#1309 - Naval Ravikant

The future of work - "The information revolution, by making it easier to communicate, connect, and cooperate, is allowing us to go back to working for ourselves"

A calm mind, a fit body, and a house full of love. These things cannot be bought - they must be earned.

All our diseases are diseases of abundance, not diseases of scarcity

What if, instead of universal basic income, society instituted a retraining program for adults to re-educate themselves?

Humans are always signaling. Rather than really looking at yourself, you're looking at how other people look at you.

We live in an age of infinite leverage... and because of that, the impacts of good decision-making are much higher than they used to be

The modern environmental movement identifies the correct problem, but doesn't come up with the right set of solutions that are appealing to people

A clear mind leads to better judgment and better outcomes. A happy, calm, and peaceful person will make better decisions... So if you want to operate at peak performance, you have to learn how to tame your mind.

I don't care how rich you are. I don't care whether you're a top Wall Street banker, if somebody has to tell you when to be at work, what to wear, and how to behave, you're not a free person. You're not actually rich.

You have to reject most advice but you have to listen to and read enough of it to know what to reject and what to accept