The Random Show — 2024 New Year’s Resolutions, Tim’s 30-Day No-Caffeine Experiment, Mental Health Breakthroughs, AI Upheaval, Dealmaking and Advising for Startups, The Next-Gen of Note-Taking, Digital Security Tips, and Much More (#712)

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Technologist, 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 !



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#712: The Random Show — 2024 New Year’s Resolutions, Tim’s 30-Day No-Caffeine Experiment, Mental Health Breakthroughs, AI Upheaval, Dealmaking and Advising for Startups, The Next-Gen of Note-Taking, Digital Security Tips, and 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 brain stimulation, 21st-century dating, phone data strategies for international travelers, carrot-free martinis, synchronous book clubs, creative CØCKPUNCH collaboration, overcoming delegation consternation, and much more .


#690: The Random Show, Rare Drinking Edition — Affordable Luxuries, Brain Stimulation, Sampling the Future (and Some Previews), Recharging with Creative Experiments, Tokenizing Humans with a Bonding Curve, Poetry for People Who Hate Poetry, and Much More



What was your favorite quote or lesson from this episode? Please let me know in the comments .



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SELECTED LINKS FROM THE EPISODE




Connect with  Kevin Rose :




Website  |  PROOF  |  Instagram  |  Twitter




LALO Tequila



Suerte | East Austin



Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) | Investopedia



Twitter’s Demise Is About So Much More Than Elon Musk | The Atlantic



Password Manager for Families, Businesses, Teams | 1Password



Facebook Artist Wisely Took Stock as Pay for Murals | The Seattle Times



Advice for Startups | Venture Hacks



Henry Shukman — Zen, Tools for Awakening, Ayahuasca vs. Meditation, Intro to Koans, and Using Wounds as the Doorway | The Tim Ferriss Show #531



Zen Master Henry Shukman — 20 Minutes of Calm, Plus the Strange and Powerful World of Koans | The Tim Ferriss Show #560



Meditation Training Program | The Way



Tame Your Work, Organize Your Life | Evernote



The Power Law: Venture Capital and the Making of the New Future by Sebastian Mallaby | Amazon



Second Brain Resource Guide | BASB



Your Connected Workspace for Wiki, Docs, and Projects | Notion



The Future of Documents | Craft



Sharpen Your Thinking | Obsidian



My Brain | F-Droid



A Studio for Your Mind | Capacities



iForgot: Recover Your Apple ID | Apple



A Simple, Wireless Phone Plan With Unlimited Data | Google Fi Wireless



Titan Security Key | Google



Simple, Secure, Reliable Messaging | WhatsApp



We Are Passionate about Making the Web a Better Place | Automattic



Ask an AI Trained on My Blog and Podcast | The Tim Ferriss Show



The 4-Hour Chef: The Simple Path to Cooking Like a Pro, Learning Anything, and Living the Good Life by Timothy Ferriss | Amazon



The Subway Scandal of 2013 Heads to Wisconsin | Marquette University Law School Faculty Blog



Frequent Filers Revisited: Professional Plaintiffs in Securities Class Actions | US Chamber of Commerce Institute for Legal Reform



Reid Hoffman’s Two Rules for Strategy Decisions | Harvard Business Review



The Surrender Experiment: My Journey into Life’s Perfection by Michael A. Singer | Amazon



Living from a Place of Surrender | Sounds True



A Fictional World Built for These Chaotic Times | The Legend of CØCKPUNCH



The World’s Greatest Roleplaying Game | Dungeons & Dragons



The World’s Premier Trading Card Game | Magic: The Gathering



What Is a 360 Review in the Workplace? | The Balance Careers



Thicc | Urban Dictionary



Apolipoprotein B (Apo B) Test | Cleveland Clinic



Hyperuricemia (High Uric Acid Level) Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment | Cleveland Clinic



Allopurinol Uses, Dosage, Side Effects | Drugs.com



Uloric (Febuxostat) Dosage, Side Effects, Interactions | Johns Hopkins Arthritis Center



Living with the “King’s Disease” | Alliance for Gout Awareness



Gout: The Missing Chapter from Good Calories, Bad Calories | Tim Ferriss



Good Calories, Bad Calories: Fats, Carbs, and the Controversial Science of Diet and Health by Gary Taubes | Amazon



Boston Heart Diagnostics



NEXLIZET (Bempedoic Acid and Ezetimibe)



AMA #19: Deep Dive on Zone 2 Training, Magnesium Supplementation, and How to Engage with Your Doctor | The Peter Attia Drive #145



Pilates: What It Is and Health Benefits | Cleveland Clinic



Clinically Proven Blood Pressure Lowering Device | RESPeRATE



Your Home Blood Pressure Monitoring Solution | Aktiia



How to Use a Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM) to Optimize Your Nutrition (Clip) | The Tim Ferriss Show



Eight Symptoms of Caffeine Withdrawal | Healthline



The Easy Way to Quit Caffeine: Live a Healthier, Happier Life by Allen Carr | Amazon



Allen Carr’s Easy Way to Stop Smoking by Allen Carr | Amazon



The Most Accurate Smart Ring | Oura Ring



Ritual Coffee Roasters



Why Can’t Mormons Drink Coffee? | Coffeeness



Cacao Ceremony: What It’s All About and What to Know Beforehand | Mindbodygreen



Theobromine | PubChem



CocoaVia | Amazon



Tobacco and Shamanism in South America by Johannes Wilbert | Amazon



Tobacco in Cocktails | Art of Drink



Tobacco and Nicotine Safety in Cocktails | Cocktail Safe



Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life with the Heart of a Buddha by Tara Brach | Amazon



