This Is Water

This book by David Foster Wallace has been genuinely recommended 3 times on Tim Ferriss. The people who vouched for it on air: Hugh Jackman, Marco Canora. It comes up in conversations about exercise & strength, meditation & mindfulness, nutrition & diet. The earliest recommendation we indexed is from Jul 2020 and the most recent from Jul 2024. Every quote below is verbatim, attributed, and linked to the exact second it was said. Sourced expert opinion, not medical advice.

Only once did David Foster Wallace give a public talk on his views on life, during a commencement address given in 2005 at Kenyon College. The speech is reprinted for the first time in book form in THIS IS WATER. How does one keep from going through their comfortable, prosperous adult life unconsciously? How do we get ourselves out of the foreground of our thoughts and achieve compassion? The speech captures Wallace's electric intellect as well as his grace in attention to others.

• “the other one is David Foster Wallace's speech this is water his commencement speech”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “two books that I now gift very regularly”
  Hugh Jackman · The Tim Ferriss Show · Jul 202400:07:45

  Said during "Hugh Jackman and Esther Perel, The Tim Ferriss Show". The episode features Hugh Jackman and Esther Perel: Hugh Jackman is an Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe and Tony-winning performer known for Wolverine, Les Miserables and The Music Man. Esther Perel is a psychotherapist and New York Times bestselling author of Mating in Captivity and The State of Affairs, host of the podcast Where Should We Begin?. Tim Ferriss 10-year anniversary combo: Hugh Jackman on intuition, meditation and craft, plus Esther Perel on desire, monogamy and infidelity.

• “this is Water by David Foster Wallace is one I commonly give because it's just it's so short and and the message is so perfect”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “one I commonly give because it's just it's so short and the message is so perfect in my opinion”
  Marco Canora · The Tim Ferriss Show · Nov 202101:17:23

  Said during "Marco Canora, The Art of Food, Eating, Nutrition, and Life | The Tim Ferriss Show". The episode features Marco Canora: James Beard award-winning chef and owner of Hearth restaurant in NYC's East Village, who trained under Danny Meyer and Tom Colicchio at Gramercy Tavern and Craft. He helped launch America's bone broth trend with his Brodo brand and is the author of cookbooks including 'Salt to Taste' and 'Brodo'. Chef Marco Canora and Tim Ferriss riff on simple cooking, blood-sugar self-experiments, bone broth, food processing, and making perfect gnocchi.