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UFC Hall of Famer Bas Rutten on Fundamentals of Real Self-Defense, Savage Fight Stories, How He’s Handled Bullies, Breathing Techniques for Increasing Stamina and Endurance, The Art of Personal Reinvention, and Cultivating the Practice of Prayer (#621)

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“It’s very hard to control your emotions. But if you control your emotions, you’re going to win the fight.”
— Bas Rutten

Sebastiaan “Bas” Rutten (@BasRuttenMMA) is a Dutch-American actor, former mixed martial artist, kickboxer, and professional wrestler. He was a UFC Heavyweight Champion and a three-time King of Pancrase world champion, finishing his career on a 22-fight unbeaten streak with a strike accuracy of 70.6%, the highest ever recorded by FightMetric.

Rutten was co-host of Inside MMA on AXS TV from 2007 to 2016, and he has been a color commentator in several MMA organizations, including Pride Fighting Championships. He has appeared in numerous television shows, movies, and video games as an actor and continues to be involved in MMA through his coaching and publishing of instructional materials. Bas became a naturalized American citizen in the late 1990s, and in 2015 he was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame.

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Want to hear another episode with someone who is harder to kill than the average human? Listen to my conversation with former UFC middleweight contender and Green Beret sniper Tim Kennedy here, in which we discuss how his “hurry up and fail” mantra adapts to the situation at hand, grueling Special Forces qualifications, walkout music selections, survival basics for urban dwellers, gauging situational awareness, and much more.

#310: Hurry Up and Fail — Tim Kennedy

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A Powerful Breathing Exerciser | The O2 Lung Trainer Bas and Amir’s Seven Skills to Save Your Life | Krav Maga Worldwide Academy Shooto | Wikipedia Universal Wrestling Federation | Wikipedia Hybrid Wrestling | Pancrase Why Is Dutch Kickboxing So Famed Among Martial Artists? | Quora Eczema Causes, Triggers, and Symptoms | National Eczema Association Asthma | CDC Enter the Dragon | Prime Video Taekwondo | Wikipedia Muay Thai | Wikipedia Six Million Dollar Man: Dark Side of the Moon | NBC Nunchaku – Wikipedia How to Pick the Right Nunchaku For You | Century Martial Arts Kung Fu Shoes | Amazon Bass Rutten vs. Frank Lobman | YouTube RINGS Holland Fighting Network Bas Rutten vs. Ryushi Yanagisawa | YouTube Bas Rutten Jump | Facebook Inside MMA | Wikipedia Here Are the Five Leg Locks You Need to Know | Evolve MMA Global Fighting Championship | Wikipedia Bas “El Guapo” Rutten MMA Stats | Sherdog Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)Five Best Kneebar Submissions in the UFC | Sportskeeda Bas Rutten vs. Minoru Suzuki | YouTube Bas Rutten vs. Masakatsu Funaki | YouTube How to Do a Toe Hold | MMA Submissions Bas Rutten vs. Masakatsu Funaki (Rematch) | YouTube Cabbage Patch Kids The Karate Kid | Prime Video Bas Rutten vs. Osami Shibuya | YouTube Bas Rutten vs. Osami Shibuya (Rematch) | YouTube Bas Rutten vs. Yoshiki Takahashi | YouTube How to Do an Inverted Heel Hook in BJJ | HowTheyPlay Sex, Drugs, Gangsters, and MMA: Remembering Pride, UFC’s Wild Predecessor | Bleacher Report Saitama Super Arena | Tamaari Town The Ultimate Fighter | UFC The Bob Sapp Story: A Former Bear’s Rise to Japanese Stardom | Yahoo! News Mirko Cro Cop Punks Mauro Ranallo | YouTube The Smashing Machine: The Life and Times of Mark Kerr | IMDb Bob Sapp vs. Mirko Cro Cop | YouTube Ramon Dekker’s Greatest Hits | YouTube The 10 Most Insane Acts of Violence in Kickboxing History | Cracked Amir Perets: Krav Maga “Victim to Victor” Video Clip | YouTube Situational Awareness with Bas Rutten and Amir Perets! | YouTube Krav Maga Worldwide Bas Rutten’s “Lethal Street Fighting” Self-Defense System | Amazon Kickbox Champ Chases Down Driver, Winds up Shot to Death | SFGATE Grand Theft Auto IV | Rockstar Games The Men’s Room with Bas and Jeremy | YouTube The Men’s Room with Bas and Jeremy 2 | YouTube The Faith of a Fighter: An Interview with MMA Legend Bas Rutten | Catholic Exchange Why the Devil Hates Latin | National Catholic Register How to Pray the Rosary | Rosary Center & Confraternity Atrophied Arm | Bas Rutten, Facebook Spy Bar (Stockholm): All You Need to Know Before You Go | Trip Advisor Bas’ Swedish Bar Fight Animated | Paul Klawiter 10 Infamous UFC Bar Fights | What Culture Respiratory Muscle Training | Physiopedia Research Supporting Benefits of Inspiratory Muscle Training | The O2 Lung Trainer The Breathing Class | Dr. Belisa Vranich Helping the World Breathe Better | The Breathing IQ BAS Body Action SystemSHOW NOTES

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My first exposure to the unbridled might of Bas Rutten.Why is there such a strong martial arts tradition in the Netherlands?Breathlessness, Bruce Lee, bullies, and birds: a glimpse into Bas’s childhood.Why Bas walked out on a culinary career path and gave up modeling.How Pancrase entered the picture.Pancrase rules.Why Ken Shamrock is known as Wayne Shamrock in Japan.On fighting Masakatsu Funaki and Minoru Suzuki.Underrated Japanese fighters.Remembering Pride, UFC’s Japanese predecessor.Pranks.Absolute monsters.Self-defense for beginners and bouncers.Why even professional fighters shouldn’t start street fights.Grand Theft Auto IV.Now a devout Catholic, Bas explains how the rosary is like meditation.Who picks fights with Bas Rutten these days?That time Bas got into a bar fight with five bouncers in Sweden.Re-learning how to breathe with the O2 Trainer.Parting thoughts.MORE BAS RUTTEN QUOTES FROM THE INTERVIEW

“It’s very hard to control your emotions. But if you control your emotions, you’re going to win the fight.”

— Bas Rutten

“I like to see myself as a sheepdog. You’ve got wolves, you’ve got sheep, and you’ve got the sheepdogs to protect the sheep from the wolves.”

— Bas Rutten

“It’s better to have a skill and don’t need it than to need a skill and don’t have it.”

— Bas Rutten

“That’s the problem in this whole society right now. We think that pleasure is the same as being happy. It’s not. You’re just feeding your pleasures, your vices.”

— Bas Rutten

“I want to be a man who can overcome his weaknesses, vices, and imperfections. A man who’s not a slave to his passions and desires, but a real man who’s in control of himself.”

— Bas Rutten

PEOPLE MENTIONEDSatoru Sayama Masakatsu Funaki Peter Aerts Ernesto Hoost Ramon Dekkers Jan Plas Johan Vos Rob Kaman Coban Lookchaomaesaitong Bruce Lee Bas’ Mom Bas’ Dad St. Francis of Assisi Steve Austin Frank Lobman Chris Dolman Minoru Suzuki Karin Rutten Evan Tanner Ken Shamrock Frank Shamrock Maurice Smith Guy Mezger Freddy Krueger Pat Morita Yuki Kondo Riku Shibuya Kazuo Takahashi Jon Bluming Bob Sapp Mirko Cro Cop Fedor Emelianenko Antônio Rogério Nogueira Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira Wanderlei Silva Quinton Jackson Dana White Chuck Liddell Kazushi Sakuraba Mauro Ranallo Stephen Quadros Ron Waterman Mark Coleman Mark Kerr Amir Perets Archilochus Alex Gong Harry Potter Superman Barbie Lyoto Machida Usain Bolt Belisa Vranich Darth Vader Joey Diaz Tony Ferguson Homer Simpson

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Published on September 15, 2022 06:21

Dr. Gabor Maté — The Myth of Normal, Metabolizing Anger, Processing Trauma, and Finding the Still Voice Within (#620)

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“The essence of trauma is loss of contact with yourself, loss of connection to yourself.”
— Dr. Gabor Maté

Dr. Gabor Maté (@DrGaborMate) is a renowned speaker and bestselling author, highly sought after for his expertise on a range of topics that includes addiction, stress, and childhood development. Dr. Maté has written several bestselling books, including the award-winning In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction, When the Body Says No: Understanding the Stress-Disease Connection, and Scattered: How Attention Deficit Disorder Originates and What You Can Do About It. He has also coauthored Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers. His works have been published internationally in nearly thirty languages.

His new book is The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture.

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Would you like to hear the last time Dr. Gabor Maté was on this podcast? Have a listen to our conversation here, in which we discussed redefining addiction, opportunities opened by the use of nontraditional therapeutic methods, examining the causes of addiction rather than just the consequences, the role genetics play in addiction, the value of psychedelics for treating addiction, how Dr. Maté’s practices changed after the use of ayahuasca, what he means when he says “The task which hinders your task is your task,” and much more.

