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Tim Ferriss: Bestselling Author, Human Guinea Pig · 889 episodes with transcripts

Tim Ferriss is a self-experimenter and bestselling author, best known for The 4-Hour Workweek, which has been translated into 40+ languages. Newsweek calls him "the world's best human guinea pig," and The New York Times calls him "a cross between Jack Welch and a Buddhist monk.

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#887: Q&A with Tim — The 4-Hour Workweek in a World of AI, Rebuilding Personal Agency, The 4-Hour Body After 40, and More

October 20, 2026

Tim Ferriss (0:00)

Well, hello, boys and girls, ladies and germs. Welcome to another episode of The Tim Ferriss Show. This is the first of two Q&A episodes. It was one of my favorites from the last few years. And we did this in a live stream with questions submitted in advance and then others coming in live. We covered a lot more…

With that said, please enjoy part 1 Optimal, minimal.

SPEAKER_2 (1:01)

At this altitude, I can run flat out for a half mile before my hands start shaking. Can I ask you a personal question?

Tim Ferriss (1:23)

Let's hop into it. And the first question I will attempt to address is from Val N. The question is, what does The 4-Hour Workweek look like in a world of agents? Some of you will be familiar with the first book. 20th Anniversary is coming up in April of 2027 And here is my answer, because I have been asked this in…

My feeling is that in a world of agents, in the world of AI, and I'm invested in a lot of the frontier labs, I have a lot of exposure to behind the scenes conversations with smaller companies that are at the cutting edge.

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