Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Dr. Tommy Wood is an associate professor of pediatrics and neuroscience at the University of Washington, where his research focuses on brain health across the lifespan. This includes therapies for brain injury in newborns, prevention and treatment of adult brain trauma, and the factors that contribute to long-term cognitive function and cognitive decline. He is the author of the forthcoming book The Stimulated Mind: amazon.com/Stimulated-Mind-Future-Proof-Brain-Dementia/dp/0593797817/?tag=offsitoftimfe-20
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Dr. Tommy Wood is an associate professor of pediatrics and neuroscience at the University of Washington, where his research focuses on brain health across the lifespan. This includes therapies for brain injury in newborns, prevention and treatment of adult brain trauma, and the factors that contribute to long-term cognitive function and cognitive decline. He is the author of the forthcoming book The Stimulated Mind: amazon.com/Stimulated-Mind-Future-Proof-Brain-Dementia/dp/0593797817/?tag=offsitoftimfe-20
Links to everything discussed: https://tim.blog/2026/01/28/dr-tommy-wood-how-to-future-proof-your-brain-from-dementia/
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![One of The Scariest Hackers I’ve Ever Met — Pablos Holman
Pablos Holman is a hacker and inventor and the author of Deep Future: Creating Technology that Matters, the indispensable guide to deep tech. Previously, Pablos worked on spaceships at Blue Origin and helped build The Intellectual Ventures Lab to invent a wide variety of breakthroughs. Pablos also hosts the Deep Future Podcast and is managing partner at Deep Future.
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[00:00] Start.
[00:34] The first time I witnessed Pablos’ digital sleight of hand.
[02:57] How did Pablos become what he considers to be a hacker?
[06:28] The off-label mindset that makes a good hacker (like Samy Kamkar) great.
[11:35] The magic of Rodney Mullen.
[14:56] How Eric Johanson and Pablos gave life to adorable password thief Hackerbot.
[18:10] Hacker self-defense and the zero-click exploit market.
[21:37] International pockets of hacker density.
[24:36] Conventions where modern hackers congregate.
[25:06] Why, in geopolitics, technology is a game lost by the non-players.
[27:30] The case to rally behind new nuclear power.
[31:21] Sequencing priorities so the US can remain technologically competitive.
[38:00] Evaluating risk and reward in deep tech investment.
[43:51] Shoring up the shape of shipping.
[49:56] How Pablos gained his name and famous frames.
[51:47] Pablos is a possible-ist.
[52:42] What makes Pablos an attractive hire for the world’s richest people?
[55:13] From Silicon Valley to Seattle: the Blue Origin origin story.
[01:02:02] Why Pablos prevails over his M-dash peers.
[01:04:51] Zero Effect and WarGames: The only movies that matter?
[01:09:07] A major security malfunction exploited by Major Malfunction.
[01:11:31] The enigmatic Neal Stephenson.
[01:12:36] Long-form lessons gleaned from Jeff Bezos and the Blue Origin mission.
[01:19:56] For solving the world’s problems, communities are crucial.
[01:23:44] Newlab PSYOPS.
[01:28:31] AI and the ripple effects of China’s engineering-minded vs. America’s attorney-heavy leadership.
[01:40:43] Unearthing like-minded inventors and innovators.
[01:43:05] How Pablos learned salsa dancing via aikido vs. my own tango experience.
[02:00:34] Why you should invest or get involved in deep tech.
[02:06:38] Clearing up fusion confusion.
[02:12:49] Making progress happen is a team effort.
[02:15:55] Parting thoughts. One of The Scariest Hackers I’ve Ever Met — Pablos Holman](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/eCp6ixlzyh0/mqdefault.jpg)



![The Most Incredible Transformation I’ve Ever Seen — Jerzy Gregorek on Cerebral Palsy and Coaching
Jerzy Gregorek is a 4x World Weightlifting Champion, co-founder of UCLA’s weightlifting team, and co-creator, with his wife Aniela, of the Happy Body program. You can watch Prisoner No More for free here: https://tim.blog/hardchoices. To fill out the form on Cerebral Palsy Research Project, visit https://tim.blog/cp.
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[00:00] Preview
[00:35] The transformation Ive been chasing for a decade.
[01:49] When an unstoppable coach meets an immovable cerebral palsy diagnosis.
[03:46] Three pounds to 170: the bench press that woke a brain up.
[06:26] One year in, the first real conversation lands.
[09:51] Treadmills exhaust, athletes progress: why physical therapy stalled where coaching took off.
[15:02] Lethargy, sleeping in the car, and the quiet power of resting energy.
[16:19] The 16-inch box that opened the bathroom door — and everything after.
[20:28] Certificates, restaurant ceremonies, and writing history onto a blank brain.
[25:22] Parental dedication and appreciation.
[28:03] The adulthood gambit: quit piano, quit training — if you can stick an 18-inch jump.
[31:24] License plates as the gateway drug from counting to math five hours a day.
[36:19] Coaching that doesnt court approval.
[39:06] Genghis Khan vs. Admiral Yi Sun-Sin.
