#704: Q&A with Tim — New Religions, AI Companions, Longevity Levers, Resurrecting “Forgotten” Languages, Stress-Testing Cherished Beliefs, Tactics for Writer’s Block, Low-Back Pain, and Much More

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Hello, boys and girls, ladies and germs. This is Tim Ferriss.
Welcome to another episode of The Tim Ferriss Show, where it is
usually my job to sit down with world-class performers of all
different types to tease out the habits, routines, favorite
books, and so on that you can apply and test in your own
life. 


This time, we have a slightly different format. I’m the guest,
and you asked the questions. 


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workarounds, tricks from experts, strange experiments, and weird
stuff from all over the world. My subscribers have seen
many, many things at the edges before they’ve gone
mainstream. 


In this episode, I answer questions on resurrecting “forgotten”
languages, dog training, writer’s block, reducing alcohol intake,
AI companions, training the “good enough” muscle, low-back pain,
the importance of weight training and muscle mass, travel
recommendations for Japan, managing fear of death and the descent
to death, breaking negative self-talk, and much, much more. 


Please enjoy! 


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Past guests on The Tim Ferriss
Show include Jerry Seinfeld, Hugh
Jackman, Dr. Jane Goodall, LeBron James, Kevin
Hart, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Jamie Foxx, Matthew
McConaughey, Esther Perel, Elizabeth
Gilbert, Terry Crews, Sia, Yuval Noah
Harari, Malcolm Gladwell, Madeleine
Albright, Cheryl Strayed, Jim Collins, Mary
Karr, Maria Popova, Sam Harris, Michael
Phelps, Bob Iger, Edward Norton, Arnold
Schwarzenegger, Neil Strauss, Ken Burns, Maria
Sharapova, Marc Andreessen, Neil Gaiman, Neil de
Grasse Tyson, Jocko Willink, Daniel Ek, Kelly
Slater, Dr. Peter Attia, Seth Godin, Howard
Marks, Dr. Brené Brown, Eric Schmidt, Michael
Lewis, Joe Gebbia, Michael Pollan, Dr. Jordan
Peterson, Vince Vaughn, Brian Koppelman, Ramit
Sethi, Dax Shepard, Tony Robbins, Jim
Dethmer, Dan Harris, Ray Dalio, Naval
Ravikant, Vitalik Buterin, Elizabeth
Lesser, Amanda Palmer, Katie Haun, Sir Richard
Branson, Chuck Palahniuk, Arianna Huffington, Reid
Hoffman, Bill Burr, Whitney Cummings, Rick
Rubin, Dr. Vivek Murthy, Darren
Aronofsky, Margaret Atwood, Mark Zuckerberg, Peter
Thiel, Dr. Gabor Maté, Anne Lamott, Sarah
Silverman, Dr. Andrew Huberman, and many more.


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