EconTalk · Russ Roberts
Tim Ferriss on Tim Ferriss (and much much more)
August 18, 2025·2 hr 7 min·5 clips
Tim Ferriss explains why having a large audience means you'll inevitably face death threats and stalkers.
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The most systematic self-optimizer in podcasting, off the clock.
Russ Roberts and Tim Ferriss spend most of the conversation somewhere other than the usual productivity territory. The episode covers AI as a writing tool, the cost of outsourcing thought, and Ferriss's own decision to hold off on AI writing tools until the dependency question…
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A billion-download podcaster and an economist compare notes on what AI costs the people who already write well.
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