Empty Planet

This book by Darrell Bricker and John Ibbitson was genuinely recommended once in the episodes we index, on Tim Ferriss. The people who vouched for it on air: Matt Mullenweg. It comes up in conversations about consciousness, depression & mood, psychedelics. Every quote below is verbatim, attributed, and linked to the exact second it was said. Sourced expert opinion, not medical advice.

• “Read this great book Kevin Kelly recommended called Empty Planet, [which] basically says we're not going to have enough people.”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “Read this great book Kevin Kelly recommended called Empty Planet”
  Matt Mullenweg · The Tim Ferriss Show · Dec 202301:03:51

  Said during "How to Thrive in an AI World, Tips for Life’s Darkest Hours, & The Art of Sabbaticals (4K)". The episode features 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.