The Tim Ferriss Show
Tim Ferriss draws top performers down to steps you can actually follow, across business, health and learning
46:33Rules meant to simplify your life complicate it through upkeep
Oliver Burkeman discovered that even labor-saving tricks like two-suit wardrobes demand maintenance—real simplicity isn't rule-making but releasing attachment to how things should be.
1:26:20He calculated exactly when video sites should profit—yet never built YouTube himself
In 2003, he calculated that video sites' bandwidth costs would only make business sense around 2005–2006—perfectly timed with YouTube's founding—but because he never actually built it himself, he handed off a company now worth $300 billion to someone else.
2:11:33Two outsiders persuade government to add psychedelics to Australia's prescription list
Two entrepreneurs with no medical background used petitions, lobbying, and thousands of private lectures over nearly eight years to get MDMA and psilocybin onto Australia's prescription list, surviving two formal rejections from regulators.