Labyrinths

This book by Jorge Luis Borges was genuinely recommended once in the episodes we index, on Tim Ferriss. The people who vouched for it on air: David Eagleman. It comes up in conversations about brain health, consciousness, productivity & performance. Every quote below is verbatim, attributed, and linked to the exact second it was said. Sourced expert opinion, not medical advice.

The groundbreaking trans-genre work of Argentinean writer Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) has been insinuating itself into the structure, stance, and very breath of world literature for well over half a century. Writing that is multi-layered, self-referential, elusive, and allusive is now frequently labeled Borgesian. Umberto Eco's international bestseller, The Name of the Rose, is, on one level, an elaborate improvisation on Borges' ficciön "The Library of Babel," which American readers first encountered in the original 1962 New Directions publication of Labyrinths.

• “A Hundred Years of Solitude, if someone hasn't read that, Borges' Labyrinths, Toni Morrison's Beloved, essentially anything by Faulkner”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “if someone hasn't read that, Borges' Labyrinths”
  David Eagleman · The Tim Ferriss Show · May 202301:04:02

  Said during "Exploring Consciousness, Sensory Augmentation, The Lazy Susan Method of Productivity, and More". The episode features David Eagleman: Neuroscientist, Stanford professor, New York Times bestselling author (Sum, Incognito, Livewired), TED speaker, and founder of the neurotech company Neosensory. Neuroscientist David Eagleman explains sensory augmentation, why we dream, consciousness, memory, and his Lazy Susan method for managing many projects.