Highlights from The Almanack of Naval Ravikant by Eric Jorgenson
Highlights from this book
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So, technology is the set of things, as Alan Kay said, that don’t quite work yet [correction: Danny Hillis]. Once something works, it’s no longer technology.
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Wealth creation is an evolutionarily recent positive-sum game. Status is an old zero-sum game. Those attacking wealth creation are often just seeking status.
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Today, I believe happiness is really a default state. Happiness is there when you remove the sense of something missing in your life.
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You’re born, you have a whole set of sensory experiences and stimulations (lights, colors, and sounds), and then you die.
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We crave experiences that will make us be present, but the cravings themselves take us from the present moment.
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Doctors won’t make you healthy. Nutritionists won’t make you slim. Teachers won’t make you smart. Gurus won’t make you calm. Mentors won’t make you rich. Trainers won’t make you fit. Ultimately, you have to take responsibility. Save yourself.