Cat's Cradle

This book by Kurt Vonnegut was genuinely recommended once in the episodes we index, on Tim Ferriss. The people who vouched for it on air: Tim Ferriss. It comes up in conversations about anxiety & stress, depression & mood, exercise & strength. Every quote below is verbatim, attributed, and linked to the exact second it was said. Sourced expert opinion, not medical advice.

Cat's Cradle is Kurt Vonnegut's satirical commentary on modern man and his madness. An apocalyptic tale of this planet's ultimate fate, it features a midget as the protagonist, a complete, original theology created by a calypso singer, and a vision of the future that is at once blackly fatalistic and hilariously funny. A book that left an indelible mark on an entire generation of readers, Cat's Cradle is one of the twentieth century's most important works -- and Vonnegut at his very best.

• “cat's cradle by Kurt Vonnegut right it's just an incredible book it's easy to read he's hilarious”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “an incredible book, easy to read, he's hilarious”
  Tim Ferriss · The Tim Ferriss Show · Apr 202000:43:58

  Said during "The Random Show: Boozy Quarantine Edition!". The episode features Kevin Rose: Kevin Rose is a serial entrepreneur, investor at True Ventures, and Tim Ferriss's longtime friend and co-host of The Random Show. He joins Tim for this live, boozy quarantine-edition conversation. Tim Ferriss and Kevin Rose drink wine and riff on quarantine life, books, investing, anxiety, and binge-watching during early COVID-19.