Waking Up

This book by Sam Harris was genuinely recommended once in the episodes we index, on Tim Ferriss. The people who vouched for it on air: Dan Harris. It comes up in conversations about anxiety & stress, consciousness, meditation & mindfulness, psychedelics, relationships. Every quote below is verbatim, attributed, and linked to the exact second it was said. Sourced expert opinion, not medical advice.

For the millions of Americans who want spirituality without religion, Waking Up is a guide to meditation as a rational practice informed by neuroscience and psychology. From Sam Harris, neuroscientist and author of numerous New York Times bestselling books, Waking Up is for the twenty percent of Americans who follow no religion but who suspect that important truths can be found in the experiences of such figures as Jesus, the Buddha, Lao Tzu, Rumi, and the other saints and sages of history.

• “the books that i most recommend ... why buddhism is true by robert wright waking up by sam harris”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “the books that i most recommend ... waking up by sam harris”
  Dan Harris · The Tim Ferriss Show · Nov 202001:53:08

  Said during "Dan Harris on Becoming 10% Happier, Training the Mind, and More". The episode features Dan Harris: Former ABC News anchor who had an on-air panic attack on Good Morning America in 2004. He became a meditation advocate and bestselling author of 10% Happier, and co-founded the Ten Percent Happier company and app. ABC anchor turned meditation evangelist Dan Harris on panic attacks, training the mind, and becoming 10% happier.