Friday, September 1, 2023
Illustration via 99designsTechnologist, serial entrepreneur, world-class investor, self-experimenter, and all-around wild and crazy guy Kevin Rose (@KevinRose) rejoins me for another episode of The Random Show!
We discuss affordable luxuries, creative offsites, brain stimulation, OCD, ADHD, tokenizing humans via a bonding curve, cold therapy on a budget, phone data strategies for international travelers, Toshiba’s low-carb rice cooker, and much, much more!
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Want to hear the last time Kevin and I put on a Random Show? Listen to our conversation here, in which we discussed 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.
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SELECTED LINKS FROM THE EPISODE
Website | PROOF | Instagram | Twitter
- The Tim Ferriss Podcast is Live! Here Are Episodes 1 and 2 | The Tim Ferriss Show
- City of Versailles, KY
- Impressions about Vintage 2021 | Domaine Tempier
- When It’s Okay to Add Ice to Your Wine, According to Experts | VinePair
- ‘Godspeed, John Glenn’ | Merriam-Webster
- Day-Date | Rolex
- Speedmaster Moonwatch Professional | Omega
- Swatch X Omega to the Planets with the Bioceramic Moonswatch Collection | Swatch
- Apple iPhone from 2007 Sells for $190,000 | CNN Business
- Elon Musk Interview | The Kevin Rose Show
- Kevin’s Thoughts on Ethereum in Early 2014 | The Tim Ferriss Show #24
- The World’s Greatest Roleplaying Game | Dungeons & Dragons
- The World’s Premier Trading Card Game | Magic: The Gathering
- A Fictional World Built for These Chaotic Times | The Legend of CØCKPUNCH
- NFT Royalty Fees Dropped by OpenSea | The Verge
- Funding Cutting-Edge Scientific Research | Saisei Foundation
- Epicureanism | Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- The Simple, Powerful, and Fun Way to Edit | Descript
- What Is Google’s Hiring Process like and What Really Happens behind the Scenes after an Interview? | Quora
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) | American Psychiatric Association
- Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) | American Psychiatric Association
- Accelerated TMS: Moving Quickly into the Future of Depression Treatment | Neuropsychopharmacology
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) | Johns Hopkins Medicine
- Experimental Depression Treatment Is Nearly 80% Effective in Controlled Study | Stanford Medicine
- Rain Man | Prime Video
- The DC Comics Guide to Writing Comics by Dennis O’Neil | Amazon
- Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang | Amazon
- Arrival | Prime Video
- Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien | Amazon
- The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss | Amazon
- The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman | Amazon
- The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie | Amazon
- Ethan Hawke: Give Yourself Permission to Be Creative | TED Talk
- The Marketplace for Your Friends | friend.tech
- Ex-App Store Director: ‘Apple Had a Problem with Crypto from Day One’ | Decrypt
- Is friend.tech a Friend or Foe? A Dive Into the New Social App Driving Millions in Trading Volume | CoinDesk
- Support Your Favorite Creators | OnlyFans
- Best Way for Artists and Creators to Get Sustainable Income and Connect with Fans | Patreon
- Pussy Riot
- Pearl Jam
- Muay Thai History, Benefits, and Rules | Yokkao
- ‘Boxing Is a Mess’: The Darkness and Damage of Brain Trauma in the Ring | The Guardian
- Tony Hawk Announces His Mother Has Died after a Long Battle with Alzheimer’s | CNN
- Psychedelic Psilocybin Clinical Trial in Parkinson’s Nears End | Parkinson’s News Today
- Inside Ibogaine: A Promising and Perilous Drug for Addiction | Time
- MycoMedica Life Sciences, PBC Secures $60 Million in Funding to Fuel Fungi-Based Drug Development for Prevention and Treatment of Psychiatric and Neurological Disorders | Globe Newswire
- Paul Stamets: 6 Ways Mushrooms Can Save the World | TED Talk
- Returning Ancestral Lands to Indigenous Hands | Amazon Conservation Team
- What are the Benefits of Cold Therapy? | Wim Hof Method
- Tony Robbins’s Three Steps to Creating a Breakthrough | Inc.com
- The Cold Pod 85-Gallon Cold Plunge Tub | Amazon
- Yeti Tundra 65 Cooler | Amazon
- Horton Hears a Who by Dr. Seuss | Amazon
