Noah Feldman on Hyper-Productivity, Learning 10+ Languages, DAOs, and More | The Tim Ferriss Show
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Noah Feldman (@NoahRFeldman) is a Harvard professor, ethical philosopher and advisor, public intellectual, religious scholar and historian, and author of 10 books, including his latest, The Broken Constitution: Lincoln, Slavery, and the Refounding of America.
Noah is the founder of Ethical Compass, which helps clients like Facebook and eBay improve ethical decision-making by creating and implementing new governance solutions. He is host of the Deep Background podcast, a policy and public affairs columnist for Bloomberg Opinion, and a former contributing writer for The New York Times.
Noah is the author of 10 books, including Divided by God: America’s Church-State Problem-and What We Should Do About It; What We Owe Iraq: War and the Ethics of Nation Building; Cool War: The United States, China, and the Future of Global Competition; Scorpions: The Battles and Triumphs of FDR’s Great Supreme Court Justices; and The Three Lives of James Madison: Genius, Partisan, President.
Enjoy!
Why Noah is quadra-lingual [03:33]
A language-learning myth plus how Arabic changed Noah’s universe [08:32]
Dr. Wilson Bishai and how Noah learned colloquial Arabic [12:52]
What does the spectrum of Arabic look like? [17:37]
Exploring the algorithm of “al.” [21:44]
What does Al Qaeda mean, and how did it get its name? [22:24]
A full life without caffeine? [27:17]
Structured life vs. overwhelmed life [29:09]
“Failing” and “succeeding” at therapy [31:59]
Voice recognition software for time management and productivity [34:52]
From concept to first and final draft-how Noah faces the blank page [39:15]
Comparing the interpretation of scripture to the interpretation of the US Constitution[44:06]
With an undergrad in Near Eastern languages and civilizations, why did Noah decide to go to law school? [46:57]
LLB (Legum Baccalaureus) vs. JB (Juris Doctor). [49:26]
Why Noah went to law school [51:07]
How did Noah’s dad instill morals in him? [54:06]
Living in the Iraqi Republican Palace’s kitchen, getting shot at, etc. [59:18]
What not to do when you invade a country [1:07:01]
How to create a constitution [1:11:47]
An exemplary modern constitution [1:18:03]
Understanding constitutions, you will understand crypto. [1:21:58]
Appreciation for Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin [1:24:08]
How an understanding history allows you to be a futurist [1:26:54]
Recommended reading on creating constitutions [1:33:21]
DAOs (decentralized autonomous organizations) and what Noah finds promising about them? [1:37:48]
What I find promising about DAOs. [1:40:40]
Tough problems that DAO experiments may be able to answer [1:43:25]
The pros and cons of uneditable smart contracts [1:45:59]
What prompted Noah to write The Broken Constitution: Lincoln, Slavery, and the Refounding of America? [1:50:18]
How Lincoln’s story fits into addressing the Constitution’s most glaring flaws [1:52:43]
Is the Constitution meant to be a moral blueprint? [1:57:24]
How does world peace relate to compromise? [2:01:53]
Two kinds of compromise: real aspiration and waffling. [2:03:29]
Examples of good compromisers [2:07:59 ]
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., and why Noah finds him interesting? [2:09:40]
Did the Iroquois Confederacy have any impact on the Constitution? [2:19:49]
Experiments Noah is looking forward to seeing played out [2:23:04]
What to avoid when trying to create big tech boards [2:29:36]
Legitimacy as currency to drive a company’s compliance with its oversight board [2:32:55]
Parting thoughts. [2:37:46]
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Show notes:
Noah is fluent in English, Hebrew, Arabic, and French. He can speak and read conversational Korean, read Aramaic, Latin, some Greek, Spanish, Italian, and German. How did this happen? Where did this start? [07:02]
Dispelling a common myth: you don’t need to start learning a language as a child to become fluent. How did picking up Arabic in his teens change Noah’s universe? [13:13]
How did Noah and his parents come to live in Egypt during his early life? [15:34]
Who was Dr. Wilson Bishai, and how did Noah come to learn modern colloquial Arabic from him? [17:05]
What does the spectrum of Arabic look like? [22:01]
Exploring the algorithm of “al.” [25:42]
What does Al Qaeda mean, and how did it get its name? [29:38]
How does Noah live a life so full without the benefit of caffeine? Perhaps most important: why? [31:06]
How does Noah structure his time in a way that this full life doesn’t become an overwhelmed life? [33:01]
Why did Noah think he was failing at therapy when he first started going in his late thirties, and what did that look like? What perspectives had to change for him to start “succeeding” at therapy? [36:05]
How long has Noah used voice recognition software as part of his time management system, and what prompted him to adopt it in the first place? [40:19]
What voice recognition software does Noah use today, and what best practices does he recommend for optimally benefiting from this technology? [42:36]
An example of how a column Noah wrote went from concept to first and final draft, and how he supported its premise with proof. [45:10]
Comparing the interpretation of scripture and the interpretation of the US Constitution prior to the abolition of slavery. [49:15]
