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Naval — 158 episodes
Sell the Truth
‘Nothing Ever Happens’ Is Over
A Return to Code
A Motorcycle for the Mind
Curate People
In the Arena
Find the Simplest Thing That Works
Good Products Are Hard to Vary
Most Books Should Be Skimmed, A Few Should Be Devoured
The Best Authors Respect the Reader’s Time
It Is Impossible to Fool Mother Nature
Blame Yourself for Everything, and Preserve Your Agency
Pause, Reflect, See How Well it Did
Hiring a Podcast Editor and Naval’s Chief of Staff
You Have to Enjoy It a Lot
Find Your Specific Knowledge Through Action
When You Truly Work for Yourself
In Most Difficult Things in Life, The Solution is Indirect
If You Want to Learn, Do
Life is Lived in the Arena
Inspiration all the way down
The Deutsch Files IV
The Deutsch Files III
The Deutsch Files II
The Deutsch Files I
David Deutsch: Knowledge Creation and The Human Race, Part 2
David Deutsch: Knowledge Creation and The Human Race, Part 1
Vitalik: Ethereum, Part 2
Vitalik: Ethereum, Part 1
The Beginning of Infinity, Part 2
To a Caveman Very Few Things Are Resources
Knowledge Makes the Existence of Resources Infinite
Groups Never Admit Failure
Making Something Social Destroys the Truth of It
Free Markets Provide the Best Feedback
The Poverty of Compromise
Innovation Requires Decentralization and a Frontier
Don’t Rely on Credibility Stamps
One Einstein Is Worth A Legion Of PhD Drones
Ideas Are the New Oil
Aliens Would Visit for Knowledge, Not Resources
Aliens Might Just Be Too Far Away
If You Can’t Program It, You Don’t Understand It
The Probability of Human Existence Is Infinitesimally Small
Intelligent Species Have Only Risen Once on Planet Earth
Where Are the Aliens?
It’s Mind Blowing That Our Minds Can’t Be Blown
More Compute Power Doesn’t Produce AGI
We Are Qualitatively Different From Other Species
Humans Are Exceptional
Genetic Evolution Was a Prelude to Memetic Evolution
There Can Be No Final Theory of Gravity
No Truth Can Be Justified
With a Good Theory of Knowledge, You Can Decide What Else Is True
The Beginning of Infinity, Part 1
Rational Optimism Is the Way Out
Pessimism Seems Like an Intellectually Serious Position
It’s Easy to Extrapolate How Things Will Get Worse
We’re All Equal in Our Infinite Ignorance
It’s Rare to Have Competing, Viable, Scientific Theories
Science Advances One Funeral at a Time
Make Bold Guesses and Weed Out Failures
Theories Are Explanations, Not Predictions
Science Is an Error-Correcting Mechanism
Science Broadens Our Vision of Reality
We Explain the Seen in Terms of the Unseen
The Multiverse
Is Light a Particle or a Wave?
Probability Is Subjective
We Can’t Prove Most Theorems with Known Physics
Every Mathematical Theory Is Held Inside a Physical Substrate
Is the Universe Discrete or Continuous?
All Knowledge Is Conjectural
The Methods of Mathematics Are Fallible
There Is No Settled Mathematics
There Is No End of Science
Good Explanations Are Hard to Vary
Good Explanations Are Acts of Creativity
Humans Are Unique in Our Ability to Understand Things
It’s Impossible to Predict the Future Growth of Knowledge
People Are a Force of Nature
We’re at the Beginning of an Infinity of Knowledge
Happiness
Read the Best 100 Books Over and Over Again
We Can Have Explanations That Reach the Entire Universe
Nullius in Verba
This Book Changed the Way I Think
Science Is the Engine That Pulls Humanity Forward
Matt Ridley: How Innovation Works, Part 2
Matt Ridley: How Innovation Works, Part 1
How to Angel Invest, Part 2
The Path to Peace Is Truth
Groups Search for Consensus, Individuals Search for Truth
The Closer You Are to the Truth, the More Silent You Become Inside
Happiness Is Peace in Motion
Finding Peace from Mind
Breaking Addiction is Socially Unacceptable
The Modern Struggle Is Fighting Weaponized Addiction
Work the Least for It
Being Unhappy Is Very Inefficient
If You’re So Smart, Why Aren’t You Happy?
Desire Is a Contract You Make to Be Unhappy
Happiness Is a Skill You Can Develop
Happiness Is Not Science or Math
Happiness Without Material Comfort Is Playing on Hard Mode
Live Long Enough and You’ll Become a Philosopher
How to Angel Invest, Part 1
Externalities: Calculating the Hidden Costs of Products
Net Present Value: What Future Income Is Worth Today
Consumer Surplus: Getting More Than You Paid For
Price Discrimination: Charge Some People More
Compounding Relationships Make Life Easier
Turn Short-Term Games Into Long-Term Games
Schelling Point: Cooperating Without Communicating
Kelly Criterion: Avoid Ruin
Principal-Agent Problem: Act Like an Owner
Envy Can Be Useful, or It Can Eat You Alive
Being Ethical Is Long-Term Greedy
We Should Eventually Be Working for Ourselves
Accountability Means Letting People Criticize You
How to Get Rich: Every Episode
Productize Yourself
There Are No Get Rich Quick Schemes
A Calm Mind, a Fit Body, a House Full of Love
Reject Most Advice
Eventually You Will Get What You Deserve
Play Stupid Games, Win Stupid Prizes
Escape Competition Through Authenticity
Keep Redefining What You Do
Be Too Busy to “Do Coffee”
Work As Hard As You Can
Set an Aspirational Hourly Rate
Judgment Is the Decisive Skill
Example: From Laborer to Real Estate Tech
Pick a Business Model With Leverage
Product Leverage Is Egalitarian
Product and Media Are New Leverage
Labor and Capital Are Old Leverage
Take Accountability to Earn Equity
Embrace Accountability to Get Leverage
There's No Actual Skill Called Business
The Foundations Are Math and Logic
Read What You Love Until You Love to Read
Learn to Sell, Learn to Build
Specific Knowledge Is Highly Creative or Technical
Arm Yourself With Specific Knowledge
Partner With Rational Optimists
Pick Partners With Intelligence, Energy and Integrity
Play Long-term Games With Long-term People
The Internet Has Massively Broadened Career Possibilities
Give Society What It Doesn't Know How to Get
Live Below Your Means for Freedom
You Won't Get Rich Renting Out Your Time
Make Luck Your Destiny
Making Money Isn't About Luck
Free Markets Are Intrinsic to Humans
Make Abundance for the World
Seek Wealth, Not Money or Status