- Haiku (or Hokku) | Poetry Foundation
- Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver | Amazon
- Dream Work by Mary Oliver | Amazon
- Gold by Rumi | Amazon
- Time Is a Mother by Ocean Vuong | Amazon
- Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong | Amazon
- Japanese Death Poems: Written by Zen Monks and Haiku Poets on the Verge of Death by Yoel Hoffmann | Amazon
- Three Simple Lines: A Writer’s Pilgrimage into the Heart and Homeland of Haiku by Natalie Goldberg | Amazon
- Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within by Natalie Goldberg | Amazon
- Beyond the Haiku Moment: Basho, Buson & Modern Haiku Myths | New Zealand Poetry Society
- The Sound of Water: Haiku by Basho, Buson, Issa, and Other Poets by Sam Hamill | Amazon
- The Morning Glory! by Fukuda Chiyo-ni | All Poetry
- Putting Up My Hair by Fukuda Chiyo-ni | All Poetry
- Again the Women by Fukuda Chiyo-ni | All Poetry
- Chiyo-ni: Woman Haiku Master by Patricia Donegan and Yoshie Ishibashi | Amazon
- Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History by Dan Flores | Amazon
- Mike Phillips — How to Save a Species | The Tim Ferriss Show #383
- Mark Twain’s Description of a Coyote | Coyote Yipps
- Human Growth Hormone (HGH): Does It Slow Aging? | Mayo Clinic
- Fecal Transplant | Johns Hopkins Medicine
- Ketamine HCL 30 mg Suppository | McGuff Compounding Pharmacy
- Hydrolyzed Collagen | FoundMyFitness
- Great Lakes Wellness, 2 Pk Collagen Hydrolysate Unflavored Beef Protein Kosher 16 Oz Cans | Amazon
- Quality Bone Broth | Brodo
- The Healthiest Red Meat on the Planet | Maui Nui Venison
- Nutrient Density Study | Van Vliet Lab
- Aesop Resurrection Rinse-Free Hand Wash | Amazon
- Now Foods Kre-Alkalyn | Amazon
- Delicious Brews for Discerning Cocks | CØCKPUNCH Coffee
- Miami Vice | NBC
- OneSkin | Amazon
- ProMix Nutrition | Amazon
- Toshiba Induction Low Carb Rice Cooker | Amazon
- Incredibly Moist and Easy Carrot Cake | Inspired Taste
- Brilliant Martini | Boodles Gin
- Best Espresso Martini Recipe | Delish
- The Alice in Wonderland Omnibus by Lewis Carroll and John Tenniel | Amazon
- Local and Regional eSIMs for Travellers | Airalo
- A Simple, Wireless Phone Plan With Unlimited Data | Google Fi Wireless
- Wireless, Internet, TV, and Phone Services | Verizon
- VUSXX: Vanguard Treasury Money Market Fund | Vanguard
- Will Nvidia Be a $2 Trillion Stock by 2030? | The Motley Fool
- Dollar-Cost Averaging (DCA) | Investopedia
- Why Nvidia’s Stock Surge Should Worry AMD Investors | Seeking Alpha
- Facebook Will Make Its Latest Llama AI Model Free to Use | The Washington Post
- NTDOY Stock Price | MarketWatch
- The Super Mario Bros. Movie
- The Legend of Zelda Movie Reportedly Green-Lit After Super Mario Bros. Movie Success | Movieweb
- The Night Lord of the Rings Swept the Board | Empire
- Hanafuda: The History and Popularity of the Japanese Flower Card Game | Japanbased
SHOW NOTES
- [04:41] Drinks? Heck, it’s 3:00 p.m. Friday somewhere.
- [08:36] Affordable (and unaffordable) luxuries.
- [14:42] Kevin’s relaunching his podcast.
- [17:37] Celebrating creative CØCKPUNCH collaboration.
- [26:56] Overcoming delegation consternation.
- [36:23] OCD & ADHD
- [42:55] Tolkien never said “CØCKPUNCH.”
- [47:55] Inspirational formats and fictions.
- [53:26] Brain stimulation banter.
- [55:23] Tokenizing humans via a bonding curve.
- [1:03:24] Mitigating brain damage over time.
- [1:11:47] Cold therapy on a budget.
- [1:17:41] Climbing up the poet tree.
- [1:26:31] Coyotes and wolves and Twain.
- [1:30:34] A free idea for Audible: synchronous book clubs?
- [1:32:02] Supplements.
- [1:34:35] Brodo kudos.
- [1:36:44] Aesop.
- [1:37:12] Caffeine and creatine with a chance of disaster pants.
- [1:41:15] CØCKPUNCH Coffee.
- [1:44:49] Three cheers for OneSkin.
- [1:47:50] One out of one Dr. Peter Attias recommends ProMix.
- [1:48:51] A low-carb rice cooker? Thanks, Toshiba.
- [1:52:14] We like our cake like we like our martinis: without carrots.
- [1:54:50] Dating in the 21st century.
- [1:57:31] Phone data strategies for international travelers.
- [2:01:28] Why Kevin doesn’t buy individual bonds (and what he does instead).
- [2:03:00] What stocks attract Kevin’s investment dollars these days?
- [2:06:57] Parting thoughts.
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