With an undergrad in Near Eastern languages and civilizations, why did Noah decide to go to law school? [51:38]
LLB (Legum Baccalaureus) vs. JB (Juris Doctor). [54:29]
What forces or people contributed to Noah’s decision to go to law school? [56:05]
How did Noah’s dad instill morals in him? What positive and negative reinforcements were most effective? [58:54]
Noah talks about the three months he lived in the Iraqi Republican Palace’s kitchen, got shot at, et cetera. [1:03:31]
Things that one should be advised against doing when invading a country, and what constitutes a need to rely on certain people “even if they’re not trustworthy.” [1:11:00]
What is a constitution, what circumstances need to exist for one to be drafted, and what considerations must be contemplated? [1:15:25]
A modern constitution that Noah finds well-suited to the time and place it was drafted, and an important thing to remember: even the best, most beautiful or elegant constitution can’t solve every problem. [1:21:47]
To know what will happen in crypto, you need to know how constitutions work and how they fail. [1:25:00]
Why Noah is appreciative of Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin’s ongoing contributions to the crypto space. [1:28:15]
How does having an understanding of history allow someone to be a futurist? [1:30:24]
Recommended reading for people who want to learn more about the process of creating constitutions. [1:34:52]
What are DAOs (decentralized autonomous organizations), and what does Noah find promising about them? [1:40:40]
What I find promising about DAOs. [1:43:30]
Questions about humanity’s ability to work collectively and solve problems that DAO experiments may be able to answer better than previous real-world attempts. [1:45:55]
The pros and cons of uneditable smart contracts on a blockchain. [1:49:29]
What prompted Noah to write The Broken Constitution: Lincoln, Slavery, and the Refounding of America? [1:52:23]
How Lincoln’s story fits into addressing the Constitution’s most glaring flaws regarding who gets to enjoy its lofty conceits of freedom and equality. [1:54:31]
Is the Constitution meant to be a moral blueprint? [2:01:37]
What does world peace mean? It depends on who you ask. But what if it’s summed up best by the word compromise? [2:03:42]
Two kinds of compromise: real aspiration and waffling. [2:05:39]
People Noah considers particularly adept at crafting productive compromise. [2:09:31]
Who was Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. and why does Noah find him interesting? [2:11:07]
For all of his accomplishments, the Yankee from Olympus had plenty of non-admirable characteristics. [2:16:42]
Why hasn’t Noah written about Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. yet? [2:18:56]
Did the Iroquois Confederacy have any impact on the Constitution? [2:20:49]
Experiments in governance and big tech Noah is looking forward to seeing played out (like the so-called Supreme Court of Facebook), and what their success or failure might look like. [2:23:59]
Foreseeable common mistakes that Noah thinks people should avoid when trying to create boards that oversee big tech companies. [2:29:45]
How legitimacy might operate as currency to drive a company’s compliance with its oversight board. [2:33:29]
Another ongoing experiment Noah is watching with constant fascination. [2:35:58]
Parting thoughts. [2:38:12]
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Great!
So where is the hyper-productivity part?
My god who are you
“How to be productive?”
“Watch a 3 hour interview on youtube”
I appreciate listening to this man’s perspective on the world. Really interesting!
Very interesting- I totally agree with the power of language. I use Benedict R. G. Anderson's "Language and Power" as a reference for the power of language, idioms, dialects, dialogues, and ideologies.
Noah is so brilliant and so charming and sweet, a great person to negotiate for the US,, !!
Omg, another deeply valuable and evocative conversation. I enjoyed every minute of the 2 plus hours, and please bring us PART 2 soon!
Thank you
I hope you two get together again, I learned so much from your conversation. Thank you.
I really liked this format. I’d love more episodes like this. Very thought provoking and relevant.
Great conversation. On productivity, focus on one thing at a time.
Brilliant conversation
Tim, you got the etymology on quilombo twisted. The word originally refers to runaway slave communities. I have heard this etymology explained by locals in the River Plate. Wikipedia assigns it a Kimbundu (Bantu) etymology meaning "war camp." From that more noble sense it was then applied to brothels, etc.
In Brazil, there are many "quilombolas" and "quilombola" communities: the descendants of quilombos (communities formed by runaway slaves)
I came here for this. We use the world in Brazil with both meanings. Many quilombos became slums (favelas), and the word can be used as a mess because no one could find addresses in such places.
Hi Tim, I rarely comment, but quilombo was also a term to refer where escaped slaves were living… It is also used in Portuguese in this sense and has a strong historical context in Brazil. You might want to look it up again.
Yes but Tim is using it as in Argentina where he wrote 4HWW
Brilliant Man- Brilliant Discussion
Interesting take on Lincoln and the constitution. I can also recommend "America's Revolutionary Mind" by C Bradley Thompson.
