Slightly off the main topic - has Tim Ferriss actually created something of value that didn't exist before? It seems everything he is about is telling about how other people create value.
His original business was a supplement product called brainquicken. He doesn't talk much about the specifics of that product. But, in the four hour workweek, most of his examples were from the backend of that business.
That book was literally a lifechanger for me, and led to me leaving law school to create an automated business in the style of the ones he wrote about.
His current venture, podcasts, is mostly about showing how others have created value. But that in itself is a thing of value - it's not that easy to get a bunch of influential people to talk candidly to the public.
My math teacher didn't invent any theories. He didn't write any books. Yet, I learned math from him. Can we say he didn't create anything of value?
Even if most of its contents could be found elsewhere, the book is something of value that didn't exist before.
I've since moved on from where that book is coming from (as has he, from the sounds of things), but I still listen to the audio from time to time for inspiration and to reconnect with my 2008-self.