The Random Show — 2025 Predictions (AI, Aliens, BTC, and More), New Year’s Resolutions and Strategies, Smart Fitness, The Spinal Engine, New Apps, and Much More (#785)

This time, we have a very special episode I recorded with my close friend Kevin Rose. We cover 2025 predictions, AI, Bitcoin, aliens, fitness goals, and much, much more.

Please enjoy!

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Want to hear the last time KevKev and I did a Random Show? Listen to our conversation here in which we discussed Kevin’s Jess Mascetti tattoo, vampire facials, publishing strategies, romance versus radical planning, hasty oral hygiene, the mysteries of mimetic contagion, Kevin’s AI-powered investment advisor experiment, Dena Dubal’s Alzheimer’s treatment breakthrough, how small expectations for a medium turned large, and much more.

What was your favorite quote or lesson from this episode? Please let me know in the comments.

SELECTED LINKS FROM THE EPISODE

Website | Instagram | Twitter | Threads | Bluesky

• How Do They Celebrate Christmas in Hawaii? | Island Essence
• Apple Honors 2024 App Store Award Winners | Apple
• AI Makes Pictures Too Perfect, Even for a Fashion Magazine | PetaPixel
• Deadpool & Wolverine | Prime Video
• Hugh Jackman on Best Decisions, Daily Routines, The 85% Rule, Favorite Exercises, Mind Training, and Much More | The Tim Ferriss Show #444
• Rowing Machine Model D | Concept2
• The Lie of Traditional Strength Training: Why I Moved On | Nsima Inyang
• The Spinal Engine by Serge Gracovetsky | Amazon
• Chuck Norris Flexmaster II Ad | Tumblr
• How to Fight Sarcopenia (Muscle Loss Due to Aging) | Healthline
• The Secrets of Gymnastic Strength Training | The Tim Ferriss Show #158
• The Secrets of Gymnastic Strength Training, Part Two: Home Equipment, Weighted Stretches, and Muscle-Ups | The Tim Ferriss Show #180
• Royal Dansk Danish Cookie Selection | Amazon
• The Pros and Cons of Training to Failure | The Output by Peloton
• The 4-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman by Timothy Ferriss | Amazon
• It’s True. It Works. | Occam’s Protocol
• Free Weights vs. Machine Weights? Here’s How to Choose | GoodRx
• Iliolumbar Ligament | Physiopedia
• Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in the Treatment of Low Back Pain | Mayo Clinic
• Friction Massage | Physiopedia
• Scienlodic Gua Sha Massage Tool | Amazon
• What Are Vampire Facial and PRP Treatments? | Allure
• The Beginner’s Gear Guide for Ski Touring or Skinning | Business Insider
• Low-Intensity Continuous Ultrasound Therapies (LICUS) — A Systematic Review of Current State-of-the-Art and Future Perspectives | Journal of Clinical Medicine
• Is There Any Evidence That Low Intensity Continuous Ultrasound Helps with Tissue Remodeling? | Consensus
• Repatha: Uses, Dosage, and Side Effects | Drugs.com
• VO2 Max: How to Measure and Improve It | Cleveland Clinic
• The 4-Hour Body Tools and Resources | Tim Ferriss
• Functional Cable Chops and Lifts | Meauxtion Fitness
• Kettlebell Turkish Get Up | Zach Even-Esh
• What Makes Hawaiian Kona Coffee Better than Regular Coffee from Other Origins? | Quora
• If Dry January Is Too Much for You, Try Its More Lenient Cousin — Damp January | Fortune Well
• Track, Budget, Plan, and Do More with Your Money | Monarch Money
• Modern Financial and Retirement Planning Tools | ProjectionLab
• Supercharge Your Finances with Insights You Won’t Get from Your Bank | Copilot
• The World’s Most Modern Portfolio Tracker | Kubera
• VTI-Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF | Vanguard
• How High Will Bitcoin Go? Here’s What Prediction Markets Say | Yahoo! Finance
• Buy, Sell, and Store Hundreds of Cryptocurrencies | Coinbase
• The Energy World Is Set to Change Significantly by 2030, Based on Today’s Policy Settings Alone | IEA
• NLR: VanEck Uranium and Nuclear ETF | VanEck
• The Lord of the Rings Motion Picture Trilogy Extended Edition | Prime Video
• Details Emerge on Jony Ive and OpenAI’s Plan to Build the ‘iPhone of Artificial Intelligence’ | The Verge
• Harvard Duo Modifies Meta Glasses to Grab Strangers’ Info | The Register
• The Terminator | Prime Video
• Terminator (T-800) Vision | YouTube
• 10 AI Music Generators for Creators in 2024 | DigitalOcean
• What We Know About the Mysterious Drones Buzzing over New Jersey | BBC
• It’s Been Nearly Two Decades Since the ‘Tic Tac’ Incident — Here’s What We Know About the Iconic UFO Encounter | 8 News Now
• Understanding UFOs: What Has to Happen in 2025 to Move the UAP Story Forward? | Space
• Report a UFO Sighting | Enigma Labs
• Moment of Contact | Prime Video
• E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial | Prime Video
• UFO | Prime Video
• Aliens Probing | The Kids in the Hall S04E11
• UFOs Are Real, But Don’t Assume They’re Alien Spaceships | Space
• Survey of Entity Encounter Experiences Occasioned by Inhaled N,N-Dimethyltryptamine: Phenomenology, Interpretation, and Enduring Effects | Journal of Psychopharmacology
• America’s UFO Hotspot Map Correlates to Dark Sky Locations | Axios
• Wild Harvested Axis Venison | Maui Nui Venison
• Jake Muise — The Relentless Pursuit of Innovation, Quality, and Meaning | The Tim Ferriss Show #678
• About Our Bar | David Protein
• Food-Sharing: Holo ‘Ai | Maui Nui Venison
• Protecting the Amazon in Partnership with Indigenous and Other Local Communities | Amazon Conservation Team
• Dr. Mark Plotkin on Ethnobotany, Real vs. Fake Shamans, Hallucinogens, and the Dalai Lamas of South America | The Tim Ferriss Show #469
• Accelerated TMS: Moving Quickly into the Future of Depression Treatment | Neuropsychopharmacology
• Meditation Training Program | The Way
• Henry Shukman — Zen, Tools for Awakening, Ayahuasca vs. Meditation, Intro to Koans, and Using Wounds as the Doorway | The Tim Ferriss Show #531
• Zen Master Henry Shukman — 20 Minutes of Calm, Plus the Strange and Powerful World of Koans | The Tim Ferriss Show #560
• A Personalized Journey to Inner Peace, Clarity, and Wellness | Transcendental Meditation
• TMS Machines | MagVenture
• Innovative, Noninvasive Treatment | BrainsWay Deep TMS
• Async Video Messaging for Work | Loom
• The 30-Day Challenge: No Booze, No Masturbating (NOBNOM) | Tim Ferriss
• Anna Lembke, MD: Dopamine and Addiction: Navigating Pleasure, Pain, and the Path to Recovery | Peter Attia Drive #321
• SXSW Conference & Festivals
• The Present Moment: A Retreat on the Practice of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh | Audible
• After: A Doctor Explores What Near-Death Experiences Reveal About Life and Beyond by Bruce Greyson | Amazon
• Learnings from 1,000+ Near-Death Experiences — Dr. Bruce Greyson, University of Virginia | The Tim Ferriss Show #774

