The Price of Everything

This book was genuinely recommended once in the episodes we index, on Tim Ferriss. The people who vouched for it on air: Tim Ferriss. It comes up in conversations about exercise & strength, sleep. Every quote below is verbatim, attributed, and linked to the exact second it was said. Sourced expert opinion, not medical advice.

This book starts with a simple premise: there is a price behind each choice that we make, whether we're deciding to have a baby, drive a car, or buy a book. We often fail to appreciate just how critical prices are as motivating forces shaping our lives, but their power becomes clear when distorted prices steer our decisions the wrong way. Eduardo Porter takes us on a global economic adventure, from comparing the relative prices of a vote in corrupt São Tomé and in the ostensibly aboveboard United States to assessing the cost of happiness in Bhutan to deducing the dollar value we assign to human life.

• “there's a documentary that goes into some of this the price of everything though i believe i have to watch that that's awesome you'll love it”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “you'll love it”
  Tim Ferriss · The Tim Ferriss Show · Aug 202100:37:24

  Said during "The Random Show, Blockchain/Crypto Investing, NFT Experiments, Dogecoin, Zen Buddhism, and More". The episode features Kevin Rose: Tech entrepreneur, partner at True Ventures, and host of the Modern Finance podcast, co-hosting the recurring 'Random Show' with Tim Ferriss. Early-stage crypto and NFT investor (Chia, BlockFi, OpenSea). Tim Ferriss and Kevin Rose riff on crypto, NFTs, Dogecoin, biohacking, sleep, and a year of Zen practice.