#298: Dr. Gabor Maté — New Paradigms, Ayahuasca, and Redefining Addiction

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The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture by Gabor Maté and Daniel Maté | Amazon In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction by Gabor Maté | Amazon When the Body Says No: Exploring the Stress-Disease Connection by Gabor Maté | Amazon Scattered: How Attention Deficit Disorder Originates and What You Can Do About It by Gabor Maté | Amazon Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers by Gordon Neufeld and Gabor Maté | Amazon Dr. Gabor Maté — New Paradigms, Ayahuasca, and Redefining Addiction | The Tim Ferriss Show #298 Pope Apologizes for ‘Evil’ Committed at Canada’s Indigenous Residential Schools | NPR For Canadians to Be Truly Strong and Free, We Must Come to Terms with Our Grim Past | The Star Indigenous Climate Action Leaders Discuss Racist Colonialism with Dr. Gabor Maté | PACEsConnection ‘Frog’s Umbrella’ and ‘Ghost’s Face Powder’: The Cultural Roles of Mushrooms and Other Fungi for Canadian Indigenous Peoples | Botany Historical Background: The Jews of Hungary During the Holocaust | Yad Vashem Dr. Gabor Maté: Ayahuasca Healing | Temple of the Way of Light Addictions Guru Channels Survival of the Holocaust into Self-Help Empire | The Times of Israel Closing the Science-Practice Gap | Association for Psychological Science – APS Wheel of Awareness | Dr. Dan Siegel 33 Awesome Expressions to Know Before You Travel to Hungary | Matador Network Selected Principles of Pankseppian Affective Neuroscience | Frontiers In Neuroscience My Healing Journey After Childhood Abuse (Includes Extensive Resource List) | The Tim Ferriss Show #464 RAIN: Recognize, Allow, Investigate, Nurture | Tara Brach Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life with the Heart of a Buddha by Tara Brach | Amazon Dr. Gabor Maté on Compassionate Inquiry, Trauma, and Recovery (Clip) | The Tim Ferriss Show 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos by Jordan B. Peterson | Amazon Lesson from Robin Williams: Take Depression Seriously | Dr. Gabor Maté Pompe Disease | National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke How to Support Self-Regulation Difficulties in Children | Foothills Academy Botox and Fillers: Why I Kicked These Bad Habits to the Curb | Life As Mama The Mystifying Rise of Child Suicide | The New Yorker Eleanor Rigby by The Beatles | Amazon Music UK Appoints a Minister for Loneliness | The New York Times Jiddu Krishnamurti | Wikiquote The Eden Express: A Memoir of Insanity by Mark Vonnegut | Amazon Clara Hughes: Walking the Healing Path | Digging Deep with Mark Sutcliffe What Is Forest Bathing? | Verywell Mind The Work | Prime Video The Wisdom Of Trauma Enneagram Prison Project Tim Ferriss Goes to Maximum Security Prison | The Tim Ferriss Show #323 Catherine Hoke — The Master of Second Chances | The Tim Ferriss Show #293 What is Muscular Dystrophy? | CDC 1 Kings 19:11-13: “A Still Small Voice” | Bible Gateway Hello Again Project Susan Garrett — Master Dog (and Human) Trainer | The Tim Ferriss Show #200SHOW NOTES[05:30] How COVID affected Gabor.[06:33] Exploring plant medicine with Indigenous First Nations.[13:29] How Gabor got fired from his own ayahuasca retreat.[16:35] Can Indigenous medicine ever be understood through a Western lens?[21:37] How does Gabor clear himself of the trauma he takes from others?[22:48] Was writing The Myth of Normal more labor intensive than Gabor’s other works?[25:40] A personal story about how past trauma can show up in everyday life.[29:01] Coping with rage and anger.[40:01] Attachment versus authenticity.[45:12] Where does depression originate?[48:23] Raising a child to learn self-regulation.[52:24] What Gabor hopes The Myth of Normal readers don’t miss.[57:20] Finding the right balance of self-care when caring for a family.[1:01:18] The harm of focusing on correcting a child’s behavior rather than their underlying emotional dynamics.[1:05:47] Rehabilitation versus punishment of incarcerated, traumatized adults.[1:14:55] If he couldn’t write, what would be the focus of Gabor’s clinical practice?[1:17:50] Finding and listening to one’s inner voice or calling.[1:25:58] Are you bargaining with your authenticity?[1:30:41] Parting thoughts.MORE DR. GABOR MATÉ QUOTES FROM THE INTERVIEW

“Depression is not this inherited brain disease. It’s a result of having to push down one’s emotions as a child.”
— Dr. Gabor Maté

“The intent of good parenting or good child-rearing is to help the development of self-regulation. The question is how to get there.”
— Dr. Gabor Maté

“The potential of rehabilitation and bringing people back to their human selves is enormous, given the right circumstances. … I’m not saying that we should allow murder or that we should encourage crime. What I’m saying is if we apply the light of understanding to what drives people, and … the correctional system really becomes a system that corrects people rather than just punishes them, we could do so much with what we already know. And you know what? It wouldn’t cost more. It would cost less.”
— Dr. Gabor Maté

“I’m looking at this beautiful mountain and this bison and the sunset, and nobody had to convince me that nature contains us all.”
— Dr. Gabor Maté

“The shamans told me that when they knew that 24 healers, doctors, psychologists, psychiatrists are coming from the West, they thought we’d have an easy job because they said, ‘We absorb a lot of trauma from other people as well, but we clear it out of ourselves. So we expected you would have done the same thing.’ They said they’ve never worked with such a heavy bunch of people in their whole lives than these Western doctors.”
— Dr. Gabor Maté

“The world keeps feeding me information that demands to be metabolized and synthesized and written and spoken. And then over the last few years, as we’ve seen crisis upon crisis, it just occurs to me somebody’s going to write about how life in this system affects the health of human beings.”
— Dr. Gabor Maté

“If I were to infringe on your boundaries, either physically or emotionally, the healthy response for you is to mount an anger response. ‘No. Get out. Stay away.’ That’s healthy. Healthy anger is in the moment. It protects your boundaries and then it’s gone. It’s not necessary anymore.”
— Dr. Gabor Maté

“We have another need as creatures and as human beings, which is to be authentic. Now, I don’t mean any kind of new age, woo-woo concept by this. I mean knowing what we feel and being able to know how to act on what we feel.”
— Dr. Gabor Maté

“The essence of trauma is a loss of contact with yourself, a loss of connection to yourself.”
— Dr. Gabor Maté

“If you landed in a country where nobody spoke your language and you had to portray hunger, you’d have to act it out. The kids are acting out their emotional needs. The question is, are we going to respond to the child or are we going to try and suppress the behavior?”
— Dr. Gabor Maté

“So much of what’s taught as parenting advice is designed to manipulate or shape or suppress kids’ behaviors rather than understanding the child. And by the way, this is also true of adults. We look at human beings and we don’t see what’s really driving them. We just either approve or disapprove of how they’re behaving.”
— Dr. Gabor Maté

PEOPLE MENTIONEDRae Maté Daniel J. Siegel Sadhguru Jaak Panksepp Tara Brach Sam Harris Jordan Peterson Jiddu Krishnamurti Clara Hughes Fritzi Horstman Tobi Lütke Daniel Maté

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Published on September 07, 2022 06:48

Roelof Botha — Investing with the Best, Ulysses Pacts, The Magic of Founder-Problem Fit, How to Use Pre-Mortems and Pre-Parades, Learning from Crucible Moments, and Daring to Dream (#618)

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“If you’re not a little discontent, I don’t think you’re alive.”
— Roelof Botha

Roelof Botha (@roelofbotha) has spent over 20 years building companies in Silicon Valley. He began within the walls of nascent PayPal, which he joined in March of 2000 while completing his MBA at Stanford. He became CFO in 2001 and led the company through both its IPO in early 2002 and subsequent acquisition by eBay. Roelof joined Sequoia Capital in 2003 to help founders build enduring businesses. He leads the US/Europe business as Managing Partner and serves as Senior Steward of the global Sequoia Partnership. Roelof is a director of 23andMe, Bird, Ethos, Evernote, Inside.com, Landis, mmhmm, MongoDB, Natera, Pendulum Therapeutics, Square, and Unity Technologies. Previously, he was a director of companies that include YouTube, Tumblr, Xoom, Assurex, and Eventbrite. He also led Sequoia’s investment in Instagram.