SHOW NOTES

• [00:04:49] Aloha and happy holidays!
• [00:07:35] Contemplating the societal impact of reality-bending AI.
• [00:16:10] Meathead vs. holistic fitness.
• [00:25:43] My current fitness priorities.
• [00:28:00] The pros and cons of training to failure.
• [00:37:09] Back pain causes and stem cell relief.
• [00:42:17] Protein’s role in my regimen.
• [00:43:20] LICUS (Low-Intensity Continuous Ultrasound Therapies).
• [00:45:50] Early adoption leads to mainstream affordability.
• [00:48:12] Inexpensive injury avoidance/reversal.
• [00:50:45] Apps for tracking and planning finances.
• [00:58:17] Bitcoin and other investment projections.
• [00:59:03] AI mobile device predictions.
• [01:06:07] AI’s place in the future of music creation.
• [01:06:49] We’re not saying it’s aliens, but…
• [01:18:31] David Bars, Maui Nui Venison, and ethical wild meat harvesting.
• [01:27:29] Alternative field trips considered.
• [01:28:32] From a simmering seven or eight to a chill two.
• [01:30:40] Aversion-defusing meditation — this is The Way.
• [01:37:48] Retreat!
• [01:38:32] Making time for friendship bonding.
• [01:43:50] NOBNOM complete. System reset.
• [01:46:43] The benefits of taking a break from alcohol.
• [01:49:08] A few reading recommendations.
• [01:53:34] Parting thoughts.

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