My guest today is Eric Jorgenson - the author of two books that I really enjoyed- "The Almanack of Naval Ravikant" and "The Anthology of Balaji." In this conversation, he tells us what he learned from studying these great minds and the experience of writing the two books. We also talk about the spread of anti-capitalistic ideas, techno-optimism the economics of publishing and more. Please enjoy this conversation with Eric Jorgenson.

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Show Notes

(00:01:46) - (First question) - What can money not buy?

(00:02:46) - When Eric started contemplating that question  

(00:03:52) - Be the person who takes the notes; The Almanack of Naval Ravikant, The Anthology of Balaji

(00:07:43) - How he approached writing Naval’s book 

(00:10:21) - Ways that writing the book changed him and the people around him 

(00:13:20) - Something most people get wrong about Naval 

(00:15:45) - Not all billionaires are the same

(00:18:34) - The inherent fear of new technology 

(00:24:58) - When technologists went from being heroes to villains 

(00:29:41) - Thinking about countries like companies 

(00:33:05) - The competition that keeps the US growing; Atlas Shrugged

(00:34:57) - Things he’s learned about Balaji’s nature

(00:36:58) - Balaji’s public rise during the pandemic 

(00:40:10) - How true the prediction was about Bitcoin going to a million 

(00:41:35) - The audience overlap for his two latest books

(00:42:55) - Going from being a writer to a writer and a publisher 

(00:46:59) - Publisher royalties and self-publishing economics 

(00:50:48) - Sourcing talent in the era of excessive content

(00:55:26) - Writing in refreshing and engaging styles 

(00:57:59) - Who he’d like to write about next

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