Speaker
Tim Ferriss
16 bits across the podcasts they've appeared on
Tim Ferriss argues that 6 weeks of immersive language study can replicate what takes a year of weekly classes.
Tim Ferriss argues adults are actually faster language learners than children because they already have conceptual scaffolding and can understand grammar explanations.
Tim Ferriss reported that accelerated TMS with D-cycloserine reduced his anxiety and OCD rumination from an 8-9 out of 10 to near zero, with effects lasting 3-4 months.
A woman with stage-four cancer in remission analysed 200+ sci-fi books and found that 59% of them centred on the search for meaning in a post-scarcity world.
Setpoint Medical makes a vagus nerve implant the size of a small omega-3 capsule, inserted in an outpatient neck procedure, that fires twice daily to treat rheumatoid arthritis.
After his first effective TMS treatment, Tim Ferriss was unable to ejaculate for two weeks — a side effect attributed to over-suppressing the sympathetic nervous system.
Research by Gould-Dolan at UC Berkeley suggests psychedelics reopen a critical neuroplasticity window lasting two to three weeks, during which habits — good or bad — are much more likely to stick.
