Episode · The Tim Ferriss Show · 2025-09-16
Tim Ferriss & Pablos Holman: books mentioned on The Tim Ferriss Show #827
#827: Pablos Holman — One of The Scariest Hackers I’ve Ever Met
Pablos Holman is a hacker and inventor and the author of Deep Future: Creating Technology that Matters, the indispensable guide to deep tech. Previously, Pablos worked on spaceships at Blue Origin and helped build The Intellectual Ventures Lab to invent a wide variety of breakthroughs.
Pablos Holman discussed Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson. Tim Ferriss recommended Deep Future by Pablos Holman, and discussed The Art of Deception by Kevin D. Mitnick and others and Breakneck by Dan Wang.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Cryptonomicon
Discussed“I mean, when did Cryptonomicon come out? Which I love. 98. Okay. early. So, I was working on cryptocurrency in 98 when when cryptoicon came out.”
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The Art of Deception
Discussed“I remember ages ago when it when it first came out, someone recommended that I read Kevin Mitnik's The Art of Deception.”
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Breakneck
Discussed“There's a book called Breakneck. And I haven't yet read it, but one of my employees is reading it and recommended. He said it's an amazing page turner.”
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Deep Future
Recommended“And if people are interested in the book, which I have in my backpack right now, it's deep future creating technology that matters.”
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Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged Deep Future
“So, I'm trying to pull from your book, which I've been devouring. All right. Deep future, creating technology that matters.”