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The Tim Ferriss Show

#690: The Random Show, Rare Drinking Edition — Affordable Luxuries, Brain Stimulation, Sampling the Future (and Some Previews), Recharging with Creative Experiments, Tokenizing Humans with a Bonding Curve, Poetry for People Who Hate Poetry, and Much More

The Tim Ferriss Show

Tim Ferriss: Bestselling Author, Human Guinea Pig

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4.617.4K Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2023

⏱️ 134 minutes

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Summary

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Technologist, serial entrepreneur, world-class investor, self-experimenter, and all-around wild and crazy guy Kevin Rose (@KevinRose) rejoins me for another episode of The Random Show!

We discuss affordable luxuries, creative offsites, brain stimulation, OCD, ADHD, tokenizing humans via a bonding curve, cold therapy on a budget, phone data strategies for international travelers, Toshiba's low-carb rice cooker, and much, much more!

Please enjoy!

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[04:41] Drinks? Heck, it's 3:00 p.m. Friday somewhere.

[08:36] Affordable (and unaffordable) luxuries.

[14:42] Kevin's relaunching his podcast.

[17:37] Celebrating creative CØCKPUNCH collaboration.

[26:56] Overcoming delegation consternation.

[36:23] OCD & ADHD

[42:55] Tolkien never said "CØCKPUNCH."

[47:55] Inspirational formats and fictions.

[53:26] Brain stimulation banter.

[55:23] Tokenizing humans via a bonding curve.

[1:03:24] Mitigating brain damage over time.

[1:11:47] Cold therapy on a budget.

[1:17:41] Climbing up the poet tree.

[1:26:31] Coyotes and wolves and Twain.

[1:30:34] A free idea for Audible: synchronous book clubs?

[1:32:02] Supplements.

[1:34:35] Brodo kudos.

[1:36:44] Aesop.

[1:37:12] Caffeine and creatine with a chance of disaster pants.

[1:41:15] CØCKPUNCH Coffee.

[1:44:49] Three cheers for OneSkin.

[1:47:50] One out of one Dr. Peter Attias recommends ProMix.

[1:48:51] A low-carb rice cooker? Thanks, Toshiba.

[1:52:14] We like our cake like we like our martinis: without carrots.

[1:57:31] Phone data strategies for international travelers.

[2:01:28] Why Kevin doesn't buy individual bonds (and what he does instead).

[2:03:00] What stocks attract Kevin's investment dollars these days?

[2:06:57] Parting thoughts.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

This episode is brought to you by Eight Sleep.

0:02.6

Temperature is one of the main causes of poor sleep,

0:05.0

and seat is my personal nemesis.

0:07.1

I've suffered for decades, tossing and turning, throwing blankets off, pulling the back on,

0:11.6

putting one leg on top, and repeating all of that ad nauseam.

0:15.1

But now I am falling asleep in record time.

0:18.1

Why? Because I'm using a device,

0:19.7

it was recommended to me by friends called The Pod Cover by Eight Sleep.

0:23.6

The pod cover fits on any mattress,

0:25.8

and allows you to adjust the temperature of your sleeping environment,

0:28.8

providing the optimal temperature that gets you the best night's sleep.

0:32.3

With the pod covers dual zone temperature control,

0:34.5

you and your partner can set your sides of the bed to as cool as 55 degrees,

0:38.8

or as hot as 110 degrees.

0:41.7

I think generally in my experience, my partners prefer the high side,

0:46.4

and I like to sleep very, very cool.

0:48.4

So stop fighting this helps.

0:50.4

Based on your biometrics, environment, and sleep stages,

0:53.0

the pod cover makes temperature adjustments throughout the night

0:55.7

that limit wakeups and increase your percentage of deep sleep.

0:59.1

In addition to its best-in-class temperature regulation,

1:01.5

the pod cover sensors also track your health and sleep metrics

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