Book · recommended on 4 episodes
The Power Law
Sebastian Mallaby ISBN 0241356539
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Sebastian Mallaby ISBN 0241356539
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This book by Sebastian Mallaby 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: Roelof Botha, Tim Ferriss. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2022-08-11 and the most recent from 2024-02-21. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
“but the power law book ... I was listening to it in the car yesterday I was like good God it's just so good like the writing and the timing”— Tim Ferriss
The guest here is Cal Newport: Georgetown computer science professor, New Yorker contributor, and bestselling author of Deep Work, Digital Minimalism, and Slow Productivity. Cal Newport unpacks slow productivity, obsessing over quality, and resisting algorithm-driven attention economies in favor of long-horizon craft.
“That's just part of a power law distribution. Great book, by the way. Power Law.”— Tim Ferriss
The guest here is Kevin Rose: Kevin Rose with Tim Ferriss. Tim Ferriss and Kevin Rose share 2024 resolutions, advising tips, AI, and candid stories on ketamine therapy, caffeine, and ayahuasca.
“i'll second the recommendation the i mean the reason he chose the title for the book is that our our industry follows a power law curve”— Roelof Botha
The guest here is Roelof Botha: Partner and leader at Sequoia Capital, former PayPal CFO, and UK-qualified actuary; early backer of YouTube, Square/Block, Unity, Natera, MongoDB, and more. Sequoia's Roelof Botha on goal-setting rituals, founder problem fit, pre-mortems, power-law investing, and daring to dream.
“sebastian maliby who also has a very good book on venture capital more recently i believe it's called the power law”— Tim Ferriss
The guest here is Tim Ferriss: Author of The 4-Hour Workweek and host of The Tim Ferriss Show; angel investor (now focused on climate tech), podcaster, and self-experimenter, here doing a solo live Q&A. Tim Ferriss answers live and pre-submitted listener questions on wealth, money's limits, book recommendations, skill-building, and taking advice wisely.
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