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#286: The Man Who Taught Me How to Invest — Mike Maples

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Singing Afrikaans Around the Campfire | Gene Braaksma Sequoia’s Roelof Botha Has a Plan to Remake the VC Industry | Protocol Austin Powers in Goldmember | Prime Video How to Master Your Goals with the Ulysses Pact | Trello Blog The Odyssey by Homer | Amazon Tame Your Work, Organize Your Life | Evernote Actuarial Science | Investopedia University of Cape Town The End of South African Apartheid | ThoughtCo.The Confidential YouTube Investment Memo by Sequoia | 50Folds History of PayPal: Timeline and Facts | TheStreet Global Management Consulting | McKinsey & Company Roelof Botha: The Lessons Learned from Nearly 20 Years at Sequoia | 20VC Cisco Systems | History of Computer Communications Squaring The Circle That Is Square | PYMNTS Problem-Founder Fit: How Having a Felony Makes Me a Better Founder by Harley Blakeman | Denver Startup Week A Global Leader in cfDNA Testing | Natera The Death of a Venture Fund | Blakeir NASDAQ | Investopedia Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl | Amazon The Best American Science And Nature Writing 2022 | Amazon Christmas Is, Above All, about Hope | Post Crescent Patient Capital for Building Enduring Companies | The Sequoia Capital Fund How Venture Capital Works | Harvard Business Review The Ford Foundation in Apartheid South Africa — Soft Solutions to Hard Problems | Alliance Magazine Esther Perel — Tactics for Relationships in Quarantine | The Tim Ferriss Show #418 Afrikaners in South Africa: Overview and History | ThoughtCo.Afrikaans-English Geometry Flashcards | Quizlet Silkworms Spin Cocoons That Spell Their Own Doom | Deep Look Walter Isaacson on CRISPR, Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race | The Tim Ferriss Show #503 The 4-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman by Timothy Ferriss | Amazon Springbok Sevens | SA Rugby Shaun White and the Magic of “Who Cares?” | The Tim Ferriss Show #140 What Is the Monte Carlo Simulation? | Investopedia Zip2 | Wikipedia Billpoint | Wikipedia PayPal Solves Fraud Challenges | Intel Ventures of the PayPal Mafia | Fleximize The Sunk Cost Fallacy | The Decision Lab The Power Law: Venture Capital and the Making of the New Future by Sebastian Mallaby | Amazon Simple, Secure, Reliable Messaging | WhatsAppSHOW NOTES[07:25] What’s the right way to say Roelof Botha?[08:14] 10 to the ninth: motivation in the margins of a Monday meeting notebook.[11:16] The Ulysses Pact.[13:38] Who was Roelof’s grandfather?[15:47] What is actuarial science, and why did Roelof choose it as his major?[20:05] Advice for young, aspiring entrepreneurs.[21:44] Don Valentine and his 2×2 matrix.[24:59] The founder-problem fit.[27:33] Don Valentine’s succinctness writ green.[29:46] Pre-mortems and pre-parades.[32:40] Why Sequoia is aptly named.[36:38] Keeping the team small can be such a big deal.[41:34] Book recommendations.[44:07] Finding balance in the relentless pursuit.[46:37] What it was like for Roelof to finally achieve his “10 to the ninth.”[47:40] The Sequoia Capital Fund.[49:40] How Sequoia’s fee structure maximizes value for clients and keeps the company strong.[58:15] Failure? It all depends on the scale of your ambition.[1:01:37] How Roelof guides founders who wants to sell too soon and for too little.[1:06:48] Founders Roelof considers influential.[1:09:39] Growing up Afrikaner.[1:12:43] How Roelof set his sights on graduating school in first place.[1:14:24] Silkworms.[1:16:40] What Roelof’s TED Talk about a secondary interest would entail.[1:18:05] Rugby.[1:21:26] Roelof’s physical routines for staying in shape.[1:24:17] Crucible moments.[1:27:18] How Roelof wound up in the world of Silicon Valley startups.[1:34:01] Early days (and challenges) at PayPal.[1:38:05] Memorable failures and the lessons they imparted.[1:44:32] Coping with VC’s high rate of failure as someone who hates to lose.[1:48:01] In case of doldrums, please present homemade pesto.[1:49:15] What Peter Thiel taught Roelof about changing his mind.[1:56:01] How professionalization in VC has developed over time.[2:02:25] Roelof’s billboard.[2:04:58] Parting thoughts.MORE GUEST QUOTES FROM THE INTERVIEW

“If you’re not a little discontent, I don’t think you’re alive.”
— Roelof Botha

“There are so many problems to be solved. As long as there are problems, there are opportunities.”
— Roelof Botha

“At Sequoia, one of our cultural frameworks is maintaining tension between individualism and teamwork. It’s not either/or, it’s and. We want both. You need to stick your neck out, you need to do exceptional work, you need to be accountable for what you do. But you also need to be supportive as a team member, because that’s part of why we’ve been able to endure as a partnership.”
— Roelof Botha

“Dare to dream.”
— Roelof Botha

“Get over it. Go do it.”
— Roelof Botha

PEOPLE MENTIONEDPik Botha Ronald Reagan Margaret Thatcher Henry Kissinger Nelson Mandela Robert Dorrington Peter Attia Don Valentine Steve Jobs Leonard Bosack Sandy Lerner Jim McKelvey Jack Dorsey Lawrence Summers Michael Moritz Doug Leone Viktor Frankl Kevin Systrom Mike Krieger Tim Noakes Jim Goetz Elon Musk Peter Baird Peter Thiel Meg Whitman Evan Williams Max Levchin Jeremy Stoppelman Michael Jordan Sebastian Mallaby

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Published on August 31, 2022 05:16

In Case You Missed It: July 2022 Recap of “The Tim Ferriss Show” (#617)

Welcome to another episode of The 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.

See it as a teaser. Something to whet your appetite. If you like what you hear, you can of course find the full episodes below or at tim.blog/podcast.

Please enjoy!

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Timestamps:

LIV BOEREE: 00:03:14

LUIS VON AHN: 00:12:27

NOAH FELDMAN: 00:18:58

BALAJI SRINIVASAN: 00:24:06

DR. MATT KAEBERLEIN: 00:33:38

DR. MARK PLOTKIN AND HAMILTON MORRIS: 00:43:39

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Included episodes:

Liv Boeree, Poker and Life — Core Strategies, Turning $500 into $1.7M, Cage Dancing, Game Theory, and Metaphysical Curiosities (#611)

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 (#607)

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 (#606)

Signal Over Noise with Noah Feldman — 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 (#608)

The Life-Extension Episode — Dr. Matt Kaeberlein on The Dog Aging Project, Rapamycin, Metformin, Spermidine, NAD+ Precursors, Urolithin A, Acarbose, and Much More (#610)

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 (#605)

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Insights from Dr. Andrew Huberman, Greg McKeown, Jocko Willink, Brené Brown, and Naval Ravikant (#616)

Welcome to another episode of The 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, and it’s back by popular demand.

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 clips from some of the best podcasters — and also best interviewees – in the world and certainly some of my favorites.

At the beginning of each clip, you will hear an intro from the host and where to find their work and podcast. At the end, I’ll also share one or two of my favorite clips from episodes of The Tim Ferriss Show.

You can view this episode as a buffet, and I strongly suggest that you check out the shows included. If you like my podcast, you will very likely enjoy the featured shows in this episode.

And before you go: Do you like this format? Please let me know on Twitter at @tferriss and also mention @TeamTimFerriss.

Please enjoy!

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What was your favorite quote or lesson from this episode? Please let me know in the comments.

Want to hear the first Insights episode? Listen here for nuggets of wisdom with Sam Harris, Dr. Peter Attia, Ramit Sethi, and Elizabeth Gilbert about how mindfulness changes the brain, the location of consciousness, what it would take to ensure that nobody ever dies of colon cancer again, training for grip strength, frugal versus cheap, how the scaffolding that supports our success can help us architect our own demise, staying true to one’s inner compass, saying “no” without remorse, and much more.

#599: New Insights from Sam Harris, Dr. Peter Attia, Ramit Sethi, and Elizabeth Gilbert

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SELECTED LINKS FROM THE EPISODE

Connect with Dr. Andrew Huberman:

The Huberman Lab Podcast | Website | Twitter | YouTube | Instagram

Dr. Andrew Huberman’s Past Appearance:

Dr. Andrew Huberman — A Neurobiologist on Optimizing Sleep, Enhancing Performance, Reducing Anxiety, Increasing Testosterone, and Using the Body to Control the Mind | The Tim Ferriss Show #521

Links:

Controlling Your Dopamine For Motivation, Focus & Satisfaction | The Huberman Lab Podcast #39 Dopamine: The Pathway to Pleasure | Harvard Health Dopamine May Have Given Humans Our Social Edge over Other Apes | Science Influence of Phasic and Tonic Dopamine Release on Receptor Activation | The Journal of Neuroscience Postpartum Depression | Office on Women’s Health Undermining Children’s Intrinsic Interest with Extrinsic Reward: A Test of the “Overjustification” Hypothesis | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology Developing a Growth Mindset with Carol Dweck | Stanford Alumni Mindset: Changing the Way You Think to Fulfill Your Potential by Dr. Carol S. Dweck | Amazon Dopamine Reward System | 2-Minute Neuroscience Can’t Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds by David Goggins | Amazon Break the Cycle of Addiction with These Strategies to Keep Dopamine in Check | Life Kit 10 Best Ways to Increase Dopamine Levels Naturally | Healthline

Connect with Greg McKeown:

The Greg McKeown Podcast | Website | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram

Greg McKeown’s Past Appearances:

Greg McKeown — The Art of Effortless Results, How to Take the Lighter Path, the Joys of Simplicity, and More | The Tim Ferriss Show #510 Greg McKeown — How to Master Essentialism | The Tim Ferriss Show #355 Greg McKeown — How to Say “No” Gracefully and Uncommit | The Tim Ferriss Show #328

Links:

Effortless: Make It Easier to Do What Matters Most by Greg McKeown | Amazon Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown | Amazon Priorities and Posteriorities | Lifehack The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done by Peter Drucker | Amazon The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown | Harvard Business Review Five Stages of Decline | Jim Collins How The Mighty Fall: And Why Some Companies Never Give In by Jim Collins | Amazon Southwest Airlines: 42-Year Stock Price History | MacroTrends How Herb Kelleher, Southwest Airlines Cofounder, Made the World Smaller | Texas Monthly Continental Lite | Wikipedia The World’s Greatest Word Game | Mad Libs Master the One Decision That Makes a Thousand by Greg McKeown | LinkedIn Greg on The Genius of Routine | The Greg McKeown Podcast #94 Three Daily Habits of Peak Performers, According to Michael Phelps’ Coach | Forbes

