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Kevin Rose
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Kevin Rose's personal blog at kevinrose.com covers startups, culture and health. Since 2008, 33 different Hacker News readers have linked it 38 times, most often “Matthew Walker Ph.D – Author of “Why We Sleep” (podcast)”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-12, and you can follow it by feed.
I'm Kevin. Here I explore emerging tech trends, finance, health, minimal-living, philosophy, and the discipline of Zen.
Most-linked posts?
- Matthew Walker Ph.D – Author of “Why We Sleep” (podcast)3 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2018-06-17
- The Boolean Graph2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2012-08-24
- Why Apple's iTV Will Change Everything2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2010-08-21
- /2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2017-12-20
- How to biohack your intelligence with everything from sex to modafinil to MDMA2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2018-02-26
- CityVille's Viral Growth Hooks: Levels 1-3 Deconstructed2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2011-01-11
- Neighborhood Graph2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2012-08-20
What Hacker News says?
Kevin Rose also did a podcast with Matthew Walker shortly after the book came out https://www.kevinrose.com/single-post/matthew-walker
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on “Melatonin: Much More Than You Wanted to Know”Submitted Apple's Role in Japan during the Tohoku Earthquake as a story · 239 points
HN discussionHe's been doing a podcast since 2016: https://www.kevinrose.com/
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on “Will MySpace ever lose its monopoly? (2007)”Submitted Email sucks. Time saving tips from Kevin Rose as a story · 127 points
HN discussionGreat episode! I just posted another comment about Matthew Walker on the Kevin Rose podcast. There was definitely overlap with JRE #1109, but some new things, too. Link: https://www.kevinrose.com/single-post/matthew-walker
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on “Eight hours a night isn’t enough, according to a leading sleep scientist”Submitted The Boolean Graph as a story · 68 points
HN discussionI think we are only beginning to understand the importance of a good night's sleep. I just recently listened to a fantastic episode of the Kevin Rose podcast featuring sleep scientist Matthew Walker [0], and found it very enlightening. [0] https://www.kevinrose.com/single-post/matthew-walker
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on “Eight hours a night isn’t enough, according to a leading sleep scientist”Submitted Why Apple's iTV Will Change Everything as a story · 16 points
HN discussionI preferred his interview on the Kevin Rose podcast: https://www.kevinrose.com/single-post/matthew-walker Incidentally a previous podcast covered a lot of the same ground, plus much more: https://www.kevinrose.com/single-post/Serge-Faguet
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on “Sleep Scientist Warns Against Walking Through Life 'In an Underslept State'”Submitted Kevin Rose on why Google needs Buzz as a story · 13 points
HN discussionhttp://www.kevinrose.com/ should read this.
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on “Own Your Identity”Submitted 100 Breath Meditation, 30 day challenge as a story · 6 points
HN discussionI just finished the book and would recommend it to those who are interested in the long history of psychedelic research and the future of it. However, I think most of what I took from the book can be captured on the few podcasts he's been interviewed on. Specifically his chats with Tyler Cowen [1] and Kevin Rose [2] were particularly interesting. [1] https://medium.com/conversations-with-tyler/michael-pollan-t... [2…
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on “Psychedelic Mushrooms Are Closer to Medicinal Use”Submitted Rumor: iPad 2 is coming soon as a story · 5 points
HN discussionThis is interesting. On a recent Kevin Rose podcast he and his guest talked about targeted treatment for ADHD, dementia, etc. using video games. At one point they also discussed people using self-built gadgets to stimulate their own brain using electric current ( they do not recommend it though ). https://www.kevinrose.com/single-post/Adam-Gazzaley As an aside, I've found meditation to be very helpful in treating my…
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on “Brain-stimulation trials get personal to lift depression”Submitted Quick HD video walkthrough of how the Square iPhone payment system works as a story · 5 points
HN discussionkevin rose kinda repeats the same idea today http://kevinrose.com/the-boolean-graph
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on “How Your Creepy Ex-Co-Workers Will Kill Facebook”Submitted Kevin Rose's Top for YC Demo Day as a story · 3 points
HN discussionAlong the same vein, Kevin Rose wrote a blog post ( http://kevinrose.com/blogg/2011/1/11/cityvilles-viral-growth... ) about Facebook games and why they're so popular. He came to the same conclusion that Ian Lurie did: people want to do stuff and then tell everybody about it. And I have to agree with both of them. I bought Crysis 2 the other day and started playing through the story. For those that don't know, it's y…
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on “Dungeons & Dragons, Marketing, and Everything”Submitted CityVille's Viral Growth Hooks: Levels 1-3 Deconstructed as a story · 3 points
HN discussionThe original blog post: http://kevinrose.com/blogg/2010/8/21/why-apples-itv-will-cha...
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on “Digg founder says Apple iTV launch in September will 'change everything'”Submitted Digg v4: release, iterate, repeat. as a story · 3 points
HN discussionhttp://kevinrose.com/blogg/2010/11/27/2010-geek-holiday-gift...
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on “Ask HN: gifts for geeks?”Submitted Short book review: Delivering Happiness as a story · 3 points
HN discussionFor those preferring audio for an easier digestion, Matthew Walker has been a guest on some podcasts shortly after the book came out https://www.kevinrose.com/single-post/matthew-walker http://podcasts.joerogan.net/podcasts/matthew-walker
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on “Book Summary: Why We Sleep, by Matthew Walker”Submitted Kevin Rose Back at Digg as a story · 2 points
HN discussionThe Kevin Rose Show ( https://www.kevinrose.com/ ) I've never subscribed, but I always find myself listening because there's always something interesting going on (which says a lot IMO). From the site: Kevin interviews authors, technologists, scientists, meditators, self-experimenters, and productivity hackers to explore how to reach peak personal and professional performance while living a minimal and balanced life.
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on “Ask HN: What tech/programming podcasts are you listening to?”Submitted Matthew Walker Ph.D – Author of “Why We Sleep” (podcast) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionLink to the original source would be nice, too. http://kevinrose.com
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on “Mockup of new iTunes 8.0 interface published”Submitted The Boolean Graph as a story · 2 points
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