Fallen Leaves

This book by Will Durant 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.

"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.

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

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “Isn't that beautiful? ... It's neat.”
  Matt Mullenweg · The Tim Ferriss Show · Dec 202301:43:20

  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.