Connect with Jocko Willink:

Jocko Podcast | Echelon Front | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram

Jocko Willink’s Past Appearances:

Jocko Willink Takeover — On Quitting, Relationships, Financial Discipline, Contrast Baths, and More | The Tim Ferriss Show #395 Discipline Equals Freedom — Jocko Willink | The Tim Ferriss Show #275 Jocko Willink on Discipline, Leadership, and Overcoming Doubt | The Tim Ferriss Show #187 The Scariest Navy SEAL Imaginable…And What He Taught Me | The Tim Ferriss Show #107

Links:

Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers by Tim Ferriss | Amazon

Connect with Brené Brown:

Brené Brown’s Past Appearances:

Brené Brown — Striving versus Self-Acceptance, Saving Marriages, and More | The Tim Ferriss Show #409 Tools of Titans: Brené Brown Distilled and Other Goodies | The Tim Ferriss Show #207 Brené Brown on Vulnerability and Home Run TED Talks | The Tim Ferriss Show #100

Links:

Already Free: Buddhism Meets Psychotherapy on the Path of Liberation by Bruce Tift | Amazon The Five-Minute Journal | Amazon The Developmental View (from Already Free) by Bruce Tift | Sounds True Fruition as Path | Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche The Paradox, Not Contradiction, of the Hypostatic Union | A Canadian Catholic The 4-Hour Chef: The Simple Path to Cooking Like a Pro, Learning Anything, and Living the Good Life by Timothy Ferriss | Amazon Narcissism and Other Defenses Against Shame by Joseph Burgo | Psychology Today Rush

Connect with Naval Ravikant:

Naval Podcast | AngelList | Website | Twitter

Naval Ravikant’s Past Appearances:

Chris Dixon and Naval Ravikant — The Wonders of Web3, How to Pick the Right Hill to Climb, Finding the Right Amount of Crypto Regulation, Friends with Benefits, and the Untapped Potential of NFTs | The Tim Ferriss Show #542 Vitalik Buterin, Creator of Ethereum, on Understanding Ethereum, ETH vs. BTC, ETH2, Scaling Plans and Timelines, NFTs, Future Considerations, Life Extension, and More (Featuring Naval Ravikant) | The Tim Ferriss Show #504 Naval Ravikant on Happiness, Reducing Anxiety, Crypto Stablecoins, and Crypto Strategy | The Tim Ferriss Show #473 Naval Ravikant on Happiness Hacks and the 5 Chimps Theory | The Tim Ferriss Show #136 Naval Ravikant — The Person I Call Most for Startup Advice | The Tim Ferriss Show #97

Links:

How to Get Rich (Without Getting Lucky) | Naval, Twitter Henry Shukman — Zen, Tools for Awakening, Ayahuasca vs. Meditation, Intro to Koans, and Using Wounds as the Doorway | The Tim Ferriss Show #531 “Understand That Ethical Wealth Creation Is Possible. If You Secretly Despise Wealth, It Will Elude You.” | Naval, Twitter “You’re Not Going to Get Rich Renting Out Your Time. You Must Own Equity, a Piece of a Business, to Gain Your Financial Freedom.” | Naval, Twitter Why You Should Learn to Code Even if You’re Not an Engineer | The MuseSHOW NOTES[06:34] Who is Dr. Andrew Huberman?[09:22] Dopamine is the universal currency of foraging and seeking.[12:01] The purpose and effects of dopamine fluctuation.[14:51] Dopamine and addiction.[16:15] How to tune your dopamine system for discipline and motivation.[27:06] Who is Greg McKeown?[27:37] What is Essentialism?[28:45] How to accelerate your understanding of Essentialism.[29:11] The catalyst event that drove Greg toward Essentialism.[30:39] If you don’t prioritize your life, someone else will.[31:33] WIN: What’s Important Now?[31:50] The disciplined pursuit of less and starting a “said ‘no’ to” list.[34:17] Facing trade-offs.[37:51] Creating an essential intent: verb, population, outcome, date.[40:40] Finding flow through the genius of routine.[46:56] Who is Jocko Willink?[47:57] An unexpected problem is just the opportunity to figure out a solution.[50:14] Who is Brené Brown?[50:46] Reconciling self-acceptance with the urge to achieve and improve.[53:23] Can there be such a thing as self-aware complacency?[1:04:10] The crux skill that underlies all others.[1:06:07] Is narcissism just the shame-based fear of being ordinary?[1:09:22] How heavy is your pathological armor?[1:10:22] Who is Naval Ravikant?[1:11:12] How to get rich (without getting lucky — or being unethical).PEOPLE MENTIONEDCarol Dweck David Goggins Anna McKeown Peter Drucker Jim Collins Herb Kelleher Michael Phelps Bob Bowman Bruce Tift Gautama Buddha Warren Buffett Charlie Munger

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Dr. Andrew Weil — The 4-7-8 Breath Method, Cannabis, The Uses of Coca Leaf, Rehabilitating Demonized Plants, Kava for Anxiety, Lessons from Wade Davis, The Psychedelic Renaissance, How to Emerge from Depression, Tales from 50+ Visits to Japan, Matcha Benef

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“[The 4-7-8 breath] is the most powerful method I’ve found to access the relaxation response, and it’s the most powerful anti-anxiety measure I’ve ever come across.”
— Dr. Andrew Weil

Andrew Weil, MD (@DrWeil) is a pioneer in the field of integrative medicine. He has been named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine.

Dr. Weil received a degree in biology (botany) from Harvard College in 1964 and an MD from Harvard Medical School in 1968. From 1971 to 1975, as a fellow of the Institute of Current World Affairs, Dr. Weil traveled widely in North and South America and Africa, collecting information on drug use in other cultures, medicinal plants, and alternative methods of treating disease. From 1971 to 1984 he was on the research staff of the Harvard Botanical Museum and conducted investigations of medicinal and psychoactive plants.

Dr. Weil is the founder and director of the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona, where he also holds the Lovell-Jones Endowed Chair in Integrative Medicine and is Clinical Professor of Medicine and Professor of Public Health. Through its fellowship and Integrative Medicine in Residency curricula, the Center is now training doctors and nurse practitioners around the world.

A New York Times best-selling author, Dr. Weil written 15 books on health and well-being, including Mind Over Meds; Fast Food, Good Food; True Food; Spontaneous Happiness; Healthy Aging; and 8 Weeks to Optimum Health. He is also co-founder of the restaurant chain True Food Kitchen and co-founder of Matcha.com, which offers extremely high-quality matcha that is difficult to find outside of Japan.

Please enjoy!

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Want to hear the most recent time Dr. Weil was on the podcast? Listen to our conversation here, in which we discussed go-to plants for food and medicine, trying to score mescaline from Aldous Huxley’s source, the importance of taking a shamanistic approach toward the research of healing science, how Dr. Weil shed a lifetime of cat allergies in one sitting, the intrinsic nature of non-ordinary states of consciousness in human beings, the healing power of dogs, and much more.

#350: Dr. Andrew Weil — Optimal Health, Plant Medicine, and More

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Website | Twitter | Facebook

