into lower prices and better products; be a disciplined operator; and treat customers and employees well.” This is a great study in simplicity (drastically reducing SKUs, per slide 44, and keeping the stores barebone, per slide 70), contrarian decision-making (no expensive advertising, per slide 54, and only offering bulk sizes, per slide 58), and much, much more. It also makes one wonder where Amazon Prime memberships will take A— Tim Ferriss
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Claudio Naranjo

PeopleTim featured this 1× · 2019 · en.wikipedia.org

Claudio Naranjo (born November 24, 1932) is a Chilean-born psychiatrist of Arabic/Moorish, Spanish, and Jewish descent who is considered a pioneer in integrated psychotherapy.— Tim Ferriss
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Robert Caro

PeopleTim featured this 1× · 2018 · amazon.com

Robert Caro (born October 30, 1935) is an American journalist and author known for his biographies of US political figures Robert Moses and Lyndon B. Johnson. After working for many years as a reporter, Caro wroteThe Power Broker (1974), a biography of New York urban planner Robert Moses, which was chosen by the Modern Library as one of the hundred greatest nonfiction books of the twentieth century. He has since written four of a planned five volumes ofThe Years of Lyndon Johnson (1982, 1990, 2002, 2012), a biography of the former president.— Tim Ferriss
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Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus

PeopleTim featured this 1× · 2018 · en.wikipedia.org

Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus (236–183 BC), also known as Scipio the African, Scipio Africanus-Major, Scipio Africanus the Elder, and Scipio the Great, was a Roman general and later consul often regarded as one of the greatest generals and military strategists of all time. His main achievements are thought to have occurred during the Second Punic War, in which he is best known for defeating Hannibal at the final battle at Zama in 202 BC, one of the feats that earned him the agnomen “Africanus."— Tim Ferriss
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Euclid

PeopleTim featured this 1× · 2018 · en.wikipedia.org

Euclid (fl. 300 BC), sometimes given the name Euclid of Alexandria to distinguish him from Euclides of Megara, was a Greek mathematician, often referred to as the "founder of geometry" or the "father of geometry". He was active in Alexandria during the reign of Ptolemy I (323–283 BC). His Elements is one of the most influential works in the history of mathematics, serving as the main textbook for teaching mathematics (especially geometry) from the time of its publication until the late 19th or early 20th century. In the Elements, Euclid deduced the theorems of what is now called Euclidean geom— Tim Ferriss
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Pablo Neruda

PeopleTim featured this 1× · 2018 · amazon.com

Pablo Neruda (1904 - 1973) was a Chilean poet-diplomat and politician. Neruda became known as a poet when he was just 13 years old. He experimented with a variety of styles and formats, including surrealist poems, historical epics, overtly political manifestos, a prose autobiography, and passionate love poems such as the ones in his collection Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair (1924). He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1971.— Tim Ferriss
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Glory of Heroes (@GOH_League

PeopleTim featured this 1× · 2018 · twitter.com

Glory of Heroes (@GOH_League). This type of stuff from China is just bonkers. I love it.— Tim Ferriss
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Archimedes of Syracuse

PeopleTim featured this 1× · 2018 · biglawinvestor.com

Archimedes of Syracuse (c. 287 – c. 212 BC) was a Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer. Although few details of his life are known, he is regarded as one of the leading scientists in classical antiquity. Generally considered one of the greatest mathematicians of all time, Archimedes anticipated modern calculus and analysis by applying concepts of infinitesimals and the method of exhaustion to derive and rigorously prove a range of geometrical theorems, including the area of a circle, the surface area and volume of a sphere, and the area under a parabola. He is the— Tim Ferriss
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Daniel Gilbert (@DanTGilbert

PeopleTim featured this 1× · 2018 · twitter.com

Daniel Gilbert (@DanTGilbert). Professor of Psychology at Harvard, author of Stumbling on Happiness and host of PBS series This Emotional Life.— Tim Ferriss
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Ukraine

PeopleTim featured this 1× · 2018 · instagram.com

Ukraine — I’d love to visit Lviv, which has been considered one of the cultural centers of Ukraine, and in particular, I’d love to check out the historic city centre, which is on the UNESCO World Heritage List. What else should I see? Please let me know on Twitter (@tferriss) and use hashtag #ukrainetim. And which Ukrainians should I meet? I’ve only met a few in my life, but I’ve always been impressed by their friendliness. Case in point: Cirque du Soleil acrobat Andrii Bondarenko.— Tim Ferriss
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Attila

PeopleTim featured this 1× · 2018 · en.wikipedia.org

Attila (406–453), frequently called Attila the Hun, was the ruler of the Huns from 434 until his death in March 453. He was also the leader of a tribal empire in Central and Eastern Europe consisting of Huns, Ostrogoths, and Alans, among others.— Tim Ferriss
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David Gelb (@ThisIsDavidGelb

