Tim Ferriss: Smart Drugs, Insect Protein, Sex, and His 3 Top Tips for a SUCCESSFUL Life : 1220
The Human Upgrade with Dave Asprey
Dave Asprey
4.6 • 7.3K Ratings
🗓️ 7 November 2024
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
What if the keys to an extraordinary life lie in choices most people wouldn’t dare to make?
In this iconic, unearthed episode, best-selling author and performance pioneer Tim Ferriss joins Dave Asprey to spill the unfiltered truth on smart drugs, insect protein, and the surprising links between sex, creativity, and high performance.
They dig into cutting-edge topics still sparking curiosity today: the calculated risks and rewards of smart drugs, the future-forward benefits of insect protein, and how unconventional habits fuel creativity and peak performance. Tim candidly shares his personal protocols, from routine blood testing to strategic supplementation, all rooted in his philosophy that “the dose makes the poison.”
As a powerful wrap-up, Tim lays out his top three life principles for real success: choosing high-caliber people, focusing on those who “get it,” and setting audacious, even wild, goals. Whether you’re biohacking or simply intrigued, this episode delivers timeless insights and bold ideas for anyone ready to unlock a high-performance life.
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Resources:
• Tim Ferriss’ Website – https://tim.blog
• Tim Ferriss’ Book Club – http://fourhourbook.club/
• Tim Ferriss’ Podcast – https://tim.blog/podcast/
• Dave Asprey’s Website – https://daveasprey.com
• Dave Asprey’s Book: Smarter Not Harder – https://daveasprey.com/books
• Danger Coffee – https://dangercoffee.com
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• Dave Asprey’s Linktree – https://linktr.ee/daveasprey
• Upgrade Collective: Join The Human Upgrade Podcast Live – https://www.ourupgradecollective.com
• Own an Upgrade Labs – https://ownanupgradelabs.com
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• 40 Years of Zen – Neurofeedback training for advanced cognitive enhancement – https://40yearsofzen.com
Timestamps
• 00:00 Introduction to Early Episodes
• 00:57 The Human Upgrade with Tim Ferriss
• 01:58 Smart Drugs and Their Effects
• 05:09 Experimenting with Health and Performance
• 13:53 The Role of Creativity and Writing
• 17:05 Exploring Nutrition and Insect Protein
• 21:01 Handling Criticism and Audience Responsibility
• 30:04 Sex, Performance, and Longevity
• 33:21 Tim Ferriss’ Top Three Life Tips
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| 0:00.0 | What you're about to watch are early episodes of the human upgrade that I uncovered for you. |
| 0:05.6 | So these are conversations with friends before they became podcasters, guys like Andrew Huberman, |
| 0:10.6 | even Tim Ferriss. |
| 0:12.0 | Let me know who else you think I should interview in the comments, because when I know what you want to know, |
| 0:16.9 | I'm going to get it for you. It's all about being a better human being. |
| 0:20.6 | Subscribe now to be the first to know when a new episode comes out. |
| 0:26.0 | You can kill someone through over consumption of water. If you do an IV drip of vitamin |
| 0:29.9 | bean, you put 100 grams into someone over a short enough period of time. A lot of people |
| 0:33.6 | will go into diabetic coma. Even people who right early tend to do it for the rest of the world |
| 0:38.3 | wakes up. So it's this kind of 10 p.m. July 7.30 8 a.m. range that seems to be very consistent |
| 0:45.2 | across all of these top writers, musicians, artists. What's your experience on the flip side as a male |
| 0:52.0 | in terms of energy, creative force, and all of that when it comes |
| 0:55.8 | to out of sec. |
| 0:57.7 | You're listening to The Human Upgrade with Dave Asprey. |
| 1:04.2 | Today's guest needs no introduction, although I'll introduce him briefly. |
| 1:08.7 | He is Tim Ferriss, the New York Times bestselling |
| 1:11.0 | author of three books, including the four-hour work week, four-hour body, four-hour chef. He's been |
| 1:16.6 | all over the media, more than 100 outlets. He lectures at Princeton. He's a world champion |
| 1:21.5 | tango guy, Chinese kickboxer, and after on a hit TV series in Hong Kong, and basically an all-around ass kicker. Tim, |
| 1:28.9 | welcome to the show, man. Thanks for having me. I have this theory that like a gazillion years ago, |
| 1:35.0 | we won't go into exactly how many years ago. There were like these two cavemen and one of them |
| 1:38.7 | came back with fire from a lighting strike and he said, I will keep cave warm, Og, or Grok, actually, and it's been a shut |
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