The Andrew Weil Center Center for Integrative Medicine Authentic Matcha Tea | Matcha.com Matcha Kari | Instagram Seasonal Restaurant & Scratch Bar | True Food Kitchen Weil Foundation Mind Over Meds: Know When Drugs Are Necessary, When Alternatives Are Better, and When to Let Your Body Heal on Its Own by Andrew Weil, M.D. | Amazon Fast Food, Good Food: More Than 150 Quick and Easy Ways to Put Healthy, Delicious Food on the Table by Andrew Weil, M.D. | Amazon True Food: Seasonal, Sustainable, Simple, Pure by Andrew Weil, M.D. and Sam Fox | Amazon Spontaneous Happiness by Andrew Weil, M.D. | Amazon Healthy Aging: A Lifelong Guide to Your Well-Being by Andrew Weil, M.D. | Amazon 8 Weeks to Optimum Health: A Proven Program for Taking Full Advantage of Your Body’s Natural Healing Power by Andrew Weil, M.D. | Amazon The Natural Mind: A Revolutionary Approach to the Drug Problem by Andrew Weil, M.D. | Amazon From Chocolate to Morphine: Everything You Need to Know About Mind-Altering Drugs by Andrew T. Weil, M.D. and Winifred Rosen | Amazon Health and Healing: The Philosophy of Integrative Medicine and Optimum Health by Andrew T. Weil, M.D. | Amazon Dr. Andrew Weil — Optimal Health, Plant Medicine, and More | The Tim Ferriss Show #350 Dr. Weil Explains How to Do His 4-7-8 Breathing Technique | Matcha.com 4-7-8 Breathing: How It Works, How to Do It, and More | Healthline Clinical and Psychological Effects of Marijuana in Man | International Journal of the Addictions The New Politics of Coca | The New Yorker Coca Leaf: Myths and Reality | Transnational Institute A Bridge to the Relinquished Parts of Self and Society | The RiverStyx Foundation Indigenous Peyote Conservation Initiative (IPCI)Ephedra | NCCIH Khat: Effects, Risks, and How to Get Help | Verywell Mind The Opium Poppy | UNODC Biologically Active Compounds Present in Tobacco Smoke: Potential Interactions Between Smoking and Mental Health | Frontiers In Neuroscience Tobacco and Shamanism in South America by Johannes Wilbert | Amazon Kava Kava | Healthline Generation 3 | Oura Ring Kratom: Is It Safe? | Healthline Neurobiology of Kratom and Its Main Alkaloid Mitragynine | Brain Research Bulletin Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Take a Sleeping Pill Every Night | Time Kratom: The Forbidden Leaf | Hamilton’s Pharmacopeia The Psychedelic Toad | Hamilton’s Pharmacopeia Bufo Alvarius: The Psychedelic Toad of the Sonoran Desert by Ken Nelson, Expanded and Updated Edition by Hamilton Morris | Department of Information Identity of a New World Psychoactive Toad | Ancient Mesoamerica Hamilton Morris on Iboga, 5-MeO-DMT, the Power of Ritual, New Frontiers in Psychedelics, Excellent Problems to Solve, and More | The Tim Ferriss Show #511 Saguaro National Park | US National Park Service Herbaria & Libraries | Harvard University One River: Explorations and Discoveries In the Amazon Rain Forest by Wade Davis | Amazon Dr. Mark Plotkin on Ethnobotany, Real vs. Fake Shamans, Hallucinogens, and the Dalai Lamas of South America | The Tim Ferriss Show #469 The Serpent and the Rainbow | Prime Video The Serpent and the Rainbow: A Harvard Scientist’s Astonishing Journey into the Secret Societies of Haitian Voodoo, Zombis, and Magic by Wade Davis | Amazon OEB 59. Plants and Human Affairs | Harvard University Center for the Environment Flashback Friday: Yoco, The Natural Caffeine High | High Times What’s Funny About Turning 72? | Dr. Weil Catch Me If You Can | Prime Video The Harvard Lampoon At Harvard, Psychedelic Drugs’ Tentative Renaissance | The Harvard Crimson Set and Setting: Why Preparation Matters | DoubleBlind A Long-Term Follow-Up to Dr. Timothy Leary’s 1961-1962 Concord State Reformatory Rehabilitation Study | MAPS The Crimson Takes Leary, Alpert to Task | The Harvard Crimson Why Is Everyone Smoking Toad Venom? | Town & Country Psychedelics 101: Books, Documentaries, Podcasts, Science, and More | Tim Ferriss Marcela Ot’alora — How to Become a Psychedelic Therapist | The Tim Ferriss Show #396 Some Thoughts on For-Profit Psychedelic Startups and Companies | Tim Ferriss Andrew Weil | Psychedelic Science Review Psilocybe Weilii | Trufflemagic Paul Stamets — How Mushrooms Can Save You and (Perhaps) the World | The Tim Ferriss Show #340 Lophophora Williamsii (Mescal, Mescal Buttons, Peyote) | North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox The Origins of the Naming of Lophophora Williamsii | Cactus Conservation Institute Dysthymia | Johns Hopkins Medicine An Interview with Dr. Andrew Weil | Green Living Magazine Keio University Urawa, Saitama | Wikipedia Okinawa, Japan | Blue Zones Ogimi Village – A Village of Longevity Set in a Beautiful Natural Environment | Okinawa Island Guide On US Fast Food, More Okinawans Grow Super-Sized | The New York Times Okinawan Fermented Turmeric Tea Powder | Matcha.com Japanese Chado Matcha Green Tea Ceremony | TEALEAVES A Guide to Chasen — The All-Important Matcha Whisk | Tezumi Seven Proven Health Benefits of Matcha Tea | Healthline L-Theanine: Dosage, Benefits, and Side Effects | Healthline Farm-Direct Japanese Gyokuro Loose-Leaf Tea | Matcha.com Mescaline | The Vaults of Erowid Psilocybe | Wikipedia The Random Show – Drinking Urine, Exploring Japan, and Figuring Out Life | The Tim Ferriss Show #224 Norikura Kogen Travel Guide | Japan Guide The Fellowship of the River: A Medical Doctor’s Exploration into Traditional Amazonian Plant Medicine by Joseph Tafur | Amazon Can LSD Treat Food Allergies? We Don’t Know, But It’s Already Been Patented | ViceSHOW NOTES[07:56] What is the 4-7-8 breath?[10:15] As an early advocate, what is Dr. Weil’s current relationship with cannabis?[11:28] Overcoming the stigma of coca leaves to realize their medical benefits.[14:17] What is The Beneficial Plants Research Association?[16:30] Thoughts on kava and its effect on sleep quality.[19:49] Where to learn more about kratom and mitragynine.[20:51] Andrew’s experience with Bufo alvarius.[22:05] Why Andrew and Wade Davis are reviving The Beneficial Plants Research Association.[25:27] Andrew recounts a Richard Evans Schultes story.[27:13] Andrew’s brief career as a letter-writing prankster.[29:06] Covering the first wave of psychedelic research at Harvard.[34:15] The positives and negatives of psychedelics going mainstream.[36:11] Taxonomy and the origin of Psilocybe weilii.[37:58] How did Andrew emerge from dysthymia in his early fifties?[39:54] Lessons learned on visits to Japan and Okinawa.[45:19] Health benefits of fermented turmeric and matcha tea.[49:50] How L-theanine modifies the effects of caffeine.[52:19] How Andrew’s parents encouraged him to always be curious (but careful).[55:36] Getting older and future plans.[58:11] Why you should check out The Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine.[58:54] What Andrew believes gets missed most by current psychedelic exploration.[1:02:00] Parting thoughts.MORE GUEST QUOTES FROM THE INTERVIEW

“On the second day that I was in Japan, back in November of 1959, my host mother took me next door to meet her neighbor who was a tea ceremony practitioner. So the three of us sat around, and this woman did a tea ceremony and presented me with a bowl of matcha. And I was completely taken by it, first by the color, also by the chasen—the whisk—which I just thought was marvelous, and the taste of it. I fell in love with it.”
— Andrew Weil

“I think the more people who have positive psychedelic experiences—that may lead to the change in consciousness, which I think is the only thing that can turn things around for us.”
— Andrew Weil

“There are no good or bad drugs; there are just good and bad relationships with drugs. I think you can broaden that to plants as well—coca being a prime example. We’ve said that is a bad plant, the source of all sorts of trouble. But the problem is how we’ve related to that plant.”
— Andrew Weil

“I have a very good friend, a cardiologist who’s the same age as me, who said that his mother always told him, ‘Joe, don’t get old. You won’t like it.'”
— Andrew Weil

“[The 4-7-8 breath] is is the most powerful method I’ve found to access the relaxation response, and it’s the most powerful anti-anxiety measure I’ve ever come across.”
— Andrew Weil

“I think it would be a great thing for people to have access to coca. It’s not cocaine. It has distinct effects. It has unique medical effects. We should have access to it, not to mention the fact that this is the sacred plant of a great many indigenous people in South America.”
— Andrew Weil

“[Kava] functions as a social stimulant and lubricant, but it is a natural sedative and calmative, and probably the most important anti-anxiety natural product out there, extremely useful and essentially no toxicity. And it does not interact with alcohol. It does not interact with other sedatives. It’s quite safe, and I recommend it very frequently to people.”
— Andrew Weil

PEOPLE MENTIONEDRobert C. Fulford T. Cody Swift Richard Evans Schultes Albert Hofmann Alexander Shulgin Johannes Wilbert Hamilton Morris Ken Nelson Wade Davis Mark Plotkin Frank Abagnale Conan O’Brien Timothy Leary Richard M. Nixon Ram Dass Paul Stamets Carl Linnaeus Kevin Rose Alan Watts

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Q&A with Tim on Wealth and Money, Book Recommendations, Advice on Taking Advice, C.S. Lewis, Relationships, Behavior Change and Self-Awareness, Why We Are All (Mostly) Making It Up as We Go, and Much More (#614)

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Welcome to another episode of The Tim Ferriss Show, where it is usually my job to sit down with world-class performers of all different types to tease out the habits, routines, favorite books, and so on that you can apply and test in your own life. This time, we have a slightly different format, and I’m the guest.

As some of you know, to celebrate the 15th anniversary of The 4-Hour Workweek, which was first published on April 24th, 2007 (4/24/07), I signed 424 copies of the book. As thousands of you threw your hat in the ring to win a signed copy, I wanted to do something special for all the entrants. So, I invited those folks to a private YouTube Q&A. This episode is the recording of that session.

I answered many questions on a variety of topics, including startup investments, IFS therapy, my views on wealth and money, C.S. Lewis, lower-back pain, solitary time and its challenges, lessons from Kevin Kelly, books I’m currently reading, maintaining relationships, Japan travel tips, from whom to take advice (and how to evaluate advice), self-awareness, behavior change, my current alcohol consumption (or lack thereof), and much, much more.

I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Castbox, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Amazon Music, or on your favorite podcast platform. You can watch the Q&A on YouTube here.

Brought to you by MANSCAPED premium grooming products, 80,000 Hours free career advice for high impact and doing good in the world, and Helix Sleep premium mattresses.

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Want to hear my most recent Q&A? Listen to the episode here, in which I answered questions about relieving plantar fasciitis, getting better sleep, wolf conservation efforts, maintaining learned languages, low energy remedies, podcasting advice, global warming, psychedelic risks, and much more.

