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A Guide to the Good Life
William B. Irvine ISBN 9780195374612
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William B. Irvine ISBN 9780195374612
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This book by William B. Irvine has come up 2 times on Tim Ferriss. 2 of those mentions were genuine on-air recommendations, not just passing references. The people who brought it up: Derek Sivers, Tim Ferriss. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2023-04-21 and the most recent from 2025-04-23. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
“On the I think it's just called on the good life, William Irvine, I believe it is ... which then comments on Epictetus and so on.”— Tim Ferriss
The guest here is Stephen West: Creator and host of the Philosophize This! podcast, a self-taught philosopher who went from a high-school dropout stocking groceries to running one of the most respected independent philosophy shows; 225 episodes in over 12 years, with a book deal coming in 2026. Philosophize This! creator Stephen West tells Tim Ferriss how a homeless dropout warehouse worker built a beloved philosophy podcast.
“finally in 2010, I read A Guide to the Good Life ... Whoa! Oh, my God ... This is the way I've been thinking”— Derek Sivers
The guest here is Derek Sivers: Entrepreneur turned author who founded and sold CD Baby; minimalist writer known for books like Anything You Want, now living in New Zealand. Derek Sivers walks Tim Ferriss through escaping the cloud, the unoptimized life, and his radical-skepticism worldview of 'Useful Not True.'.
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