Tim Ferriss - 5-Bullet Friday — October 14, 2022

Hi All!

Here is your weekly dose of 5-Bullet Friday, a list of what I’m pondering and exploring. Please feel free to forward this along to friends.

What I’m very excited about

​My NFT project, “Project 555.” “Project 555” is the codename for my upcoming NFT project. It’s going to be highly stylized and unlike anything I’ve ever done. I started buying BTC in 2012–2013, I began collecting NFTs in early 2021, I quietly launched my first stand-alone NFT (also my first published fiction) in February 2022 with PROOF/Kevin Rose, and this will be my first in-depth NFT project. It’s going to be very elaborate and unbelievably bizarre.
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​100% of primary sale proceeds will go to the Saisei Foundation. The Saisei Foundation is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit private foundation that funds cutting-edge scientific research and other initiatives related to psychedelic medicine, mental health therapeutics, life-extension technologies, ecosystem conservation, indigenous knowledge preservation, and more.
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If you’re a trader who expects free money by yelling on the Internet when you’re unhappy, please do not participate in this project. In fact, if you’re a dick online at all, please sit this one out. There are plenty of other NFT projects that will promise the moon, and you can harass them. I promise nothing other than (1) good art (IMHO), (2) perhaps some entertainment and a few laughs along the way, and (3) aiming to do some good with the Saisei Foundation. That’s it.
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​Click here for more NFT details. This link is exclusively for 5-Bullet Friday subscribers.

What I’m watching

​Isle of Dogs (Amazon, Apple TV, YouTube, Disney+). The “critics consensus” from Rotten Tomatoes, where the film has a 90% approval rating: “The beautifully stop-motion animated Isle of Dogs finds Wes Anderson at his detail-oriented best while telling one of the director’s most winsomely charming stories.” Watch the trailer here. Thanks to Cristina for the wonderful recommendation. A little bird told me this film is especially hilarious on edibles with 5–10mg of THC. I challenge you to watch the trailer and dispute this.

What I’m reading

“Haters” by Paul Graham (@paulg). Hat tip to Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (@brian_armstrong), who recommended this essay during our conversation for the podcast. Pair this with another favorite essay of mine from Paul Graham: “The Top Idea in Your Mind.”

​​Experiment I’m revisiting

“How 30 Days of Kindness Made Me a Better Person.” Click here for an easy-to-print image of the 30 acts of kindness.

Quote I’m pondering

“To learn which questions are unanswerable, and not to answer them: this skill is most needful in times of stress and darkness.”​
— Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness​
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You can complement this edition of 5-Bullet Friday with my favorite and most impactful reads from 2019, 2020, and 2021. If you’d like to learn more about how I read, keep track of things, and review highlights, you might also enjoy this YouTube video.
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And, as always, please give me feedback on Twitter. Which bullet above is your favorite? What do you want more or less of? Other suggestions? Please let me know. Just send a tweet to @tferriss and put #5BulletFriday at the end so I can find it.
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Have a wonderful weekend, all.
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Much love to you and yours,
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Tim

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