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The Tim Ferriss Show #859 · March 25, 2026 · 1h 24m
Q&A with Tim — The Upcoming AI Tsunami and Building Offline Advantage, Book Recommendations, Spotting Psychedelic Red Flags, Courage as a Learnable Skill, and More
A solo Q&A episode where Ferriss fields pre-submitted listener questions. Heavily weighted toward AI — when to use it, when not to, career implications. Also covers psychedelic safety, courage as a skill, the Enneagram for relationships, and selective ignorance. Lighter on canonical ideas than a typical guest interview; most content is editorial advice from Ferriss's personal experience.
Canon
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Uses Shelley's "Ozymandias" as the way in. Harvard Grant Study.
Curious
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1,000 True Fans00:30:20
Kevin Kelly's framework applied to building online community.•
Ferriss's reframing question for conflict. His "18th question."
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Courage is a learnable skill01:17:33
Fear-setting method. Deliberate practice and incremental exposure.Editorial
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References
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Kumaré — Vikram Gandhi (film) (2011) — Analogy for spotting false gurus in the psychedelic space
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Ozymandias — Percy Bysshe Shelley (poem) (1818) — The futility of wealth accumulation without relationships
Misc
✧Tim was asked his favorite color
✧Has a rescue dog named Molly, trained using Susan Garrett's methodology
✧Mentions "Cockpunch" and "Varlata" as future projects with someone called Coyote — unexplained
✧Shipwreck scam story during a wilderness adventure
✧Chris Hutchins uses Claude Code and OpenClaw (a workflow optimization tool) for team productivity
✧Leopold Aschenbrenner referenced as an "AI Nostradamus" for predictions about AI trajectory