Naval Ravikant Quotes

Develop "strategic incompetence" - people won't ask you to do things you hate to do, if you're bad at them.

Science:
• Independently verifiable
• Falsifiable
• Makes risky and narrow predictions

(read Popper / Deutsch)

Giving unconditional love is just as good as getting it.

At the very least, I do not want my sense of self to continue to develop & strengthen as I get older. I want it to be weaker & more muted so I can be more in present everyday reality, accept nature & the world for what it is, & appreciate it very much as a child would.

Cynicism is easy. Mimicry is easy. Optimistic contrarians are the rarest breed.

The skills you really want can’t be taught, but they can be learned.

Changing habits:

Pick one thing. Cultivate a desire. Visualize it.
Plan a sustainable path.
Identify needs, triggers, & substitutes.
Tell your friends.
Track meticulously.
Self-discipline is a bridge to a new self-image.
Bake in the new self-image. It’s who you are, now.

Scheduling is spending your future time at a steep discount rate.

Media used to be the gatekeeper on what choices were acceptable. No more.

I think the meaning of life is to do things for their own sake.

Mathematicians look down on Physicists, who look down on Engineers, who look down on Designers. And Designers look down on everyone.

The virus doesn’t change who your friends are, it reveals who your friends are.

I learn something new every time I read @benthompson - the best analyst in technology.

Bet on the Internet; bet against governments.

Management is mostly hiring well and firing quickly.