Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman

The Book Pile

Kellen Erskine and David Vance

Comedy, Arts, Books

4.8 • 598 Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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SUMMARY: The typical human lifespan is in the neighborhood of 4,000 weeks. That is an extremely precious, finite, and dwindling amount of life. It gives all of us urgent reason to (while we still can) take advantage of the Taco Bell 5 Dollar Taco Discovery Box deal. How would you live differently if you knew this was your last day to spend time with loved ones, work on a passion project, or eat a Doritos Locos Taco with a medium fountain drink (including the Baja Blast)? On this episode hear ...

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0:00.0	All right, Dave, I'm going to mention a few famous people, and I want you to tell me what the title of their book would be if they wrote it about time.
0:10.2	Okay.
0:11.2	Nietzsche.
0:13.8	Whatever you think about time, I'm going to be contrarian in a way that hurts your feelings.
0:20.9	Jules Verne.
0:22.8	Journey to the center of the time.
0:28.3	Methuselah.
0:32.4	Please kill me, God.
0:36.1	Hey, everyone.
0:37.1	4,000 is a lot of things. It's the distance in miles from Kill me, God. Hey, everyone.
0:39.7	4,000 is a lot of things.
0:43.3	It's the distance in miles from Washington, D.C. to Italy.
0:46.7	It's the average number of steps a human takes in a day.
0:50.6	Even though we all know that if you reach 10,000, you'll become immortal. But finally, it's the average human lifespan in weeks. Today's book is 4,000 weeks,
0:58.4	time management for mortals by Oliver Berkman. And this is the book pile. A podcast about the best of
1:05.1	books and the worst of books. If this is your first time on the podcast, we're happy you're here. And at this point, we've got over 200 episodes.
1:14.1	So if you're curious after listening to this one, just know that we've covered a lot of other nonfiction, also a lot of novels as well, because not only are we smart, but we also know how to party.
1:27.5	I'm Kellynneurskin.
1:29.2	I'm a comic, a father, and personally, I think Dave's got to be feeling pretty smug right now
1:36.1	because I did the math for both of us, and he is still sitting comfortably under that
1:42.3	2,000 week halfway point.
1:45.0	Excellent.
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