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Tim FerrissA $1M Bitcoin Bet, Preventing Hangovers, AI Companions, Affordable Luxuries, Hi-Fi Audio, and More!
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EPISODE INFO
- Released
- May 3, 2023
- Duration
- 1h 40m
- Channel
- Tim Ferriss
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION
Brought to you by Shopify global commerce platform, providing tools to start, grow, market, and manage a retail business http://shopify.com/tim, Helix Sleep premium mattresses http://helixsleep.com/tim, and Athletic Greens’s AG1 all-in-one nutritional supplement http://athleticgreens.com/tim. Resources from the episode: https://tim.blog/2023/04/29/the-random-show-kevin-rose-ai-companions/ Technologist, serial entrepreneur, world-class investor, self-experimenter, and all-around wild and crazy guy Kevin Rose https://twitter.com/kevinrose rejoins me for another episode of The Random Show. In this one, we discuss affordable luxuries for priceless lives, suiting up for a visit to the Magic Castle, Eliza Ivanova’s art, my secret for supple skin, nineteenth-century Nintendo, Balaji’s bet, the science of hangover remedies, Moonbirds over Tokyo, an unexpected Sanbo Zen inquisition, Japanese death poems, escape rooms, high-fidelity immersive sound, Nanoblocks, and much more. Enjoy! [00:00] Start [00:14] The important juice. [04:24] Discount downfalls and luxury lettuce. [09:24] Becoming suitable for The Magic Castle. [13:33] Affordable luxuries for a priceless life. [16:16] A pipe dream. [18:42] A skincare secret. [19:49] Later life dating and alcohol abating (#hangover). [27:24] The current and anticipated state of AI. [43:28] Balaji’s bet. [1:01:03] Kevin practices his ABCs. [1:04:32] Eliza Ivanova. [1:06:31] TimTimsPrivacyScreens dot com. [1:09:25] Nintendo: Hanafuda to Zelda. [1:12:50] Untranslatables. [1:13:50] Tokyo Moonbirds and Zen karaoke. [1:19:02] Japanese Death Poems and other uplifting reading. [1:23:59] Some escape rooms are better than others. [1:28:28] High-fidelity immersive sound. [1:33:16] A whispering Replika and a vibrating “chest.” [1:37:35] Nanoblocks! Tim Ferriss is one of Fast Company’s “Most Innovative Business People” and an early-stage tech investor/advisor in Uber, Facebook, Twitter, Shopify, Duolingo, Alibaba, and 50+ other companies. He is also the author of five #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestsellers: The 4-Hour Workweek, The 4-Hour Body, The 4-Hour Chef, Tools of Titans and Tribe of Mentors. The Observer and other media have named him “the Oprah of audio” due to the influence of his podcast, The Tim Ferriss Show, which has exceeded 900 million downloads and been selected for “Best of Apple Podcasts” three years running. Sign up for "5-Bullet Friday" (Tim's free weekly email newsletter): https://go.tim.blog/5-bullet-friday-yt/ Follow the Tim Ferriss Podcast: https://tim.blog/podcast/ Visit the Tim Ferriss Blog: https://tim.blog/ Follow Tim Ferriss on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tferriss/ Follow Tim Ferriss on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/timferriss/ Like Tim Ferriss on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TimFerriss/
SPEAKERS
Tim Ferriss
hostEntrepreneur, author, and host of The Tim Ferriss Show.
Kevin Rose
guestEntrepreneur and investor, known for founding Digg and co-hosting The Random Show with Tim Ferriss.
EPISODE SUMMARY
In this episode of Tim Ferriss, featuring Tim Ferriss and Kevin Rose, A $1M Bitcoin Bet, Preventing Hangovers, AI Companions, Affordable Luxuries, Hi-Fi Audio, and More! explores From luxury scarcity to AI companions and Balaji’s $1M Bitcoin bet Kevin shares a limited-release, high-demand IPA (Pliny the Younger) as a jumping-off point for how scarcity and brand strategy shape what people consider “luxury.”
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