Pique Organic Fermented Black (Ripe) Pu’er Tea | Amazon



Junior | Prime Video



Web3 Explained, Plus the History of Web1 and 2 | Investopedia



The Official PROOF PFP | Moonbirds



NFT Recap 2023: What Happened in the NFT Space This Year? | Cointelegraph



Ketamine: Benefits and Risks for Depression, PTSD, and Neuroplasticity | Huberman Lab



Matthew Perry Died from Acute Effects of Ketamine, Autopsy Says | AP News



Ketamine Clinic and Therapy in Los Angeles | Golden Afternoon



Dr. John Krystal — All Things Ketamine, The Most Comprehensive Podcast Episode Ever | The Tim Ferriss Show #625



Propofol | Wikipedia



Roland Griffiths, PhD — Life’s Ultimate Glide Path, An Unexpected Stage IV Diagnosis, Facing Death, How Meditation and Psychedelics Can Help, and The Art of Living a Life of Gratitude | The Tim Ferriss Show #641



Eight Reasons to Get a Colonoscopy (It’s Really Not a Big Deal) | Wayne UNC Health Care



WHO Model List of Essential Medicines | World Health Organization



Hyponatremia Symptoms and Causes | Mayo Clinic



Jury Rules Against Radio Station After Water-Drinking Contest Kills California Mom | ABC News



“The Dose Makes the Poison.” | Chemical Safety Facts



The World’s Largest Psychedelic Research Center | The Tim Ferriss Show #385



How AI Could Unlock the Medical Potential of Psychedelics | Pharmaceutical Technology



Sam Altman, the Exec behind ChatGPT, Pushes for Revolution in Psychedelics | The Washington Post



Welcome to the Tattoo Revolution | Blackdot



Kevin’s New Tyler Hobbs Tattoo | Threads



Mona Lisa Eyes Tattoo via Blackdot | Instagram



The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love That Lasts by Gary Chapman | Amazon



Conscious Loving: The Journey to Co-Commitment by Gay Hendricks and Kathlyn Hendricks | Amazon



MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy | MAPS



Promoting Health and Safety within Music and Nightlife Communities | DanceSafe



How to Change Your Mind | Netflix



Trip of Compassion Documentary | Vimeo On Demand



Should We All Take a Bit of Lithium? | The New York Times



Lumbosacral Transitional Vertebrae: Classification, Imaging Findings, and Clinical Relevance | American Journal of Neuroradiology



My Skincare Routine | TikTok



People Are Drinking Ayahuasca to Treat Physical Illnesses | Vice



The Fellowship of the River: A Medical Doctor’s Exploration into Traditional Amazonian Plant Medicine by Joseph Tafur | Amazon



Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection by John Sarno | Amazon



Holotropic Breathwork: A New Approach to Self-Exploration and Therapy by Stanislav Grof and Christina Grof | Amazon



About Holotropic Breathwork | Grof Transpersonal Training



Billions | Showtime



Rounders | Prime Video



Cartesian Dualism | Philosophy Tube



Small Pilates Ball | Amazon




SHOW NOTES




[04:57] Tequila disclosures and investment discourse.



[10:42] Startup advisor advice.



[18:40] The hit rate of past New Year’s resolutions.



[20:13] Henry Shukman’s new meditation app: The Way.



[22:44] An overlooked advantage for the early investor.



[24:15] Saucelessness and second brains.



[27:41] Protecting your phone’s collage of schwanzes.



[34:20] Privacy and liability concerns in an AI-guided world.



[40:42] Minimalist delegation, foot faults, and surrender.



[46:30] Quick, creative collaborations.



[51:39] My post-holiday physical reboot.



[59:02] Kevin’s physical reboot.



[1:03:18] Taking a break from caffeine, alcohol, sex, and sweetness.



[1:16:26] Cacao ceremonies and perilous tobacco cocktails.



[1:22:18] Radical Acceptance and the origin of TimTim.



[1:24:34] How NFTs drove Kevin to ketamine.



[1:57:09] Kevin’s robot-enhanced Tyler Hobbs tattoo.



[2:02:45] What kind of tattoo might I get, and why?



[2:09:11] Advice for our former (and current) versions.



[2:21:25] Ayahuasca agony alleviation and alternatives.



[2:34:07] Gratitude and parting thoughts.




PEOPLE MENTIONED




Chase Jarvis



Don Julio González



Mark Zuckerberg



David Choe



Asa Akira



Chris Sacca



Manu Ginóbili



Jimmy Fallon



Henry Shukman



Sam Harris



Sohn



Shrek



Ben Casnocha



Michael Alan Singer



Peter Attia



Gary Taubes



Barack Obama



Darya Rose



Rhonda Patrick



Johannes Wilbert



Tara Brach



Arnold Schwarzenegger



Andrew Huberman



Matthew Perry



Jennifer Ellice



LeBron James



John Krystal



Michael Jackson



Roland Griffiths



Jennifer Strange



Paracelsus



Phil Wolfson



Tyler Hobbs



Estefania Marquez



Pablo Picasso



Banksy



Molly Ferriss



Toaster Pino Rose



Jess Mascetti



Bruce Willis



Gay Hendricks



Katie Hendricks



Michael Pollan



John E. Sarno



Brian Koppelman



Wu-Tang Clan

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