Dustin Moskovitz, Co Founder of Asana and Facebook | The Tim Ferriss Show

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Dustin Moskovitz (@moskov) is co-founder and CEO at Asana, a leading work-management platform for teams. Asana’s mission is to help humanity thrive by enabling all teams to work together effortlessly. Prior to Asana, he co-founded Facebook and was a key leader within the technical staff, first in the position of CTO and then later as VP of Engineering. Dustin attended Harvard University as an economics major for two years before moving to Palo Alto, California, to work full time at Facebook.

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[00:00] Introduction
[08:17] The Back Buddy.
[12:38] A user’s guide to Dustin.
[15:49] Coaching for endurance.
[18:43] Making quicker decisions.
[20:45] Avoiding paradox of choice.
[23:20] Difficult but desirable delegation.
[25:08] The time-saving spreadsheet.
[29:12] No Meeting Wednesdays.
[33:34] Weekly architecture.
[35:33] Why Dustin prefers in-person meetings.
[36:55] The 15 Commitments to Conscious Leadership.
[40:55] Working with Diana Chapman.
[45:10] Clearing conversations.
[48:09] Nonviolent Communication.
[49:43] Feel your feelings.
[51:10] The Beginning of Infinity.
[53:50] Effective altruism.
[1:00:43] On being directionally vegetarian.
[1:02:32] Funding future pandemic preparation.
[1:07:33] AI risks and Yuddites.
[1:13:43] Most promising avenues of AI defense.
[1:17:19] Incentivizing AI safety compliance.
[1:19:12] Further AI threats.
[1:23:21] What the AI-amplified decade ahead might look like.
[1:28:59] Asana’s forthcoming AI integrations.
[1:37:04] Blocking personal time.
[1:40:41] Recommended reading.
[1:43:14] Dustin’s billboard.
[1:47:46] Parting thoughts.

Tim Ferriss is one of Fast Company’s “Most Innovative Business People” and an early-stage tech investor/advisor in Uber, Facebook, Twitter, Shopify, Duolingo, Alibaba, and 50+ other companies. He is also the author of five #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestsellers: The 4-Hour Workweek, The 4-Hour Body, The 4-Hour Chef, Tools of Titans and Tribe of Mentors. The Observer and other media have named him “the Oprah of audio” due to the influence of his podcast, The Tim Ferriss Show, which has exceeded 900 million downloads and been selected for “Best of Apple Podcasts” three years running.

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