#557: Q&A with Tim — Tools for Better Sleep, Musings on Parenting, the Different Roles of Fear, the Delight of Deepening Friendships, the Purpose of College, How to Boost Your Mood, HRV Training, and More

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Published on August 11, 2022 16:23

Q&A with Tim on Wealth and Money, Book Recommendations, Advice on Taking Advice, C.S. Lewis, Relationships, Behavior Change and Self-Awareness, Why We Are All (Mostly) Making It Up as We Go, and Much More

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Welcome to another episode of The Tim Ferriss Show, where it is usually my job to sit down with world-class performers of all different types to tease out the habits, routines, favorite books, and so on that you can apply and test in your own life. This time, we have a slightly different format, and I’m the guest.

As some of you know, to celebrate the 15th anniversary of The 4-Hour Workweek, which was first published on April 24th, 2007 (4/24/07), I signed 424 copies of the book. As thousands of you threw your hat in the ring to win a signed copy, I wanted to do something special for all the entrants. So, I invited those folks to a private YouTube Q&A. This episode is the recording of that session.

I answered many questions on a variety of topics, including startup investments, IFS therapy, my views on wealth and money, C.S. Lewis, lower-back pain, solitary time and its challenges, lessons from Kevin Kelly, books I’m currently reading, maintaining relationships, Japan travel tips, from whom to take advice (and how to evaluate advice), self-awareness, behavior change, my current alcohol consumption (or lack thereof), and much, much more.

I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Castbox, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Amazon Music, or on your favorite podcast platform. You can watch the Q&A on YouTube here.

Brought to you by MANSCAPED premium grooming products, 80,000 Hours free career advice for high impact and doing good in the world, and Helix Sleep premium mattresses.

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This episode is brought to you by MANSCAPED! MANSCAPED is bringing you the total package to ensure your package is the perfect package. No, I didn’t come up with that line… but I tested and loved their products, so I can vouch that I’m still intact and ready for my centerfold shoot. Was it scary? Yes. Was it worth it? Also yes. My girlfriend makes the effort, so I figured it was only fair. MANSCAPED is the most effective way to keep clean, pristine, and looking like a dream through the sweatiest summer months.

The Perfect Package 4.0 is the ultimate grooming kit that includes everything you need for optimal below-the waist hygiene. Use their precision-engineered Lawn Mower 4.0—yes, “Lawn Mower”—electric trimmer to remove excess and avoid the dreaded swamp crotch. Feel confident in trimming hard-to-reach areas with MANSCAPED’s SkinSafe technology, which helps reduce the risk of nicks and snags. It’s time to take care of yourself; time for some basic landscaping. Get 20% off and free shipping with the code TIMTIM at Manscaped.com.

This episode is brought to you by 80,000 Hours! You have roughly 80,000 hours in your career. That’s 40 hours a week, 50 weeks a year for 40 years. They add up and are one of your biggest opportunities, if not the biggest opportunity, to make a positive impact on the world. Some of the best strategies, best research, and best tactical advice I’ve seen and heard come from 80,000 Hours, a nonprofit co-founded by Will MacAskill, an Oxford philosopher and a popular past guest on this podcast.

If you’re looking to make a big change to your direction, address pressing global problems from your current job, or if you’re just starting out or maybe starting a new chapter and not sure which path to pursue, 80,000 Hours can help. Join their free newsletter, and they’ll send you an in-depth guide for free that will help you identify which global problems are most pressing and where you can have the biggest impact personally. It will also help you get new ideas for high-impact careers or directions that help tackle these issues.

This episode is brought to you by Helix Sleep! Helix was selected as the #1 overall mattress of 2020 by GQ magazine, Wired, Apartment Therapy, and many others. With Helix, there’s a specific mattress to meet each and every body’s unique comfort needs. Just take their quiz—only two minutes to complete—that matches your body type and sleep preferences to the perfect mattress for you. They have a 10-year warranty, and you get to try it out for a hundred nights, risk-free. They’ll even pick it up from you if you don’t love it. And now, Helix is offering up to 200 dollars off all mattress orders plus two free pillows at HelixSleep.com/Tim.

Want to hear my most recent Q&A? Listen to the episode here in which I answered questions about relieving plantar fasciitis, getting better sleep, wolf conservation efforts, maintaining learned languages, low energy remedies, podcasting advice, global warming, psychedelic risks, and much more.

#557: Q&A with Tim — Tools for Better Sleep, Musings on Parenting, the Different Roles of Fear, the Delight of Deepening Friendships, the Purpose of College, How to Boost Your Mood, HRV Training, and More

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Do I still invest in startups?We’ve already got TED Talks. Why not Tim Talks?Have I considered moving out of the US?How do I mitigate risks in an increasingly contentious society?Which interview has had the greatest personal impact on me?Would I publish another volume of Tribe of Mentors or Tools of Titans?Have I ever explored the side of IFS that helps folks explore inherited trauma/energy?Did making more money make me happier?What do I consider to be a healthy view of money?Have any interviews been conducted but never published?What do I find compelling about C.S. Lewis?How do I get things done when I’m having a bad day?What does my meditation practice look like these days?Are Ivy League graduate schools worth the cost?Most valuable lesson from The Lion Tracker’s Guide?How do I handle overly political family and friends?Recommended essayists (aside from John McPhee)?Thoughts on Rudolph Steiner?Do I have a future as a fiction author?Best recent purchase of under $250?Recommendations for learning more about Japanese martial arts culture?Did I lose my razor?Which one to three skills make acquiring more skills easier or irrelevant?Favorite childhood fairy tale or folk story?The ups and downs of learning German?When will the world get to smell Tim Ferriss Fragrance for Men?What role has downtime had on the severity of my depression?Recent reading that has influenced my thoughts about parenthood?Dream guests?Did I take a break from investing because of market losses?How do I feel about the bear market now?How is my self-compassion journey going?How do I manage my extensive network of relationships?Advice for 21-year-old Tim?Have any of the principles from The 4-Hour Workweek become obsolete?Three must-sees when visiting Japan?Most beautiful location visited?Strategies for coping with the sudden loss of a loved one?Reasons for moving from San Francisco to Austin?Do we rely too much on advice from people who don’t understand our lives?Is it possible to share a life with someone whose interests don’t match ours 100 percent?Self-discipline advice for ADHD folks who have already tried everything?How do we develop the resilience to deal with tough times ahead of their arrival?Things I’ve changed my mind about in the past year?Do I still observe a slow-carb diet?Advice for securing startup funding?Why did I stop asking my guests who they consider to be successful?Am I planning to run drunk dial shows again?Podcasting tips for introverts?A guest I could interview any day or every day?Which of my own books would I recommend to a Ferriss first-timer?Larry David?Am I still using Evernote?What would be on my billboard these days?Parting thoughts.PEOPLE MENTIONEDBJ Miller Ed Cooke Oliver Burkeman Richard C. Schwartz Ramit Sethi Morgan Housel James Lipton Guy Raz Ernest Hemingway C.S. Lewis Max McLean Bertrand Russell Sam Harris Loch Kelly John McPhee Ralph Waldo Emerson John Muir Rudolf Steiner Jocko Willink Jason Statham Anthony de Mello Josh Waitzkin Jean-Claude Van Damme Dan Harris Kevin Kelly Johann Hari Oprah Winfrey Daniel Day-Lewis Ryan Reynolds Jane Goodall Madeleine Albright Margaret E. Atwood Hugh Jackman Molly Ferriss Hayao Miyazaki Richard Koch Matt Mullenweg David Kessler Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Lex Fridman Balaji Srinivasan Naval Ravikant Drew Houston BJ Fogg James Clear Charles Duhigg Bruce Tift Lucilius Junior Seneca Stanley Druckenmiller Chris Bosh Sebastian Mallaby Brad Feld Richard Branson Elon Musk Bill Gates Derek Sivers Jeff Bezos Stuart Smalley Noah Feldman Kevin Rose Larry David Bob Einstein Byron Katie

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Published on August 11, 2022 16:23

Why I’m Open-Sourcing an NFT Insider Trading Policy for the Web3 Community

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DISCLAIMER: The following content, including the NFT Insider Trading Policy, does not, and is not intended to, constitute legal advice. Readers should work with an attorney to determine whether the policy is applicable to or appropriate for their particular situation. The NFT Insider Trading Policy is provided “as is”; no representations are made about the content.

Furthermore, there are risks involved in making any investment in cryptocurrencies/NFTs. None of the information presented herein is intended to form the basis of any offer or recommendation or have any regard to the investment objectives, financial situation, or needs of any specific person, and that includes you, my dear reader. Caveat lector!

Now that we’ve covered that…

I began diving into the Wild West of NFTs a few years ago. For me, NFTs were a convenient, muggle-friendly onramp for learning about new technologies. It was also an excuse to break out the pencils and screw around again. I’d let my drawing languish for years, and, no matter what people said, JPEG mania was inspiring.