Great conversation! "JD"... so on the money! Lawyers are great at marketing spin.
timestamps please! imagine reading a book without chapters.
Do them yourself and win the admiration of the crowd.
Have you ever Farted before
You're not reading a book. You're listening to a conversation.
@@zachbee9492 I'm going to start
This guy is fab
It seems to me contradictory; that the court of Facebook, etc. needs be made up of external entities, but a nation, for example, can be internally steered. What principal, or dynamic is being admonished in the Facebook example, which is there allegedly not present in the national example, I ask humbly? Thank you.
Are there transcripts for these conversations?
Lets goooo boys
Everyone I know in the NFT world says "DAO" like "dow."
Im watching this a few minutes after Russia attacked Ukraine, so I have some mixed feelings like hope at some of the ideas discussed most brilliantly, and dread at the ongoing current reality happening in some distant country that is under seige. Hopefully the conflict will be brief.
Time stamps would have made this watch more productive
Tim the origin of "Quilombo" was a Yoruba word that referred to freed/escaped slaves enclaves, the biggest one was "Quilombo de Palmares". Then, the word was spread as the other meaning, in a disrespectful way. That's why Brazillian audience could be offended by this.
Amazing that this 51 y.o. man looks so young, attributable to his habits of avoiding caffeine and habit of great sleep 😴 ?
I See Benedict Cumberbatch the whole Interview :D
@@audreymay9378 only 20% according to Dr. David Sinclair
Noah should be the new star on Billions. He has an unique and impressionable face that looks somehow human and alien, uncommon, but low inflammatory.
and noah is a commie
Noah's point on Gorsuch go out the window when it comes to women, abortion, and Texas.
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The word "quilombo", even if it's very close to "mess" It's still slang
1:32:38 DAO's
If you want to experience a million languages just come to india
It is bizarre, why would they not know that power vacuums are bad? Thomas Hobbes 300 years ago. A 5year old would know that.
do you want me to sign the painting behind you?
"To know what will happen in crypto you need to know how constitution works"
1:22:00
DAOs 1:38:00
A young Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. sorta looks like Noah - check it out
1:42:41
This dude is 51, looks great.
Autoplay huh
UTIC
I stay Hawaii. Pidgin is da kine.
Sherlock Holmes (Benedict Cumberbatch) is real.
"crtl+f"ed 'benedict' just to see if i was the only one to have noticed...
What happened to Tim's face?
Never heard of a DAO until one tried to buy a copy of the U.S. Constitution. Then Ken Griffin yeeted all of them.
Did ... Did I understand this correctly? This clever gentleman thinks keeping a former President of the United States off of Facebook and Twitter is an indication of Big Tech arbitration working?????
Correction: Arabic didn't influence Spanish. It has influenced Latin, which later influenced Spanish, Portuguese, and a bunch of other languages.
Regarding the English language, "Al" as mentioned in the video, came from Latin, which is the main source of the words that didn't exist in the Saxon language (the mother of English)
It did influence Spanish. Moors in Spain for 700 years did that.
25:15
Trust me: it can't be worse than understanding 99% of everything a native speaker says and not being able to answer a simple question because you don't know how to express yourself. 😂
benedict cumberbatch is really smart
Facebook is dead.
RSI = Repetitive Strain* Injury
O.K, it seems to me that I heard Tim saying, ladies and germs :) My bad! 🤣
i heard it too hahaha
@@vitortassar6575 if you activate the subtitles says the same! :)
@@mihaelaclaudiap..2 it is true hahaha maybe he see gentlemen like germs
@@vitortassar6575 not at a conscious level for sure, but maybe deep, deep inside :))
You heard it right 😂😂😂
I dont think this viedo was on hyper productivity. Made me waste 20 mins.🤷♂️
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The bit about Holmes finally explained to me where the weird pivot point happened in "free speech" being a liberal value to it now being an oddly conservative rallying cry.
Socrates hated democracy on a simple premise that if you don't know a subject matter, then you don't get a vote on the matter. Example; Should 400 passengers get a vote how/where/why to fly a airplane (who knows nothing about flying/operating an airplane)? Why should you allow an 18yo to vote (who doesn't know anything about politics/economics)? It's like asking a vote of mechanics how to run a hospital.
Is it OK/fair/ethical to allow incompetent/uninformed votes?
It's a cognitive dissonance allowing everyone to vote. It sounds and feels NICE to let everyone get a vote (on matters they know nothing about). A jury of people who has no experience of criminology or psychological persuasion/manipulation is going to vote a person's fate?
So this new technology DAO and decentralization where everyone gets a vote....
Things that makes me go "hmmm..."
[1:29] Just like a vaccine passport!
LMAO...Noah Feldmon the Son
Not loterally tho
Stinking jus
He’s hardcore Harvard indoctrinated. Lefty Lucy off the fringe.