Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives

This book by David Eagleman 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, trauma & ptsd. Every quote below is verbatim, attributed, and linked to the exact second it was said. Sourced expert opinion, not medical advice.

• “david eagleman ... four details of after lives and each one starts basically at the moment of death ... they're hilarious and it's a great bedtime read”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “i'm going to plug two books here ... it is a great book it is an exceptional book”
  Matt Mullenweg · The Tim Ferriss Show · Mar 202201:02:53

  Said during "Tim Ferriss and Matt Mullenweg Get Personal in Antarctica". The episode features Matt Mullenweg: Co-founder of the open-source publishing platform WordPress and founder/CEO of Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, WooCommerce, Tumblr, and Pocket Casts. A longtime friend of Tim, distributed-work advocate, and avid photographer. Tim Ferriss and Matt Mullenweg record from a tent on an Antarctic glacier, sharing personal reflections on grief, mortality, fear, and meaning.