After a few months of exploration, I felt confident, and still feel confident, in a few things:

Web3 and blockchain will change the world in incredible ways. Before you disagree, listen to this.The promise is both severely overstated (Utopia! No more governments!) and severely under-appreciated (It’s just another Dutch tulip craze! Right-click and it’s game over!).It’s the greatest creator, resurrector, and accelerant of artists that I’ve ever seen. Graphic artist and musician friends of mine, jaded after years of barely making ends meet, touring to pay mortgages, etc., are not just excited again (no small thing) but also making good money. TBD if DALL·E 2 and related tech helps or hurts them; I suspect it will be a lot of both.Legions of brilliant people are dedicating most of their waking lives to it¹. This is perhaps the most compelling case for being long web3.Last but not least, most of web3 is still an overwhelming garbage fire of junk, grift, and bad behavior. It’s fucking ridiculous. This is the most common case cited for being short web3.

For me, this all started off as a safari to a new Weird Wide Web, a sight-seeing tour of novelty. I do this with a lot of new tech, and I was a casual spectator. Then and considering bigger projects of my own. That’s when I got more serious about research, especially risks and pitfalls.

Some of the unsavory bits I noticed were clearly unethical and often illegal, like deliberate fraud. There are bad actors, to be sure. That said, I think the majority of folks are normally good actors, and these same people can slip up and do stupid things under certain conditions. Temptation and accidents run rampant in a world of ambiguity. Much of the mess appeared—and still appears—to be a byproduct of unclear rules, lack of agreements, or misaligned incentives.

I often ask myself “What positive constraints can we apply here?” I apply this to myself for creative projects, and I apply it in many aspects of my professional and personal life. This question also led directly to the document in this post.

Months before the Department of Justice got involved and began making headlines, I had already reached out to several of my NFT-fluent friends to ask if they had an NFT Insider Trading Policy I could read. I simultaneously reached out to exceptional lawyers for the same. I was looking for a document forbidding insider trading, including front running, that also laid out clear best practices. Much to my surprise, no one seemed to have a document that covered these bases, but several folks were able to suggest technical safeguards and other elements.

Gathering these, I then reached out to Aaron Wright, who kindly introduced me to Jeremy Goldman to help with drafting an original doc. Next, I worked with Jeremy and Zach Lewis to put together the below Insider Trading Policy. Of course, no document can prevent truly bad actors from doing bad things, but making clear and explicit agreements with good people can help you avoid a lot of headache.

It’s probably not the world’s first such document, but I certainly couldn’t find one, even with a half dozen law firms and hundreds of friends in tech. It was a huge pain in the ass.

My assumption is that this hurdle might also pose a huge pain in the ass for others. Huge pain in the ass = friction to action = less action, so I’m trying to remove some of the hassle. Also, it’s my belief that the sooner the web3 community polices itself and does it well, the less regulators will feel the need to drop the hammer. Things are going to get cleaned up one way or another (à la “medicine” in the old Wild West), so do we want to be proactive, or do we want to force the hand of the government to smite sloppy fools with a blitzkrieg, probably setting up hasty, problematic laws in the process? I suggest we try the former. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of CryptoPunks, or so my grandpappy told me.

For all of these reasons and more, I’m making the below NFT Insider Trading Policy available. You are free to share it, modify it, distribute it, read it at your wedding, turn it into rap lyrics, etc. It is now the property of the web. Be free!

I have just two important requests:

1) Please reread the disclaimer. In fact, it’s so nice, I’ll simply post it twice:

DISCLAIMER: The following content, including the NFT Insider Trading Policy, does not, and is not intended to, constitute legal advice. Readers should work with an attorney to determine whether the policy is applicable to or appropriate for their particular situation. The NFT Insider Trading Policy is provided “as is”; no representations are made about the content.

2) Please let us know how this can be improved! No doubt, there are great points that can be added. Technology and grift also evolve. We’d love constructive feedback, which is valuable for everyone. Please leave a comment on this blog post, or let me know on Twitter using hashtag #NFTITP (ITP = Insider Trading Policy). As usual, don’t be a dick. If your tone is lame, your comments will be deleted from the blog, and you’ll get 100,000 lashes in the afterlife.

That’s it!

I hope some of you find the below helpful. The first line would be completely redrafted based on your company name/entity, if you use one.

Until next time, please be kind and stay safe, frens.

Tim

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¹ To be fair, legions of fools also appear to be dedicating their lives to it.

NFT Insider Trading Policy 1. PURPOSE

Top-Secret Project LLC, a North Dakota limited liability company (“Company”) has adopted this NFT Insider Trading Policy (“Policy”) to help ensure that (a) Company and any Insiders (defined below) connected to any project involving the creation, marketing, distribution, and/or sale of non-fungible tokens (“NFTs”) by or on behalf of Company (“Project”) comply with applicable laws, (b) any distribution of NFTs by Company to Insiders in connection with a Project is conducted fairly and on equal footing with distributions to the public; and (c) Company, the Project, and Insiders do not have even the appearance of improper insider trading.

2. SCOPE

1. “Insiders” include all directors, officers, and employees of Company, and any other individuals Company may designate because they may have access to material nonpublic information concerning a Project (“Inside Information”), including any artists, developers, project managers, contractors, consultants, or other individuals who are providing services in connection with Company or the Project, as well as all of the employees, representatives, affiliates, family members, and others in the households of the aforementioned individuals.

2. This Policy applies to any and all transactions involving NFTs issued by or on behalf of Company, including minting NFTs and both primary and secondary sales.

3. GUIDANCE

A. Generally Prohibited Activity. As a general matter, an Insider may not use or disclose to any third party any Inside Information about Company or a Project to the advantage of the Insider or any other person in connection with the purchase, sale, or other transaction involving an NFT.

B. Specific Rules and Prohibitions.

NFTs must be allocated to token holders, including Insiders, at random.
Randomness must be verifiable to the public through the use of NFT provenance hashing or other technology.
No buying or selling NFTs on the secondary market (including through any peer-to-peer transactions) until seven (7) days after such NFTs are first made available to the public.
No buying or selling NFTs on the secondary market (including through any peer-to-peer transactions) within five (5) days of any announcement or planned announcement relating to the Project that an Insider knows about in advance and is material.
No engaging in any activity that may be considered “front-running,” “wash trading,” “pump and dump trading,” “ramping,” “cornering,” or fraudulent, deceptive, or manipulative trading activities, including, without limitation, for the purpose of creating or inducing a false, misleading, or artificial appearance of activity or value in any NFT. Prohibited activities include:
facilitating the trading of any NFT at successively lower or higher prices;executing or causing the execution of any transaction involving the NFT which causes no material change in the beneficial ownership thereof;participating in, facilitating, assisting, or knowingly transacting with any person or persons for the purpose of artificially, unfairly, or deceptively influencing the market price of an NFT; orotherwise artificially, unduly, or improperly influencing the market price for any NFT in any manner, including without limitation, on or through social media.
No “tipping” of Inside Information to any person or entity.
No use of rarity snipers (e.g., Rarity Sniper, Trait Sniper, rarity.tools, icy.tools) or similar services at any time in connection with any Project by or in collaboration with Company.4. DETERMINING WHETHER INFORMATION IS MATERIAL AND NONPUBLIC

A. Definition of “Material” Information

There is no bright line test for determining whether particular information is material. Such a determination depends on the facts and circumstances unique to each situation and cannot be made solely based on the potential financial impact of the information.In general, information about Company or a Project should be considered “material” if:A reasonable purchaser of NFTs would consider the information significant when deciding whether to buy or sell NFTs; orThe information, if disclosed, could be viewed by a reasonable purchaser of NFTs as having significantly altered the total mix of information available in the marketplace about Company or the Project.While it is impossible to identify every type of information that could be deemed “material,” the following matters shall be considered material:Rarity tables.The rarity of each individual trait, layer, or element included in the Project.Upcoming airdrops.Upcoming announcements by or on behalf of Company.Upcoming events by, in collaboration with, or on behalf of Company.Potential, future, and, ongoing collaborations.Potential and future utility (including, without limitation, any products, benefits, services, privileges, rights, or opportunities) to be offered to NFT holders.New key members of Company or Project team, including executives, officers, directors, employees, contractors or investors.B. Definition of “Nonpublic” Information

Information is “nonpublic” if it has not been made known to the general market of purchasers or potential purchasers of NFTs through a widely circulated news or wire source or social media channel operated by Company or authorized by Company to make such information public.

5. REMEDIES FOR VIOLATIONS

Failure to comply with this NFT Insider Trading Policy may constitute not only a breach of contract with Company, but also may violate applicable criminal and civil law. See, e.g., Department of Justice, Former Employee Of NFT Marketplace Charged In First Ever Digital Asset Insider Trading Scheme, June 1, 2022, at https://bit.ly/3SwXn8m; Department of Justice, Three Charged in First Ever Cryptocurrency Insider Trading Tipping Scheme, July 21, 2022, at https://bit.ly/3A6Scos.

In the event that Company determines that an Insider violated the NFT Insider Trading Policy, the Insider agrees, upon Company’s instruction, to immediately disgorge and transfer to Company, or any recipient of Company’s choosing, any and all NFTs or profits gained as a result of such violation as well as any compensation Insider received from Company under their applicable contract. The foregoing remedies are in addition to any other remedies, both legal and equitable, available to Company under the law.

CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE
INSIDER NFT TRADING POLICY

I hereby certify that I have received, reviewed and will comply with Company’s Insider NFT Trading Policy.

