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The Angel Philosopher
The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish
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The Angel Philosopher
The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish
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Naval Ravikant, Shane Parrish
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Feb 27, 2017
The Angel Philosopher
The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish
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Feb 27, 2017
Top Moments
I really want to break away from this idea of forty hour weeks, or 9 to 5s, or roles, or jobs, or identities. It just all feels like a straight
jacket.
What's A Typical Day for Naval? There Isn't One
A really good book costs $10 or $20 and can change your life in a meaningful
way
Naval Ravikant's Reading Habit
We’re playing little movies in our heads. We’re just walking down the street, but no one’s actually there. If you started voicing the thoughts you have in your head, you’d be thought of as a madman and they’d lock you
up.
Naval's Attempt to Turn Off the Monkey Mind
Saying, 'I don't have time,' is just another way of saying it's not a
priority
Naval's Daily Morning Workout Has Been Huge for Him
Happiness is a default state. It’s what’s there when you remove the sense that something is missing from your
life.
Happiness is the Absence of Desire
Every positive thought has a seed of a negative thought within
it
Happiness is the Absence of Desire
Do I really care if I embarrass myself? I'm going to die anyway, this is all going to go to 0, and I won't remember anything. This is
pointless.
Naval Tries to Run His Brain in 'Debug Mode'
All the benefits in life come from compound interest; whether in money, relationships, love, health, activities or
habits
Naval's Foundational Values: Honesty, Long-Term Friendships, Peer Relationships
Anger is a hot coal that you hold in your hand while waiting to throw it at somebody
else
Naval's Foundational Values: Honesty, Long-Term Friendships, Peer Relationships
Everything that I was doing, I should have still done, but with less emotion, and especially less
anger
Naval's Advice to His Younger Self: Be Less Angry and Emotional
Do what you're going to do, just with less emotion and angst
Naval's Advice to His Younger Self: Be Less Angry and Emotional
Life is a single player game. You’re born alone. You’ll die
alone.
The Real Scorecards are Internal
You can’t just pick and choose what aspects of another’s life you want
Why Naval Thinks There's No Point in Being Jealous
The tools and means to learn are infinite, it’s the desire to learn that’s incredibly
scarce
Our Current Education System Is Obsolete
I think education should be about learning the basics in all the fields, and learning them really well over and over, because life is mostly just about applying the basics and only doing the advanced stuff in the things you truly love, where you know the basics inside and
out
Our Current Education System Is Obsolete
You don’t need to do anything. All you should do is what you want to do....No one in the world is going to beat you at being
you.
Everyone is Uniquely Qualified at Something
Each person is uniquely qualified at something – they have some specific knowledge, capability, and desire, that no one else in the world
has
Everyone is Uniquely Qualified at Something
It’s the mark of a charlatan to try and explain simple things in complicated ways, and the mark of a genius to explain complicated things in simple
ways
If You Can't Explain Something to a Child, You Don't Know It
I probably read one to two hours a day and that puts me in the top .001 percent. I think that alone accounts for any material success that I've had in my
life.
Making Reading a Habit Will Dramatically Improve Your Life
Only associate with people who you don’t have to drink to be around
them
How Naval Stopped Drinking Alcohol: Availability & Morning Workouts
Nature has no concept of happiness or
unhappiness
Happiness is the Absence of Desire
Freedom from vs. freedom to
How Having A Child Changed Naval's Definition of Freedom
Only the individual transcends. Nobody reaches enlightenment or internal happiness, or does serious internal work, in group
settings.
Why Naval Thinks There's No Point in Being Jealous
If you're not willing to do it right now, then don't commit to
it
When Making a New Time Commitment, It's "Hell Yes" or "No"
The most common mistake people make - “The idea or belief that you will be made happy because of some external circumstance”
The Biggest Mistake Most People Make: Seeking External Happiness
The mind should be a tool, or servant, and I’m the master. It’s not something that should be controlling and driving me 24/
7.
Naval's Attempt to Turn Off the Monkey Mind
Happiness to me is mainly not suffering, not desiring, not thinking too much about the future or the past, and really just embracing the present
moment
Happiness is the Absence of Desire
You should never, ever fool anybody and you are the easiest person to
fool
Radical Honesty and Praising Specifically
It can literally destroy your happiness if you spend all your time living in delusions of the
future
Naval On the Singularity and AI
I’m both lazy and really focused on being present, so I think taking notes on a book is the same as taking photos when you’re on a trip – all it’s doing is taking you out of the
moment
Naval Ravikant's Reading System
Decision-making is
everything
Naval On Mental Models and Decision Making
The closer you want to get to me the better your values have to
be
If You Have Many Moral Shortcomings, You Won't Respect Yourself
The smaller you can make your ego, the less desire you’ll have for the outcome you want, and the easier it is to see
reality
Naval Ravikant on Seeing Truth, the Ego, and Making Decisons
The more of a desire I have that a decision work out a certain way, the less likely I am to see the
truth
Naval Ravikant on Seeing Truth, the Ego, and Making Decisons
The idea that some external thing will bring me happiness or joy is completely
delusional
The Biggest Mistake Most People Make: Seeking External Happiness
There is no meaning to life. There is no purpose to life...Anything you do will
fade.
