Caspian comments on The Singularity Institute's Arrogance Problem - Less Wrong Discussion
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I had the impression of Tim Ferris as being no more trustworthy than anyone else who was trying to sell you something. I would expect him to exaggerate how easy something is, exaggerate how likely something is to help, etc. Now, not having read his stuff, that's second hand and not well informed, but you are asking about you come across, so it's relevant. The doing amazing things part is great if you can manage it.
I have read about half of his book and skimmed the rest, and I pretty much share that impression. To put it succinctly, that man works a 4-hour workweek only if you adopt a very restrictive definition of what counts as "work".