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The Mind of a Mnemonist: A Little Book About a Vast Memory
A. R. Luria
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A. R. Luria
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This book by A. R. Luria 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: Tim Ferriss. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2022-05-05 and the most recent from 2025-12-04. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
“It's called the mind of a nemanist... A little book about a vast memory. The author's name is a r luria. Fascinating fascinating book that I really recommend to people.”— Tim Ferriss
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“there are two resources I want to recommend. The first is a book that I first bought in late high school called The Mind of a Mnemonist.”— Tim Ferriss
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