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Fallen Leaves

Will Durant ISBN 1476771545

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This book by Will Durant came up once on Tim Ferriss in the episodes we index. That mention was a genuine on-air recommendation, not just a passing reference. The people who brought it up: Matt Mullenweg. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.

What it is

"The final and most personal work from Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian Will Durant--discovered thirty-two years after his death--is a message of insight for everyone who has sought meaning in life or the council of a wise friend in navigating life's journey ... [containing] twenty-two short chapters on everything from youth and old age, religion and morals, to sex, war, politics, and art"--Amazon.com.

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“Isn't that beautiful? ... It's neat.”
“This is from Fallen Leaves, which is that posthumous book ... Isn't that beautiful? ... It's neat. It's on life.”— Matt Mullenweg

The guest here is Matt Mullenweg: Co-founder of WordPress (runs over a third of all websites) and founder/CEO of Automattic, the open-source company behind WooCommerce, Tumblr, Day One, and the Texts messaging app. Matt Mullenweg on open-source freedom, an AI-shaped future, his first-ever sabbatical, and tools for life's darkest hours.

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