PeopleTim featured this 1× · 2018 · twitter.com

David Gelb (@ThisIsDavidGelb), bio on Twitter: “Creator of Jiro Dreams of Sushi and Chef's Table. Director of VR original doc series The Possible on @within.” Here’s a fun piece of trivia about the origin story of Jiro Dreams of Sushi: “I was watching the BBC documentary ‘Planet Earth’ and I got to thinking that somebody should make a ‘Planet Sushi’ using really cool cinematography to film sushi in an artistic way.” Quote I’m pondering, which may or may not conflict with Randi— Tim Ferriss
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Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī

PeopleTim featured this 1× · 2018 · en.wikipedia.org

Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī (c. 780 – c. 850), formerly Latinized as Algoritmi, was a Persian scholar who produced works in mathematics, astronomy, and geography under the patronage of the Caliph Al-Ma'mun of the Abbasid Caliphate. Around 820 AD he was appointed as the astronomer and head of the library of the House of Wisdom in Baghdad.— Tim Ferriss
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Linus Pauling

PeopleTim featured this 1× · 2018 · en.wikipedia.org

Linus Pauling (February 28, 1901 – August 19, 1994) was an American chemist, biochemist, peace activist, author, educator, and husband of American human rights activist Ava Helen Pauling. He published more than 1,200 papers and books, of which about 850 dealt with scientific topics. New Scientist called him one of the 20 greatest scientists of all time, and as of 2000, he was rated the 16th most important scientist in history.— Tim Ferriss
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Dara Khosrowshahi (@dkhos

PeopleTim featured this 1× · 2018 · twitter.com

Dara Khosrowshahi (@dkhos), bio on Twitter: “Uber CEO; travel and sci-fi geek; gamer who doesn't have enough time to play much.” Dara was previously the CEO of Expedia, has served on the board of The New York Times Company, and fun fact, his wife wore a Slayer t-shirt at their wedding. (“That tells you what kind of woman I’m lucky enough to be with.”)— Tim Ferriss
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Ptolemy

PeopleTim featured this 1× · 2018 · en.wikipedia.org

Ptolemy (c. AD 100 – c. 170) was a Greco-Roman mathematician, astronomer, geographer, astrologer, and poet of a single epigram in the Greek Anthology.— Tim Ferriss
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Ken Burns (@KenBurns

PeopleTim featured this 1× · 2018 · twitter.com

Ken Burns (@KenBurns), bio on Twitter: “Documentary filmmaker. Producing films for more than 30 years.” His documentaries have earned two Academy Award nominations (Brooklyn Bridge and Statue Of Liberty) and have won several Emmy Awards.— Tim Ferriss
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Tyler Cowen (@tylercowen

PeopleTim featured this 1× · 2018 · twitter.com

Tyler Cowen (@tylercowen), bio on Twitter: “Professor of Economics, George Mason University, marginalrevolution.com, Bloomberg.” He is also the host of the “Conversations with Tyler” podcast and an accomplished author.— Tim Ferriss
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Ocean Ramsey (Instagram:@oceanramsey

PeopleTim featured this 1× · 2018 · instagram.com

Ocean Ramsey (Instagram:@oceanramsey), freediver, conservationist, and shark whisperer. Here is one of dozens of incredible shots. I wanted to be a marine biologist for more than a decade, and I care deeply about shark protection. Apex predators are extremely important for balance in marine ecosystems. This all led me to several people, including photographer Paul Nicklen (@paulnicklen), who then led me to Ocean.— Tim Ferriss
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Stewart Brand (@stewartbrand

PeopleTim featured this 1× · 2016

Stewart Brand (@stewartbrand) is a writer, best known as editor of the Whole Earth Catalog. He founded a number of organizations, including The WELL, the Global Business Network, and the Long Now Foundation.— Tim Ferriss
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@NeilHimself

PeopleTim featured this 1× · 2016

@NeilHimself — Ah, Neil Gaiman, one of my favorite polymath writing wizards. From The Sandman and American Gods to Coraline and The Graveyard Book, he never ceases to impress. Fingers crossed and praying to my Lucky Charms—one day I’ll have this fine gent on the podcast. In the meantime, his wonderful commencement speech might be your perfect Gaiman-land gateway drug.— Tim Ferriss
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@AdviceToWriters

PeopleTim featured this 1× · 2016

@AdviceToWriters (Jon Winokur) — These daily quotes help me face the blank page with a little more courage… or humor. Great advice for writers, good advice for life.— Tim Ferriss