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Becoming Wise: An Inquiry into the Mystery and Art of Living

by Krista Tippett · 2016

Reflections on living and human connection drawn from Tippett’s conversations.

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Becoming Wise: An Inquiry into the Mystery and Art of Living appears in 2 currently documented source-backed recommendations.

Portrait unavailable for Matt Mullenweg Matt Mullenweg WordPress cofounder and Automattic founder
Recommended Own reading selection interview

Documented citation: Matt Mullenweg recommends Becoming Wise in the shared Random Show conversation.

Documented citation · Recommended
Evidence details The Random Show Threesome (#209), transcript

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The Tim Ferriss Show · 2018-06-19 · accessed 2026-10-01

interview · Own reading selection

Explicit recommendation in Matt’s closing answer, not another speaker’s selection. Date is transcript publication; the conversation is from 2016, not a new 2018 event.

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Portrait unavailable for Matt Mullenweg Matt Mullenweg WordPress cofounder and Automattic founder
Recommended Own reading selection interview

Documented citation: Matt Mullenweg selects Becoming Wise as his first choice in the life category of his favorite-books episode.

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Evidence details Books I’ve Loved — Matt Mullenweg (#420), transcript

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The Tim Ferriss Show · 2020-05-13 · accessed 2026-10-01

interview · Own reading selection

Own explicit recommendation in a separate 2020 episode; not a republication of the Random Show answer.

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