What Naval Thinks the Purpose of Life Is
So now I treat books like blogs - I'll skim through a large number of books, I'll put them down and jump around until I find a part that's interesting. I won't feel guilty about having to finish the entire book because it's like a blog
archive.
We Can Treat Books Like Blogs; Find Great Content and Skip the Rest
It’s really important to be able to uncondition yourself from your habits - You need to be able to recognize habits that you picked up years ago, that may no longer serve you
Habits Can Be a Double Edged Sword
I do not want my sense of self to continue to develop and become stronger as I get older. I want it to be weaker and more muted so that I can live much more in present everyday
reality...
Naval's Attempt to Turn Off the Monkey Mind
The reality is that 95% of what my brain runs off to do, I don’t need to tackle at that exact
moment
Naval Tries to Run His Brain in 'Debug Mode'
Modern humans don’t live enough in our bodies. We don’t live enough in our awareness. We live too much in this internal monologue in our
heads.
Naval Tries to Run His Brain in 'Debug Mode'
All of the real scorecards in life are
internal
The Real Scorecards are Internal
There is actually nothing BUT this moment. No one has ever gone back in time and no one has ever been able to predict the future successfully in any way that
matters.
Naval On the Singularity and AI
College and schools come from a time period when books were
rare
Our Current Education System Is Obsolete
A lot of our unhappiness comes from comparing things from the past to the
present
Naval Ravikant's Reading System
Figure out what kinds of environments you can thrive in and then build a system to create that environment around you so that you're statistically likely to
succeed
Naval Doesn't Believe in Goals, Instead Use Systems
Like everything in life, if you're willing to make the short-term sacrifice, you'll have a long-term
benefit
Easy Choices, Hard Life; Hard Choices, Easy Life
The really smart thinkers are clear thinkers and they understand the basics at a very fundamental
level
If You Can't Explain Something to a Child, You Don't Know It
Great people have great
outcomes
Naval on Entrepreneurship and What Makes For a Good Founder
The best workout for you is the one you’re excited about and the same goes for books – the best books to read are the ones you’re excited about reading
Making Reading a Habit Will Dramatically Improve Your Life
I try to run my brain in debugging mode as much as
possible
Naval Tries to Run His Brain in 'Debug Mode'
Anyone who I can’t be honest around, I don’t want to be
around
Naval's Foundational Values: Honesty, Long-Term Friendships, Peer Relationships
The advantage of meditation is not that you're suddenly going to gain a superpower to control your internal state. It's that you will recognize how out of control your mind actually
is.
Separating Yourself From the Monkey Mind
The education system is completely
obsolete
Our Current Education System Is Obsolete
If you really want to be successful and happy, you’re looking for a non-average outcome, so you can’t be reading the average
things
Don't Read Average Things if You're Looking For a Non-Average Outcome
If it doesn’t capture my attention within the first chapter in a meaningfully positive way I’ll either drop the book, or skip ahead a few
chapters
Naval Ravikant's Reading System
Someone who makes decisions right 80% of time instead of 70% of time will be valued and compensate in the market hundreds of times
more
Naval On Mental Models and Decision Making
I basically load my head with mental models, and they each apply to different
situations
Naval On Mental Models and Decision Making
If someone is going around and talking about how honest they are, they’re probably
dishonest
If Someone Talks About How Honest They Are, They're Probably Dishonest
The best founders are the ones who are very long-term
thinkers
Naval on Entrepreneurship and What Makes For a Good Founder
Advice for founders - “Go find the thing you can commit to for 10 years, because that’s how long it’s going to take, minimum, to get a good outcome”
Naval on Entrepreneurship and What Makes For a Good Founder
“The reality is that I just read a lot, that by today’s standards, would be considered mental junk food. Eventually, you just get to like reading, you run out of junk food, and you start reading the healthy food.”‘
The Origins of Naval's Passion for Reading
Making reading an actual habit is the most important thing and how you make it habit doesn't
matter
Making Reading a Habit Will Dramatically Improve Your Life
Naval doesn’t believe in hierarchical relationships
Naval's Foundational Values: Honesty, Long-Term Friendships, Peer Relationships
All of man’s problems arise because he can’t sit by himself in a room for 30
minutes
Separating Yourself From the Monkey Mind
I think it's delusional to think that you're somehow going to be saved before you die by some combination of A.I. and magic science. You just have to live the life you
have.
