Book · recommended on 4 episodes
Draft No. 4
John McPhee ISBN 9780374712396
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John McPhee ISBN 9780374712396
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This book by John McPhee has come up 4 times on Tim Ferriss. 4 of those mentions were genuine on-air recommendations, not just passing references. The people who brought it up: Michael Mauboussin, Tim Ferriss. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2020-07-13 and the most recent from 2023-03-05. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
"McPhee offers ... guidance in the decisions regarding arrangement, diction, and tone that shape nonfiction pieces, and he presents extracts from his work, subjecting them to wry scrutiny"--Amazon.com.
“I read draft number four last year and I was just like it's so on some level it's like brilliant”— Michael Mauboussin
The guest here is Michael Mauboussin: Head of Consilient Research on Counterpoint Global at Morgan Stanley Investment Management, longtime Columbia Business School adjunct finance professor, and author of investing classics including Think Twice, The Success Equation, More Than You Know, and Expectations Investing. Michael Mauboussin breaks down how great investors decide: base rates, wisdom of crowds, decision biases, and complex adaptive systems.
“there's a book called Draft No. 4 by John McPhee who's a staff writer at the New Yorker and just a behemoth of a craftsman”— Tim Ferriss
The guest here is Cal Newport: Associate professor of computer science at Georgetown University (PhD from MIT) who researches the theory of distributed systems. He is a New Yorker contributing writer, host of the Deep Questions podcast, and author of seven books including Deep Work, Digital Minimalism, and A World Without Email. Cal Newport on building a deep life through slow productivity, digital minimalism, craft, and contemplation in an age of distraction.
“a book that i have with me today called draft number four by john mcphee on the writing process”— Tim Ferriss
The guest here is Harley Finkelstein: Entrepreneur, lawyer, and Chief Operating Officer of Shopify, which he joined around 2010. He founded his first company at 17 while a student at McGill and is an advisor to Felicis Ventures. Shopify COO Harley Finkelstein on building the entrepreneurship company, lessons from law school, the Build-A-Business competition, and the accelerated future of retail.
“Draft No. 4 by John McPhee is definitely worth taking a look at. It's worth the read. It's very nerdy”— Tim Ferriss
The guest here is Janna Levin: Tow Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Barnard College of Columbia University and director of sciences at Pioneer Works. She studies black holes, extra dimensions, and gravitational waves, and is an award-winning author of books including Black Hole Blues and A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines. Physicist Janna Levin on the finite universe, extra dimensions, time travel, and reframing life's obstacles as the path itself.
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