Hi All!

Here is your weekly dose of 5-Bullet Friday, a list of what I’m pondering and exploring. Feel free to forward along if the spirit moves you.

What I’m reading

“How Artificial Intelligence Gave a Paralyzed Woman Her Voice Back” (UCSF). Teaser: “Breakthrough brain implant and digital avatar allow stroke survivor, Ann, to speak with facial expressions for the first time in 18 years.” If you want to see a video demo of this technology, click here. Semi-related reading: Stem cell transplant gives hope for treating age-related sight loss (New Scientist).

What I’m watching

“Mentalism, mind reading and the art of getting inside your head” by Derren Brown (TED).

What I’m listening to on repeat for writing

“Hypernova” by Marc Romboy (Stephan Bodzin Remix) (YouTube Music, Apple Music, Spotify).

Poem I’m rereading

“The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T. S. Eliot. One of the all-time greats.

Quote I’m pondering

“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”
​— Arthur C. Clarke, British science-fiction author and co-writer with Stanley Kubrick of the screenplay for 2001: A Space Odyssey
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You can complement this edition of 5-Bullet Friday with my interview with best-selling author and futurist Kevin Kelly, my conversation with award-winning poet and memoirist Mary Karr, and my latest podcast, an interview with near-death experience (NDE) researcher Dr. Bruce Greyson.

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