“Not to take away anything from art or politics or engineering or business, but without science, we’d still be scrambling in the dirt fighting with sticks and trying to start fires.” ― @naval
“Everything we pursue is to satiate the body or elevate the self, with one exception.
Truth is its own reward. Regardless of the consequences.” – @naval
“Skim quickly to find something worth reading, and then absorb it slowly. Words per minute is a vanity metric - any book worth reading requires pausing to reflect.” – @naval
“Number of books completed is a vanity metric. As you know more, you leave more books unfinished. Focus on new concepts with predictive power.” – @naval
"Children are happy because:
1) They're not self conscious
2) They lack a sense of time pressure
3) They've no goals.
The bottom line is they are living from moment to moment, and the mind is not there to interfere in their bliss."
@naval
“Study a field in which you can apply mathematics and have the conclusions validated or refuted by contact with free markets or physical reality.” – @naval