In a previous post, I mentioned the wise words of Naval Ravikant, an investor and modern philosopher. I want to share another piece of wisdom. He calls it the fundamental delusion. In episode 18 of the Knowledge Project Podcast, interviewer Shane Parrish asks him, “what’s the most common mistake you see people make over and…
I love an analogy I heard from Naval Ravikant, a tech investor and modern-day philosopher. In a podcast interview, he said that life is essentially a single-player game, not a multiplayer game. These terms equate to interior life vs. exterior life. Let’s elaborate: The single-player game: just you, your thoughts, and your emotions. The multiplayer…
Are smartphone apps tools or drugs? A proper tool is passive, and it waits for us to use it, much like a hammer sits and waits in our toolbox. The hammer doesn’t actively seek anything from us, and it doesn’t use psychological tactics to take hold of our attention. On the other hand, many social…