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It's a TV show. TV shows are heavily optimized for entertainment and shock value.
Tim Ferris is an interesting guy, but his most outstanding talent is for self-promotion.
I agree the being a TV show is evidence that this is more self-promotion and less fact. That's just because the prior probability is that way - content is selected for more by promotion than by quality.
But that doesn't exclude facts or otherwise useful or positive content. Thus I'd like to see a more qualified retort.
It being a TV show means that it's focused on stunts that look good on camera.
That's not the goal for most learning projects.