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AngelList co-founder with Naval Ravikant<br /> | Ben Thompson = Technology analyst and writer; author of Stratechery<br /> | Benjamin Franklin = American polymath; Founding Father, inventor, and writer<br /> | Bitcoin = Decentralized cryptocurrency; peer-to-peer digital money<br /> | Bruce Lee = Hong Kong–American martial artist and actor; cultural icon<br /> | Buddha = Founder of Buddhism; spiritual teacher<br /> | Business Insider = Business news website; digital media outlet<br /> | Carlo Rovelli = Italian theoretical physicist and author; popular science writer<br /> | Charlie Munger = American investor; Berkshire vice chair, mental models advocate<br /> | Choiceless Awareness = Meditative attention practice; observe experience without preference<br /> | CITIC Publishing = Chinese publishing house; book publisher<br /> | circadian rhythms = Daily biological cycles; internal body clock patterns<br /> | CoinDesk = Cryptocurrency news site and data provider<br /> | compound interest = Returns earned on prior returns; exponential growth principle<br /> | Confucius = Chinese philosopher; Confucian tradition founder<br /> | Danny Hillis = Computer scientist and entrepreneur; technology aphorist<br /> | David Deutsch = British physicist and author; quantum computing pioneer<br /> | Eckhart Tolle = Spiritual teacher and author; wrote The Power of Now<br /> | Ed Latimore = Writer and former boxer; personal development essayist<br /> | Elad Gil = Entrepreneur and investor; startup advisor and author<br /> | Eliezer Yudkowsky = AI researcher and writer; rationality and decision theory advocate<br /> | Elon Musk = Entrepreneur and industrialist; technology company leader<br /> | Eric Jorgenson = American writer and product strategist; compiled Ravikant’s ideas<br /> | Evergreen = Eric Jorgenson’s business blog; entrepreneurship and strategy essays<br /> | Exhalation = Ted Chiang short story collection; speculative ideas<br /> | Farnam Street = Decision-making blog and learning platform; mental models focus<br /> | Ficciones = Jorge Luis Borges short story collection; influential literature<br /> | FinanzBuch Verlag = German book publisher; finance and business titles<br /> | first principles = Reasoning from fundamental truths; rebuild arguments from basics<br /> | five chimps theory = Heuristic on social influence; you resemble your close circle<br /> | Forbes = American business magazine and media company<br /> | game theory = Study of strategic interaction; incentives and payoffs analysis<br /> | HarperCollins India = Trade book publisher; HarperCollins’s India arm<br /> | heat death = Hypothetical cosmic end state; maximum entropy<br /> | hedonic treadmill = Psychology concept; adaptation keeps happiness baseline stable<br /> | Homer = Ancient Greek poet; author of the Iliad and the Odyssey<br /> | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt = American publishing company; educational and trade books<br /> | How to Get Rich (Without Getting Lucky) = Naval Ravikant tweetstorm; wealth principles checklist<br /> | How to Get Rich: Every Episode = Naval podcast compilation; wealth series episodes<br /> | Idle Words = Blog by Maciej Ceglowski; technology and culture essays<br /> | inbox zero = Email workflow concept; keeping inbox empty<br /> | Industrial Revolution = Period of industrialization; mechanization transformed economies<br /> | Isaac Asimov = American writer; science fiction and popular science<br /> | Jack Butcher = Designer and illustrator; contributed book illustrations<br /> | Jed McKenna = Pen name of spiritual author; nontraditional enlightenment books<br /> | Jerzy Gregorek = Polish-born weightlifter and poet; “Hard choices, easy life” maxim<br /> | Jiddu Krishnamurti = Indian philosopher and speaker; advocate of self-inquiry<br /> | Joe Rogan Experience #1309 = Podcast episode featuring Naval Ravikant on The Joe Rogan Experience<br /> | Jorge Luis Borges = Argentine writer; short stories and essays<br /> | Kansas City = US city; Missouri–Kansas metropolitan area<br /> | Kevin Simler = Writer and technologist; author of Melting Asphalt essays<br /> | Lazy Leadership = Essay by Andrew Wilkinson; management reflections<br /> | Life Formulas I = Naval Ravikant’s 2008 notes; personal formulas list<br /> | Magrathea Publishing = Independent publisher; published this book<br /> | Marcus Aurelius = Roman emperor and Stoic philosopher<br /> | Matt Ridley = British science writer; evolution and innovation themes<br /> | Meditations = Stoic work by Marcus Aurelius; reflections on virtue<br /> | Melting Asphalt = Essay site by Kevin Simler; culture and cognition topics<br /> | mental models = Conceptual frameworks; simplified patterns for understanding systems<br /> | Mint = Indian business newspaper; financial and policy coverage<br /> | MIT Club of Singapore = Alumni association; MIT graduates’ Singapore club<br /> | Nassim Taleb = Scholar and author; probability and risk<br /> | Naval podcast = Podcast by Naval Ravikant; long-form discussions<br /> | Naval Ravikant = Entrepreneur and investor; AngelList co-founder and thinker<br /> | Naval’s Rules = Naval Ravikant’s 2016 list; personal operating principles<br /> | Neal Stephenson = American novelist; science fiction and cyberpunk<br /> | Netscape = Early web browser