Tim Ferriss: Hello boys and girls. This is Tim Ferriss and welcome to another episode of the Tim Ferriss Show where I deconstruct world class performers and experts of all types ranging from billionaire investors to chess prodigies to Arnold Schwarzenegger type celebrities and in this case a scientific researcher named Jim Fadiman. I have …
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Tim Ferriss: So, Mr. Jarvis? Chase Jarvis: Yes, sir. Tim Ferriss: The tables have been turned. Chase Jarvis: They have been. I’ll cross my legs like you have crossed yours. Tim Ferriss: Yeah, I’m not sure what to do. This is a new scenario. For you people that can’t actually see what we’re doing, this …
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Please enjoy this transcript of my interview with Nassim Nicholas Taleb and Scott Patterson. Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) spent 21 years as a risk-taker (quantitative trader) before becoming a researcher in philosophical, mathematical, and (mostly) practical problems with probability. Taleb is the author of a multivolume essay, the Incerto (The Black Swan, Fooled by Randomness, Antifragile, The Bed of Procrustes, and Skin in …
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Interview with Nassim Nicholas Taleb and Scott Patterson on The Tim Ferriss Show podcast
Please enjoy this transcript of my interview with Kevin Kelly (@kevin2kelly). Kevin helped launch and edit Wired magazine. He has written for The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, among many other publications. He is the author of the new book Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I’d Known Earlier. Other books by Kevin Kelly include Out of Control, the 1994 classic …
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Interview with Danny Meyer on The Tim Ferriss Show podcast
Please enjoy this transcript of my interview with Ed Thorp (@EdwardOThorp), author of the bestseller Beat 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 of A Man for All Markets: From Las Vegas to Wall Street, …
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Please enjoy this transcript of my interview with Isabel Behncke (@IsabelBehncke), a field primatologist and applied evolutionary ethologist who studies social behavior in animals (including humans) to understand our urgent challenges with each other and the planet. Isabel grew up at the foothills of the Andes mountains in Chile, where she developed a life-long love …
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Interview with Mark Zuckerberg on The Tim Ferriss Show podcast
Greetings, friend! Welcome to tim.blog, my home on the interwebs. My name is Tim Ferriss, and I am an early-stage technology investor/advisor (Uber, Facebook, Shopify, Duolingo, Alibaba, and 50+ others) and the author of five #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestsellers, including The 4-Hour Workweek and Tools of Titans. I am the …
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