Naval On the Singularity and AI
The returns in life come from being out of the
herd
Don't Read Average Things if You're Looking For a Non-Average Outcome
The smartest and most successful people I know started out as
losers
Don't Read Average Things if You're Looking For a Non-Average Outcome
To find a worthy mate, be worthy of a worthy
mate
If You Have Many Moral Shortcomings, You Won't Respect Yourself
We’re full of a world where it’s so easy to pretend you have knowledge that you don’t actually
have
If You Can't Explain Something to a Child, You Don't Know It
There should be a two-factor authentication on your
calendar
When Making a New Time Commitment, It's "Hell Yes" or "No"
What Naval thinks happens after you die
What Naval Thinks the Purpose of Life Is
Reading was my first
love
The Origins of Naval's Passion for Reading
Naval's Hierarchy of Priorities
Physical Health, then Mental Health, then Spiritual Health
To find great relationships, just find other people with whom your values line
up
Great Relationships Are Possible When Values Line Up
Jealousy is such a poisonous emotion because at the end of the day, you’re no better off – you’re unhappier, and the person you’re jealous of is still successful or good looking, or
whatever.
Why Naval Thinks There's No Point in Being Jealous
If all of your beliefs line up into neat little bundles, you should be highly
suspicious
The Optimal Way to Organize Society
If you read what everyone else is reading, you’re going to think what everyone else is thinking, so you need a little bit of
diversity
Don't Read Average Things if You're Looking For a Non-Average Outcome
“Most books have only one point to make
Naval Ravikant's Reading System
I just try and set up good systems and that way, the individual decisions don't matter as much because I think our ability to make individual decisions is actually not
great
Naval Doesn't Believe in Goals, Instead Use Systems
Try everything. Test it for yourself, but be skeptical. Keep what’s useful, and discard what’s
not.
Try Everything, Test It Yourself, Be Skeptical
I don’t want to read everything, I just want to read the 100 greatest books over and over
again
Naval Ravikant's Reading Habit
I read when I'm bored of everything else but the good news is I get bored very
easily
What Books Does Naval Re-Read?
We unconsciously pick up habits in the background and we keep them for decades. We may not even realize they’re bad for
us.
Habits Can Be a Double Edged Sword
I think the mind itself is a muscle and it can be trained and
conditioned
Naval Tries to Run His Brain in 'Debug Mode'
Praise specifically, criticize
generally
Radical Honesty and Praising Specifically
If an email makes you angry, wait 24 hours before responding
Separating Yourself From the Monkey Mind
Change yourself, then change your family or neighbors, before you get into abstract concepts about how you’re going to change the world
What Has Naval Recently Changed His Mind On?
Science to me is the study of truth and mathematics is the language of science and
nature
Don't Read Average Things if You're Looking For a Non-Average Outcome
Negotiations with high integrity people are usually very
easy
Naval on Integrity and How to Tell if You Can Trust Someone
Intros & Ads
Shane Parrish Introduces Naval Ravikant
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What Naval Ravikant Does For a Living
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What's A Typical Day for Naval? There Isn't One
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The Origins of Naval's Passion for Reading
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Naval Ravikant's Reading Habit
reading
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What Books Does Naval Re-Read?
books
science
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We Can Treat Books Like Blogs; Find Great Content and Skip the Rest
books
reading
internet
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Making Reading a Habit Will Dramatically Improve Your Life
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Habits Can Be a Double Edged Sword
happiness
depression
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reading
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The Habits That Naval is Currently Trying to Change
workout
caffeine
meditation
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Naval's Attempt to Turn Off the Monkey Mind
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happiness
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How Naval Stopped Drinking Alcohol: Availability & Morning Workouts
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Naval's Daily Morning Workout Has Been Huge for Him
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Physical Health, then Mental Health, then Spiritual Health
happiness
health
mental health
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Happiness is the Absence of Desire
happiness
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Naval Tries to Run His Brain in 'Debug Mode'
ego
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Naval's Foundational Values: Honesty, Long-Term Friendships, Peer Relationships
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Great Relationships Are Possible When Values Line Up
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Radical Honesty and Praising Specifically
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How Having A Child Changed Naval's Definition of Freedom
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Naval's Advice to His Younger Self: Be Less Angry and Emotional
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Separating Yourself From the Monkey Mind
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meditation
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The Real Scorecards are Internal
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Why Naval Thinks There's No Point in Being Jealous
meditation
happiness
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What Has Naval Recently Changed His Mind On?
