Virtue signaling is popular because it lets anyone, regardless of objective merit, go on an ego trip. - Naval Ravikant

Envy is an illusion.

The part of the person that we envy doesn’t exist without the rest of that person.

If we aren’t willing to trade places with them completely - their life, their body, their thoughts - then there is nothing to be envious about.

Some economic patterns recur, inexactly, less than once a generation. These are when the greatest fortunes are made and lost.

All tyranny begins with the desire to coerce others for the greater good.