[42:55] The pitch: 25 patients, five years, and a method built to be replicated.
[1:02:16] Hard choices, easy life — and the call to find your starting point.
Tim Ferriss is one of Fast Company’s “Most Innovative Business People” and an early-stage tech investor/advisor in Uber, Facebook, Twitter, Shopify, Duolingo, Alibaba, and 50+ other companies. He is also the author of five #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestsellers: The 4-Hour Workweek, The 4-Hour Body, The 4-Hour Chef, Tools of Titans and Tribe of Mentors. The Observer and other media have named him “the Oprah of audio” due to the influence of his podcast, The Tim Ferriss Show, which has exceeded one billion downloads and been selected for “Best of Apple Podcasts” three years running.
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![Daredevil Michelle Khare — How to Become a YouTube Superstar
Daredevil Michelle Khare lives life to the extreme in Challenge Accepted, amassing more than 6 million followers and more than 1 billion views. Across the show, youll see Michelle attempt everything from Tom Cruise’s Deadliest stunt to Harry Houdini’s water torture cell to trying to earn a black belt in taekwondo in only 90 days.
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[00:00] A Fear Setting Preview.
[00:39] Challenge Accepted: The logline and why breakdowns stay in the edit.
[02:50] Growing up in Shreveport, LA: Movies, the AFI Top 100, and interning on Snitch.
[06:34] Podcasting: More work than meets the ear.
[18:43] Quality over quantity: 8–10 episodes a year, scarcity as strategy, and building a defensible moat.
[29:14] Hard choices, easy life — Jerzy Gregorek, calling the FAA 300 times, and why no one copies you when the barrier is insanity.
[33:11] Dartmouth to Google.org: the Fermi estimation faceplant and not getting the job.
[34:46] BuzzFeed as graduate school of the internet.
[38:16] My case against starting a company right out of school.
[41:57] The stolen book: Michelle pulls out a battered 2016 copy of The 4-Hour Workweek and reads her fear-setting chart aloud.
[45:43] Ive never designed my own rubric of success — the nightmare, the repair plan, and what Michelle was putting off out of fear.
[51:35] Practicing poverty
[1:01:45] Kebab-shop destiny: meeting stunt coordinator Steve Brown in L.A. — now he does Avatar and straps Michelle to planes.
[1:03:48] Surface area for luck: Bill Gurley, Kevin Kellys sleeping bag, and Seneca on voluntary discomfort.
[1:07:27] Coach, mentor, cheerleader: the three-person Formula One team you actually need.
[1:12:02] The art of the cold email — and cold-calling the FBI tip line to meet The Hollywood Guy.
[1:16:33] Michelles three-paragraph, six-sentence formula for emails that open any door.
[1:20:58] Tims cold email playbook: the via trick, include your damn cell number, and why Yo, Ferriss is an auto-archive.
[1:31:06] The fake Tim Ferriss Podcast phishing scam: Zoom calls, screen access, and hijacked Facebook pages.
[1:35:46] Emailing Hank Green, Brandon Sandersons unpublished novels, and why your first cold emails are just practice reps.
[1:41:32] Michelles storytelling syllabus: Survivor, Snyders Save the Cat, and peer review of whatever went viral last week.
[1:43:46] Jeff Probst: The GOAT host and secret Einstein of reality television.
[1:48:16] John McPhees red-ink writing class at Princeton.
[1:53:54] Six Thinking Hats broke Michelles pessimism; Radical Candor taught her how to give feedback.
[2:02:46] The slinky org chart: Seven full-timers that balloon to 50 for a shoot, then compress right back.
[2:17:13] Scope creep, saying no to big checks, and why Michelle has never hit creator burnout.
[2:26:49] My No Book teaser: 850 pages on renegotiating commitments and getting back on the wagon.
[2:29:55] The Mindy Kaling manifesto: @MindyKalingFan, The Office, and shattering expectations for Indian women in entertainment.
[2:37:19] Wishlist shout-out: Norland College, where Mary Poppins meets Secret Service.
[2:39:26] Episodes Michelle would pay to relive.
[2:44:24] Episodes Michelle would pay to skip.
[2:49:00] Seven marathons, seven continents, one week.
[2:54:06] Free Solo, Alex Honnold in the creepy van, and things both of us would never do.
[2:57:37] Books gifted most: Radical Candor, The Great CEO Within, and Adam Grants Originals.
[2:58:21] Michelles billboard.
[2:59:45] A primetime Emmy run and parting thoughts.
Tim Ferriss is one of Fast Company’s “Most Innovative Business People” and an early-stage tech investor/advisor in Uber, Facebook, Twitter, Shopify, Duolingo, Alibaba, and 50+ other companies. He is also the author of five #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestsellers: The 4-Hour Workweek, The 4-Hour Body, The 4-Hour Chef, Tools of Titans and Tribe of Mentors. The Observer and other media have named him “the Oprah of audio” due to the influence of his podcast, The Tim Ferriss Show, which has exceeded one billion downloads and been selected for “Best of Apple Podcasts” three years running.
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