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The Story of id Software Founders: Masters of Doom
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08:57 - 22:30 (13:33)

The audiobook Masters of Doom tells the story of the two founders of id Software, John Carmack and John Romero, and their journey of creating and building an empire in the video game industry. It also includes the story of the first ever pink pill approval struggle.

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Cindy Whitehead describes the origin of the pink pill and how her curiosity fostered her success, citing successful people as innately curious.
08:57 - 13:33 (04:36)
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Success
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Cindy Whitehead describes the origin of the pink pill and how her curiosity fostered her success, citing successful people as innately curious.

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The Story of id Software Founders: Masters of Doom
Episode
#425: Books I've Loved — Cindy Eckert and Alexis Ohanian
Podcast
The Tim Ferriss Show
The book Masters of Doom details the story of John Carmack and John Romero, founders of id Software, and how they built a video game empire by constantly learning, forming their own opinion, and doing something they genuinely loved.
13:33 - 18:35 (05:01)
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Video Games
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The book Masters of Doom details the story of John Carmack and John Romero, founders of id Software, and how they built a video game empire by constantly learning, forming their own opinion, and doing something they genuinely loved. This book is about the founding story of id Software, the company that invented the genre of the first person shooter with a game called Wolfenstein 3D, which is now considered the ancestor to contemporary games like Call of Duty and Battlefield.

Chapter
The Story of id Software Founders: Masters of Doom
Episode
#425: Books I've Loved — Cindy Eckert and Alexis Ohanian
Podcast
The Tim Ferriss Show
With improvements in brain scanning and years of research by neuroscientists, we're starting to understand the true value of sleep and why it's so important for all living creatures.
18:35 - 22:30 (03:54)
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Sleep
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With improvements in brain scanning and years of research by neuroscientists, we're starting to understand the true value of sleep and why it's so important for all living creatures. Despite other leisure activities like listening to audiobooks, prioritizing sleep is vital for overall well-being.

Chapter
The Story of id Software Founders: Masters of Doom
Episode
#425: Books I've Loved — Cindy Eckert and Alexis Ohanian
Podcast
The Tim Ferriss Show