Name: __________________________________

Signature ________________________________

Company: _______________________________

Title: ___________________________________

Date: ___________________________________

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Published on August 09, 2022 06:40

Russ Roberts on Lessons from F.A. Hayek and Nassim Taleb, Decision-Making Insights from Charles Darwin, The Dangers of Scientism, Wild Problems in Life and the Decisions That Define Us, Learnings from the Talmud, The Role of Prayer, and The Journey to Tran

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“What was once destiny is now a decision.”
— Russ Roberts

Russ Roberts (@EconTalker) is the president of Shalem College in Jerusalem and the John and Jean De Nault Research Fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution. Russ is interested in making complicated ideas understandable. He founded and hosts the award-winning weekly podcast EconTalk: Conversations for the Curious, with more than 800 episodes available in the archives. Past guests include Christopher Hitchens, Martha Nussbaum, Michael Lewis, Angela Duckworth, and Nassim Nicholas Taleb. His two rap videos on the ideas of John Maynard Keynes and F.A. Hayek have more than 13 million views on YouTube.

His latest book, Wild Problems: A Guide to the Decisions That Define Us, explores the challenges of using rationality when facing big life decisions. He is also the author of Gambling With Other People’s Money, How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life, The Price of Everything, The Invisible Heart, and The Choice.

Please enjoy!

Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Castbox, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Amazon Music, or on your favorite podcast platform. You can watch the interview on YouTube here.

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Want to hear a podcast episode with someone who frequently collaborates with Russ Roberts? Listen to my interview with devoted economics educator Tyler Cowen, in which we discuss his goal to teach economics to more people than anyone else in the history of the world, the mental benefits of listening to complex music, remaining meta-rational during times of duress or panic, fiction recommendations for nonfiction purists, learning from those who offend us, the writing process, committing to kindness, and much more.

#413: Tyler Cowen on Rationality, COVID-19, Talismans, and Life on the Margins

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Wild Problems: A Guide to the Decisions That Define Us by Russ Roberts | Amazon EconTalk: Conversations for the Curious with Russ Roberts Gambling with Other People’s Money: How Perverse Incentives Caused the Financial Crisis by Russ Roberts | Amazon How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life: An Unexpected Guide to Human Nature and Happiness by Russ Roberts | Amazon The Price of Everything: A Parable of Possibility and Prosperity by Russ Roberts | Amazon The Invisible Heart: An Economic Romance by Russ Roberts | Amazon The Choice: A Fable of Free Trade and Protection by Russ Roberts | Amazon Eulogy for My Father (Expanded) by Russ Roberts | Medium Shalem Meaning in The Old Testament | Bible Study Tools Fear the Boom and Bust: The 1st Keynes vs. Hayek Rap Battle | Emergent Order Fight of the Century: The 2nd Keynes vs. Hayek Rap Battle | Emergent Order The Pretense of Knowledge by Friedrich August von Hayek | Nobel Prize Who Was Friedrich Hayek? What Was His Economic Theory? | Investopedia What Is Scientism, and Why Is It a Mistake? | Big Think Who Was John Maynard Keynes? What Is Keynesian Economics? | Investopedia The Fatal Conceit: The Errors of Socialism by F.A. Hayek | Amazon Man of System | Adam Smith Works Unintended Consequences | Econlib The Cost of Raising a Child in the United States | Investopedia Did Lord Kelvin Say: “If You Cannot Measure It, You Cannot Improve It?” | Skeptics Charles Darwin’s List of the Pros and Cons of Marriage | The Marginalian What is Q.E.D. (Quod Erat Demonstrandum)? | Carneades.org The Odyssey by Homer | Amazon Alain de Botton: Why You Will Marry the Wrong Person | The School of Life Blue Pill or Red Pill Scene | The Matrix A Psychological Tip by Piet Hein | My Poetic Side Economies of Scale | Investopedia My Fair Lady | Prime Video I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face | My Fair Lady The New England Patriots How a Book on Stoicism Became Wildly Popular at Every Level of the NFL | Sports Illustrated Shalem College The Second Temple | Jewish Virtual Library “Trip of Compassion” — The Most Compelling Movie I’ve Seen In The Last Year | Tim Ferriss Jerusalem: The Old City | Jewish Virtual Library The Temple Mount in Jerusalem | Blue Letter Bible Omicron Variant: What You Need to Know | CDC What Life Was Like During the London Blitz | JSTOR Daily How the COVID-19 Pandemic Has Changed Americans’ Personal Lives | Pew Research Center Shabbat 101 | My Jewish Learning Incerto: Fooled by Randomness, The Black Swan, The Bed of Procrustes, Antifragile, Skin in the Game by Nassim Nicholas Taleb | Amazon Nassim Nicholas Taleb on Rationality, Risk, and Skin in the Game | EconTalk Great Falls Park | US National Park Service The Collapse of Lehman Brothers: A Case Study | Investopedia What Is the Talmud? | My Jewish Learning Russ Roberts and the Quest to Make Economics Interesting | Priceonomics Tyler Cowen on Reading | EconTalk Russ Roberts on Life as an Economics Educator | Conversations with Tyler Immanent Definition & Meaning | Merriam-Webster Best Bay Area Spots for Stargazing | Things to Do | bayareaparent.com Yosemite National Park | US National Park Service The Negev Desert | Jewish Virtual Library Searching for Stars on an Island in Maine by Alan Lightman | Amazon Next to Normal | Broadway Musical Home Psychedelics 101: Books, Documentaries, Podcasts, Science, and More | Tim FerrissSHOW NOTES[06:36] How Russ’ father chose to cultivate fatherhood.[10:45] Does quality time demand quantity time?[12:31] What does Shalem mean?[14:10] What’s wrong with scientism?[20:56] The curious task of economics, according to F.A. Hayek.[23:18] What is a Hayekian?[25:09] What prompted Russ to write Wild Problems?[29:05] How Russ’ ideas about data have changed over the years.[33:04] Making decisions: Charles Darwin vs. Homer vs. Russ.[43:30] What makes people ideal life partners?[52:19] Marriage as a form of growing up.[56:53] Life lessons from Bill Belichick.[1:02:04] Why Russ and his wife decided to move to Israel.[1:07:45] Impressions of Jerusalem since making the move.[1:13:34] The role of religion in Russ’ life.[1:22:00] Life lessons from Nassim Nicholas Taleb.[1:29:16] Thoughts on The Talmud, reading, and spending time in a finite life.[1:35:14] You don’t have to be religious to have transcendent experiences.[1:41:31] Tips for staying humble.[1:48:48] Parting thoughts.MORE GUEST QUOTES FROM THE INTERVIEW

“There are two kinds of ignorance. There are the things we don’t know, and then there are the things we think we know that aren’t true. The things we know that we don’t know that we wish we understood, we wish we had access to the truth. There are things we think we’ve discovered as true that in fact are not.”
— Russ Roberts

“Yes, sometimes the future is somewhat like the past, except for when it isn’t and then it smacks you in the face.”
— Russ Roberts

“The sources that make our life deeply meaningful and purposeful are not just the day-to-day things. There are overarching senses of who we are and how we see ourselves and the meaning and purpose we have in life that are ultimately more important in these kinds of decisions. And these kinds of decisions—which are whether to get married, whether to have kids, how many kids to have, whether to move to Israel, whether to take a new job, whether to study something crazy at college—those decisions are not amenable to data.”
— Russ Roberts

“I don’t like it when people say, ‘You have to work at your marriage. You have to work at it.’ That’s not the way I think of my marriage. I work at crossword puzzles. I work at ditch digging. I work at brightening up my notes for my next podcast. But what you do have to do is you have to treat your partner as a partner, as opposed to somebody who lives with you, who’s a plus to have as a roommate. They’re two different things.”
— Russ Roberts

“Religion, meditation, psychotherapy, marriage—they’re all about self-awareness, if they’re done well. They’re all about recognizing that you’re a part of a much bigger picture than you feel like most of the time. I think that’s really helpful and incredibly satisfying when you sense it.”
— Russ Roberts

“One of the things you learn from economics is trade-offs. Trade-offs are really obvious when you think about them, but like many things we’re talking about in this conversation, they’re hard to remember to think about.”
— Russ Roberts

“What was once destiny is now a decision.”
— Russ Roberts

“If you read a book a week, which is a lot, you’re going to read about 50 books a year. If you’re around for about 50 years of reading, maybe a little more, but it’s 2,500 books. That’s it. That’s it. There’s 100,000 books, I think, maybe more, I don’t even remember now how many books are published a year — maybe it’s a million. It’s a big number.”
— Russ Roberts

“The world often emerges from the bottom up and not just from the top down. And many things that are orderly, that we see around us, are not designed by anyone, but rather emerge from the individual choices we make.”
— Russ Roberts

PEOPLE MENTIONEDChristopher Hitchens Martha Nussbaum Michael Lewis Angela Duckworth Nassim Nicholas Taleb John Maynard Keynes Friedrich August Hayek Robert Frost Edna St. Vincent Millay Tyler Cowen John Papola Adam Smith Karl Marx Vladimir Lenin Mao Zedong Lord Kelvin Ernest Hemingway F. Scott Fitzgerald Charles Darwin Penelope Ulysses Telemachus Alain de Botton Piet Hein William Shakespeare Jane Austen Henry Higgins Eliza Doolittle Anne Lamott Bill Belichick Herod the Great Joseph Campbell Viktor Frankl Yehuda Amichai Paul McCartney Bruce Springsteen Milton Friedman Matt Mullenweg Seth Roberts Alan Lightman Rachel Bay Jones

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