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Tim Ferriss · 2023-06-14

HERESIES — Exploring Animal Communication, Cloning Humans, The Dangers of The American Dream, & More

HERESIES — Exploring Animal Communication, Cloning Humans, The Dangers of The American Dream, & More

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Chasing the Scream

Johann Hari (inferred)

“Johan Hari is an author from getting his name pronounced correctly he's written books about addiction and also depression chasing the scream lost connections”— Tim Ferriss
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Lost Connections

Johann Hari (inferred)

“he's written books about addiction and also depression chasing the scream lost connections and he returns in a very compelling way over and over again to social isolation”— Tim Ferriss
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What Is It Like to Be a Bat?

Thomas Nagel

“there's this super famous essay by the still going strong well into his 80s philosopher Tom Nagel called what is it like to be a bat”— Noah Feldman
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The Intelligent Plant

Michael Pollan

“there's a piece that Michael Pollan wrote called the intelligent plant in the New Yorker in 2013 a lot has happened since then”— Tim Ferriss
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The Lorax

Dr. Seuss (inferred)

“who's gonna get The Lorax endorsement on their presidential campaign and you know stuff that's just let's Churn it through the meat grinder”— Maggie
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Gattaca

“what if it turns into one of these like weird Gattaca Elite things where you start cloning people you think are really smart or you know Usain Bolt”— Maggie
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The Matrix

“oh man like in The Matrix where there's like some other like spider thing yeah this sucks”— Maggie