Stories of Your Life and Others (short stories incl. the basis for Arrival)

This book by Ted Chiang has been genuinely recommended 2 times across 2 different shows: Lex Fridman, Tim Ferriss. The people who vouched for it on air: Tim Ferriss, guest. It comes up in conversations about consciousness, psychedelics, supplements. The earliest recommendation we indexed is from Dec 2020 and the most recent from Sep 2023. Every quote below is verbatim, attributed, and linked to the exact second it was said. Sourced expert opinion, not medical advice.

Ted Chiang's first published story, "Tower of Babylon," won the Nebula Award for 1990. Now, collected for the first time, are all seven of this extraordinary writer's extraordinary stories--plus a new story written especially for this volume.

• “he's absurdly, absurdly good... So Ted Chiang for science fiction would be my starting point.”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “absurdly, absurdly good... my starting point”
  Tim Ferriss · The Tim Ferriss Show · Sep 202300:46:21

  Said during "The Random Show with Tim Ferriss & Kevin Rose, Affordable Luxuries, Brain Stimulation, and More!". The episode features Kevin Rose: Kevin Rose with Tim Ferriss. Tim and Kevin swap affordable luxuries, brain-stimulation experiments, books, supplements, gear, and AI investing ideas in a free-ranging Random Show.

• “the author ted chang has a lot i recommend his his writings his short stories”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “i recommend his his writings his short stories”
  guest · Lex Fridman Podcast · Dec 202001:24:06

  Said during "Diana Walsh Pasulka: Aliens, Technology, Religion & the Nature of Belief | Lex Fridman Podcast #149". The episode features Diana Walsh Pasulka: Professor of philosophy and religion at UNC Wilmington and author of American Cosmic: UFOs, Religion, and Technology. She studies belief, Catholic history, and how the UFO phenomenon functions as an emerging religion. A religion scholar argues UFOs are becoming a new religion, and that belief itself, in tech and aliens alike, manifests reality.