Tim Ferriss and Noah Feldman on The War in Ukraine (Recap and Predictions), The Machiavelli of Maryland, Best Books to Understand Geopolitics, The Battles for Free Speech on Social Media, Metaverse Challenges, and More | Brought to you by MANSCAPED premium grooming products, Athletic Greensall-in-one nutritional supplement, and Allformpremium, modular furniture. More on all three below. I rarely cover current events on this podcast, but this is a new experiment. To avoid overwhelm, I do not track the news 24/7 with doom scrolling. Rather, I depend on conversations with my smartest friends to find the signal in the noise. The following conversation withNoah Feldman(@NoahRFeldman) is an example of such a conversation, very similar to what we would have offline, and I wanted to share it with you. I learned a ton and changed my thinking a lot, which I always do. Noah Feldman is a Harvard professor, ethical philosopher and advisor, public intellectual, religious scholar and historian, an...
Luis von Ahn, Co-Founder and CEO of Duolingo — How to Be (Truly) Mission-Driven, Monetization Experiments, 10x Growth, Org Chart Iterations for Impacting Metrics, The Intricate Path to an IPO, Best Hiring Practices, Catching Exam Cheaters, The Allure of Toto Toilets, The Future of Duolingo, and How to Stand Out in Your Career| Brought to you by Athletic Greens all-in-one nutritional supplement, Helix Sleep premium mattresses, and LinkedIn Jobs recruitment platform with 800M+ users.More on all three below. Luis von Ahn (@LuisvonAhn) is an entrepreneur and consulting professor at Carnegie Mellon University, who is considered one of the pioneers of crowdsourcing. He is known for co-inventing CAPTCHAs, being a MacArthur fellow, and selling two companies to Google in his twenties. He is currently the co-founder and CEO of Duolingo, a language-learning platform created to bring free language education to the world. With more than 500 million users, it is now the most popular language-lea...
Balaji S. Srinivasan — 5-10-Year Predictions, How to Start a New Country, Society-as-a-Service (SaaS), Bitcoin Maximalism, Memetic Warfare, How Prices Are Born, Moral Flippenings, The One Commandment, and The Power of Missionary over Mercenary | Brought to you byEight Sleep’s Pod Pro Coversleeping solution for dynamic cooling and heating,Athletic Greensall-in-one nutritional supplement, andShopifyglobal commerce platform providing tools to start, grow, market, and manage a retail business.More on all three below. Balaji S. Srinivasan(@balajis) is an angel investor and entrepreneur. Formerly the CTO of Coinbase and general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, he was also the co-founder of Earn.com (acquired by Coinbase), Counsyl (acquired by Myriad), Teleport (acquired by Topia), andCoin Center. He was named to theMIT Technology Review’s “Innovators Under 35,”won aWall Street Journal Innovation Award, and holds a BS/MS/PhD in Electrical Engineering and an MS in Chemical Engineering, ...
Hamilton Morris and Dr. Mark Plotkin — Exploring the History of Psychoactive Substances, Synthetic vs. Natural Options, Microdosing, 5-MeO-DMT, The “Drunken Monkey” Hypothesis, Timothy Leary’s Legacy, and More | Brought to you byAthletic Greensall-in-one nutritional supplementand5-Bullet Friday, my very own email newsletter. More on both below. Welcome toThe Tim Ferriss Show, where it is usually my job to deconstruct world-class performers, to tease out their routines, habits, et cetera that you can apply to your own life. This time around, we have a very special edition featuring two of your favorite guests:Dr. Mark PlotkinandHamilton Morris. Mark takes over my duties as host and interviews Hamilton for an episode of thePlants of the Godspodcast. You, my dear listeners, are hearing the audio before anyone else, so this is aTim Ferriss Showexclusive. I’ve previously featured some of my favorite episodes from that show attim.blog/plantsofthegods. These episodes cover a lot of fa...
Master Investor Ed Thorp on How to Think for Yourself, Mental Models for the Second Half of Life, How to Be Inner-Directed, How Basic Numeracy Is a Superpower, and The Dangers of Investing Fads | Brought to you by Wealthfrontautomated investing, Vuoricomfortable and durable performance apparel, and Eight Sleep’s Pod Pro Coversleeping solution for dynamic cooling and heating. More on all three below. Edward O. Thorp(@edwardothorp) is the author of the bestsellerBeat the Dealer, which transformed the game of blackjack. His subsequent book,Beat the Market, coauthored with Sheen T. Kassouf, influenced securities markets around the globe. He is also the author ofA Man for All Markets: From Las Vegas to Wall Street, How I Beat the Dealer and the Market. Edward was one of the world’s best blackjack players and investors, and his hedge funds were profitable every year for 29 years. He lives in Newport Beach, California. You can find our first conversationhere. Please enjoy! This episode i...
