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Chief Executive Philosopher: Naval Ravikant on Suffering and Acceptance — Killing Buddha

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  • Feb 9, 2016
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"I constantly see people rise in life who are not the smartest, sometimes not even the most diligent, but they are learning machines.They go to bed every night a little wiser than... Show More

"I constantly see people rise in life who are not the smartest, sometimes
not even the most diligent, but they are learning machines.They go to bed
every night a little wiser than they were when they got up and boy does
that help, particularly when you have a long run ahead of you." - Charlie
Munger 

I first heard of Naval Ravikant from his appearance on the Tim Ferriss
podcast. It was an onslaught of knowledge. Just as you hear one nugget of
wisdom, another one smacks you on the head, and you completely forgot what
you were thinking about.

It was almost too much to take in. So I wanted to slow the conversation
down and focus on his philosophy.

Naval is the CEO of AngelList, a company designed to help entrepreneurs get
funding and find talent. He wants to help entrepreneurs create something
they want, how they want. In other words, he wants to help them live the
lives they want to in the area of business. 

He is the former co-founder of Epinions. He also known for his skill as an
angel investor. He has invested in many unicorn companies from Twitter to
Stack Overflow to Uber.

Like Warren Buffet and Charlie Munger, Naval is a prolific reader. As a
child, books were his best friends. They introduced him to the wisdom of
the greatest minds of the last few thousand years. In this interview, he
talks about the wisdom he

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