marriage
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The Optimal Way to Organize Society
technology
happiness
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Naval On the Singularity and AI
religion
science
gut
technology
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happiness
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Our Current Education System Is Obsolete
education
internet
learning
college
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We Should Be Teaching Nutrition, Cooking, Fitness, Meditation
nutrition
relationships
meditation
education
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Naval Would Create a Successor to the One Laptop Per Child Project
learning
school
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Don't Read Average Things if You're Looking For a Non-Average Outcome
technology
science
reading
twitter
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Naval Ravikant's Reading System
reading
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Naval On Mental Models and Decision Making
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Naval Doesn't Believe in Goals, Instead Use Systems
goals
investing
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Naval's Not Interested in Making Tons of Money
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Everyone is Uniquely Qualified at Something
decisions
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Naval on Integrity and How to Tell if You Can Trust Someone
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If Someone Talks About How Honest They Are, They're Probably Dishonest
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If You Have Many Moral Shortcomings, You Won't Respect Yourself
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Easy Choices, Hard Life; Hard Choices, Easy Life
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If You Can't Explain Something to a Child, You Don't Know It
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Naval Ravikant on Seeing Truth, the Ego, and Making Decisons
ego
decisions
mind
politics
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business
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Naval on Entrepreneurship and What Makes For a Good Founder
technology
entrepreneurs
business
relationship
···
silicon valley
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43
Naval on "Rational Buddhism"
science
meditation
ego
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Try Everything, Test It Yourself, Be Skeptical
meditation
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When Making a New Time Commitment, It's "Hell Yes" or "No"
decisions
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The Biggest Mistake Most People Make: Seeking External Happiness
happiness
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What Naval Thinks the Purpose of Life Is
ai
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Connect with Naval Ravikant Online
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The Knowledge Project Episode Outro
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Clips
Shane Parrish Introduces Naval Ravikant
AD: Mealime
What Naval Ravikant Does For a Living
What's A Typical Day for Naval? There Isn't One
The Origins of Naval's Passion for Reading
Naval Ravikant's Reading Habit
What Books Does Naval Re-Read?
We Can Treat Books Like Blogs; Find Great Content and Skip the Rest
Making Reading a Habit Will Dramatically Improve Your Life
Habits Can Be a Double Edged Sword
The Habits That Naval is Currently Trying to Change
Naval's Attempt to Turn Off the Monkey Mind
How Naval Stopped Drinking Alcohol: Availability & Morning Workouts
Naval's Daily Morning Workout Has Been Huge for Him
Physical Health, then Mental Health, then Spiritual Health
Happiness is the Absence of Desire
Naval Tries to Run His Brain in 'Debug Mode'
Naval's Foundational Values: Honesty, Long-Term Friendships, Peer Relationships
Great Relationships Are Possible When Values Line Up
Radical Honesty and Praising Specifically
How Having A Child Changed Naval's Definition of Freedom
Naval's Advice to His Younger Self: Be Less Angry and Emotional
Separating Yourself From the Monkey Mind
The Real Scorecards are Internal
Why Naval Thinks There's No Point in Being Jealous
What Has Naval Recently Changed His Mind On?
The Optimal Way to Organize Society
Naval On the Singularity and AI
Our Current Education System Is Obsolete
We Should Be Teaching Nutrition, Cooking, Fitness, Meditation
Naval Would Create a Successor to the One Laptop Per Child Project
Don't Read Average Things if You're Looking For a Non-Average Outcome
Naval Ravikant's Reading System
Naval On Mental Models and Decision Making
Naval Doesn't Believe in Goals, Instead Use Systems
Naval's Not Interested in Making Tons of Money
Everyone is Uniquely Qualified at Something
Naval on Integrity and How to Tell if You Can Trust Someone
If Someone Talks About How Honest They Are, They're Probably Dishonest
If You Have Many Moral Shortcomings, You Won't Respect Yourself
Easy Choices, Hard Life; Hard Choices, Easy Life
If You Can't Explain Something to a Child, You Don't Know It
Naval Ravikant on Seeing Truth, the Ego, and Making Decisons
Naval on Entrepreneurship and What Makes For a Good Founder
Naval on "Rational Buddhism"
Try Everything, Test It Yourself, Be Skeptical
When Making a New Time Commitment, It's "Hell Yes" or "No"
The Biggest Mistake Most People Make: Seeking External Happiness
What Naval Thinks the Purpose of Life Is
Connect with Naval Ravikant Online
The Knowledge Project Episode Outro
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