and company; 1990s internet pioneer<br /> | Osho = Indian spiritual teacher; Rajneesh movement founder<br /> | Periscope = Live video streaming platform; used for broadcasts<br /> | Planetary = Comic book series by Warren Ellis and John Cassaday; pop-culture archaeology<br /> | Poor Charlie’s Almanack = Charlie Munger speech collection; investing and life wisdom<br /> | probabilistic thinking = Decision method using probabilities; expected-value framing<br /> | Reality Is Not What It Seems = Carlo Rovelli book; quantum gravity overview<br /> | Redfin = US real estate brokerage; listings and data platform<br /> | Richard Feynman = American physicist; Nobel laureate and educator<br /> | Richard Hamming = American mathematician and computer scientist; information theory<br /> | Rick and Morty = Animated TV series; science fiction and satire<br /> | Robert Axelrod = Political scientist; author of The Evolution of Cooperation<br /> | Sapiens = Yuval Noah Harari book; human history survey<br /> | Scalable Human = Personal development website; reviews and essays<br /> | Scribe = Publishing services company; helped produce the book<br /> | Scott Adams = Cartoonist and writer; author of writing advice essay<br /> | Seven Brief Lessons on Physics = Carlo Rovelli book; physics primer<br /> | Silicon Valley = Tech region of the San Francisco Bay Area<br /> | Six Easy Pieces = Richard Feynman physics lectures; introductory science book<br /> | Snow Crash = Neal Stephenson novel; metaverse and satire<br /> | specific knowledge = Rare, non-fungible expertise; difficult to teach; personalized<br /> | Steve Jobs = American entrepreneur; Apple co-founder<br /> | Stories of Your Life and Others = Ted Chiang short story collection; includes “Story of Your Life”<br /> | Stratechery = Technology and business analysis blog by Ben Thompson<br /> | TechCrunch = Technology news website; startup and venture coverage<br /> | Ted Chiang = American science fiction author<br /> | The Almanack of Naval Ravikant = Book by Eric Jorgenson; curated Naval Ravikant ideas<br /> | The Bed of Procrustes = Aphorism collection by Nassim Taleb<br /> | The Beginning of Infinity = David Deutsch science and philosophy book<br /> | The Book of Life = Jiddu Krishnamurti book; daily meditations<br /> | The Book of Secrets = Osho book; tantra teachings<br /> | The Boys = Comic book series; satirical superheroes<br /> | The Compleat Strategyst = J.D. Williams book; introduction to game theory<br /> | The Day You Became a Better Writer = Scott Adams blog post; writing advice<br /> | The Evolution of Cooperation = Robert Axelrod book; cooperation via repeated games<br /> | The Last Question = Isaac Asimov short story; cosmic-scale themes<br /> | The Lessons of History = Will and Ariel Durant book; historical synthesis<br /> | The Lifecycle of Software Objects = Ted Chiang novella; artificial intelligence themes<br /> | The Mercury News = American newspaper; Bay Area coverage<br /> | The Munger Operating System: How to Live a Life That Really Works = Farnam Street article; life and decision principles<br /> | The New York Times = American newspaper; national and international coverage<br /> | The Next Web = Technology news website; startups and internet culture<br /> | The PEHub Network = Private equity and venture capital news outlet<br /> | The Power Moves = Social dynamics and self-improvement site<br /> | The Power of Now = Eckhart Tolle book; mindfulness and presence<br /> | The Rational Optimist = Matt Ridley book; progress and trade<br /> | The Sandman = Comic series by Neil Gaiman; fantasy and mythology<br /> | The Sovereign Individual = Book by Davidson and Rees-Mogg; digital-era political economy<br /> | The Week = Indian news magazine; general-interest weekly<br /> | Think Like Reality = Essay by Eliezer Yudkowsky; rationality theme<br /> | Tim Ferriss = American author and podcaster<br /> | Token Summit = Cryptocurrency conference and industry event<br /> | Total Freedom = Jiddu Krishnamurti book; collected talks<br /> | Transmetropolitan = Comic book series by Warren Ellis and Darick Robertson; cyberpunk satire<br /> | Trulia = US real estate marketplace; listings and data<br /> | Tucker Max = Writer and entrepreneur; Scribe co-founder<br /> | Unchained = Cryptocurrency and fintech podcast by Laura Shin<br /> | Venture Hacks = Startup advice blog; precursor to AngelList<br /> | Vipassana = Buddhist meditation technique; insight through attention<br /> | Vox = American news and opinion website<br /> | Warren Buffett = American investor; Berkshire Hathaway chairman<br /> | Will and Ariel Durant = Historians and authors; wrote The Lessons of History<br /> | Wim Hof = Dutch extreme athlete; cold exposure and breath method<br /> | You and Your Research = Richard Hamming talk; doing great work<br /> | YouTube = Online video platform; streaming and hosting<br /> | Yuval Noah Harari = Historian and author; wrote Sapiens<br /> | Zaarly = Local services marketplace; home services platform<br /> | Zac Gorman = Cartoonist and writer; created Rick and Morty comics<br /> | Zillow = US real estate marketplace; Zestimates and listings<br /> | #default = Hi reader, have a great day! 😎<br /> }}<br /> &lt;/includeonly&gt;&lt;noinclude&gt;{{documentation}}&lt;/noinclude&gt;</div>

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