Welcome to another episode ofThe Tim Ferriss Show, where it is my job to deconstruct world-class performers to tease out the routines, habits, et cetera that you can apply to your own life. This is a special inbetweenisode, which serves as a recap of the episodes from last month.It features a short clip from each conversation in one place so you can easily jump around to get a feel for the episode and guest. Based on your feedback, this format has been tweaked and improved since the first recap episode. For instance, @hypersundayson Twittersuggested that the bios for each guest can slow the momentum, so we moved all the bios to the end. See it as a teaser. Something to whet your appetite. If you like what you hear, you can of course find the full episodes attim.blog/podcast. Please enjoy! *** Timestamps: EDWARD O. THORP: 00:01:42 MORGAN FALLON: 00:10:14 RICHARD WISEMAN: 00:19:11 DENNIS MCKENNA: 00:31:16 CAL NEWPORT: 00:39:28 *** Full episode titles: Edward O. Thorp, A Man for All Ma...
Welcome to another episode ofThe Tim Ferriss Show, where it is my job to deconstruct world-class performers to tease out the routines, habits, et cetera that you can apply to your own life. You’ll get plenty of that in this special episode, which featuresmy interview with Bill Burrfrom my 2017 TV ShowFear{less}. The “less” is in parentheses because the objective is to teach you to fearless, not to be fearless. Fear{less}features in-depth, long-form conversations with top performers, focusing on how they’ve overcome fears and made hard decisions, embracing discomfort and thinking big. It was produced by Wild West Productions, and I worked with them to make both the video and audio available to you for free, my dear listeners. You can findthevideo of this episodeonYouTube.com/TimFerriss, and eventually you’ll be able to see all episodes for free atYouTube.com/TimFerriss. Spearheaded by actor/producer and past podcast guestVince Vaughn,Wild West Productionshas produced a string of...
Jack Kornfield — How to Overcome Apathy and Find Beautiful Purpose| Brought to you by LinkedIn Jobsrecruitment platform with 770M+ users, Athletic Greensall-in-one nutritional supplement, and Eight Sleep’s Pod Pro Coversleeping solution for dynamic cooling and heating. More on all three below. Jack Kornfield(@JackKornfield) trained as a Buddhist monk in the monasteries of Thailand, India, and Burma. He has taught meditation internationally since 1974 and is one of the key teachers to introduce Buddhist mindfulness practice to the West. Jack co-founded theInsight Meditation Societyin Barre, Massachusetts, with fellow meditation teachersSharon SalzbergandJoseph Goldsteinand theSpirit RockCenter in Woodacre, California. Over the years, Jack has taught worldwide, led international Buddhist teacher meetings, and worked with many of the great teachers of our time. He holds a PhD in clinical psychology and is a grandfather, husband, and activist. Some of his current projects includeMMTCP...
Jason Portnoy of PayPal, Palantir, and More — Porn Addiction, The Corrosiveness of Secrets, Healing Wounds, Escaping Shame Cycles, and Books to Change Your Life | Brought to you byLinkedIn Marketing Solutionsmarketing platform with ~770M users,Athletic Greensall-in-one nutritional supplement, andShopifyglobal commerce platform providing tools to start, grow, market, and manage a retail business.More on all three below. Entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and authorJason Portnoybegan his career at PayPal, working closely with technology icons like Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, Max Levchin, and Reid Hoffman. He served as the first chief financial officer of Palantir Technologies and later founded Oakhouse Partners, a top-performing venture capital firm. Jason is sought after as a trusted advisor to technology company CEOs and has spoken on topics ranging from executive leadership to the intersections of technology and humanity. He holds engineering degrees from both Stanford University (MS) ...
New Insights from Sam Harris, Dr. Peter Attia, Ramit Sethi, and Elizabeth Gilbert | Brought to you byAthletic Greensall-in-one nutritional supplement,Helix Sleeppremium mattresses, and Allformpremium, modular furniture. More on all three below. Welcome to another episode ofThe Tim Ferriss Show, where it is usually my job to deconstruct world-class performers to tease out the routines, habits, et cetera that you can apply to your own life. This episode is something different. It’s an experimental format that I’m super excited about. This is an episode that scratches an itch I’ve had for years. I am not always able to listen to every great podcast episode out there, even when they are by some of my closest friends. The answer to my predicament was to ask them to send me a top segment from their podcast that I could listen to and—more importantly—also share with you, my dear listeners. My team edited them together, and here we are! This episode is a compilation of 15-to-30-minute ...