Worth Listening To: Naval Ravikant

There are many philosophers who call out in our digital Agora. Naval Ravikant is probably one worth listening to.

His “Twitterstorm”  How to Get Rich (without getting lucky) has been retweeted over 26 thousand times and despite the click-baity title, Naval shares a lot of quality thoughts about the nature of partnerships, creative work, value, and happiness.

He draws on some pretty heady sources to make his point, including the work of Ben Graham, Emerson, and Lao Tzu.  He often disparages the conventional wisdom on productivity and favors a much more natural attitude toward workflow.

Ultimately, he makes the case for working in a way that is an extension of your own personality and sets the ideal–say in the form of Oprah or Joe Rogan–as nothing other than the perfect and pure expression of the individual.

If Twitter isn’t your thing, then let me point you to a YouTube version of those tweets.  Here Naval amplifies his argument. These expansion make the video, which is just over 2 hours, well worth your time.

One of the best ways to take in these kind of internet philosophers is to track down their sources.  Naval credits the people whose ideas he uses in this talk.  As a result, I  am eager to look into the work of Marc Andreeson and  Illacertus,

There is a kinder, gentler capitalism out there and Naval’s How to get Rich (without getting lucky) can give you a peek into a much wider definition of wealth.