American writer and product strategist
Eric Jorgenson is an American writer and product strategist best known for The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness (2020), a freely distributed compilation of investor Naval Ravikant's writing and interviews that has sold more than a million copies. He went on to curate The Anthology of Balaji: A Guide to Technology, Truth, and Building the Future (2023) from the work of technologist Balaji Srinivasan, and The Book of Elon from Elon Musk. Jorgenson leads the publishing company Scribe Media and runs Rolling Fun, an early-stage venture fund. He hosts the Smart Friends podcast and writes a newsletter of the same name, describing his work as collecting good ideas and spreading useful truths.
There are a lot of great investors in the world, hedge fund guys that make a lot of money. But they have very little purpose. They don’t create anything tangible, fix anything, or provide a service. On the other hand, there are incredibly important roles in society that are underpaid but deeply respected. The variables in this equation are: - Value created → what you contribute to society - Value awarded → how the market values the work - Value captured (by you) → how much you earn