Funding for Mental Health Therapeutics

Tim Ferriss is an author, investor, and founder of Saisei Foundation. In conversation with Matthew Monahan.

• Saisei Foundation: https://saiseifoundation.org/

• The Tim Ferriss Show: https://tim.blog/podcast/

TOPICS

• 00:00 Intro

• 02:12 Tim’s journey with his books and podcast

• 13:45 The move into angel investing

• 17:24 Reinventing one’s self and identity

• 23:50 Tim’s approach to philanthropy

• 29:38 Saisei Foundation and psychedelics research

• 40:11 Biopiracy and indigenous populations

• 47:07 For-profit incentives in psychedelics

• 59:22 Beyond mental therapeutics

• 01:09:31 Reflections on New Zealand

• 01:28:11 Tim’s closing thoughts

RESOURCES

• Donors Choose: https://www.donorschoose.org/

• Quest Bridge: https://www.questbridge.org/

• Zero Gravity book: https://www.amazon.com/Zero-Gravity-High-Tech-Start-Up-Breakout/dp/B002XWUPGW/ref=sr_1_1

• The Power Law book: https://www.amazon.com/Power-Law-Venture-Capital-Disruption/dp/0241356520

• More Money Than God book: https://www.amazon.com/More-Money-Than-God-Relations/dp/0143119419

• Dr Roland Griffiths article in New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/04/03/magazine/roland-griffiths-interview.html

• John Hopkins Center for Psychedelic & Consciousness Research: https://hopkinspsychedelic.org/

• Psychedelics-related posts on Tim's blog: https://tim.blog/category/psychedelics/

• María Sabina: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/María_Sabina R

• Gordon Wasson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Gordon_Wasson

• Smoking Cessation research by Matt Johnson at John Hopkins: https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/articles/johns-hopkins-receives-grant-for-psilocybin-research-in-smoking-cessation

• Beckley Foundation: https://www.beckleyfoundation.org/

• RiverStyx Foundation: https://www.riverstyxfoundation.org/

• MAPS: https://maps.org/

• Usona Institute: https://www.usonainstitute.org/

• Heffter Research Institute: https://www.heffter.org/

• Pass the Pufferfish: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/dolphins-seem-to-use-toxic-pufferfish-to-get-high-180948219/

• Stanislav Grof: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislav_Grof

• Words That Work: https://www.amazon.com/Words-That-Work-What-People/dp/1401309291

• Edmund Hillary Fellowship: https://www.ehf.org/

• Waking Up by Sam Harris: https://www.wakingup.com/

• Awareness book: https://www.amazon.com/Awareness-Opportunities-Reality-Anthony-Paperback/dp/B00ZT18PNO/ref=sr_1_1

• Spark book: https://www.amazon.com/Spark-Revolutionary-Science-Exercise-Brain/dp/0316113514

• Tim's Twitter (mention #NZ for New Zealand related): https://twitter.com/tferriss

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