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Two people discuss masturbating, the future of milk, and random personal questions in this comedic and nonsensical conversation.
Tim Ferriss shares a special offer from Athletic Greens along with his recommendations on cool finds from around the world, which includes his favorite bucket list items, cheap or free diversions and options for Tokyo.
Join the hosts for a language lesson and random discussion in this special edition episode recorded in Kanazawa, Japan where they talk about wooden tubs, a natural onsen, and local aphorisms.
A group traveling in the US tells the story of how a stranger went to great lengths to return a member's lost headphones, after having witnessed them fall out of their pocket onto the street.
The speaker discusses their experience in building software applications, as well as the culture of cosplay and its roots in hyper-expression. They also mention a three Michelin star restaurant they visited.
The process of designing and creating an app involves making many decisions and trade-offs, from usability to audio recording. Maintaining secrecy can also be important, even while seeking to gain mindshare within a given genre.
The host discusses his plans to create a new mindfulness meditation app that offers guided and unguided meditations with features such as chimes and gong sounds, as well as breath work and mantra meditation practices.
The backend for app scaling can be easily scalable, but app maintenance is crucial for keeping it current. The solution is to allow sys admins interaction with servers without physically touching them, which is essential for scaling apps and servers.
Tim Ferriss advices entrepreneurs to create an email newsletter to update their followers, and to own their own app to leverage push notifications as a very powerful way to pull people back into their brand.
The hosts discuss the idea of scheduling deep work to mitigate daily reactivity and ensure productivity, while still leaving room for periods of intense productivity. However, they also explore the idea of focusing intensely on a goal for a short period of time to ensure successful completion.
Tim Ferriss shares his thoughts on love and marriage, believing that love is not necessarily required for a successful marriage. He emphasizes the importance of systematic experimentation and questioning limitations for long term compatibility and value orientation.
The host talks about accounts of people who drink urine for medicinal purposes, and how he and his friend like to experiment with weird stuff.
In this episode, the speaker discusses his 2017 resolution to think about absurdity and beauty as criteria for projects that he takes on.
The speaker reflects on the value of art as a means of exploring big questions and comes to appreciate the beauty of meaninglessness.
The constant pursuit of more, whether it's salary or achievements, can lead to a lack of happiness. Scaling back and simplifying life can lead to a greater sense of contentment.
The concept of wearing a uniform as a way to simplify decision-making, combat hedonic adaptation, and relieve the pressure of fitting in is explored.
The podcast guest mentions a little plug at the end of the episode, talking about setting aside a certain number of days each month or quarter to subsist on cheap food and clothing. The guest also mentions a visit to Tim's house with gold-plated horse saddles.
The speaker talks about trying exotic wines and describes a book he is reading called "Genghis Khan and the making of the modern world," which he highly recommends and compares to his favorite podcast series of episodes, hardcore history.
In this promo, Tim Ferriss promotes his "Five Bullet Friday" newsletter where subscribers receive a short email every Friday with fun nuggets and the coolest things he's found or pondered over in the week.
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