Gideon Etietop

me: Imao i saw it on twitter them: what's your twitter

"I may be remembered as a wise ass." — Charlie Munger, when asked about his legacy.

Date cancelled she said she cannot build Jumia in 2 weeks 😒

> Be Naval Ravikant > 51 years old > Born in India. Immigrates to NY as a kid > Mom raises him alone. No money. Public library is his babysitter. > Gets into Dartmouth. Studies philosophy & computer science. > Nobody in Silicon Valley takes his calls. > Founds a startup. Gets burned by his own co-founders. Loses everything. > Publicly humiliated on the internet. Called a liar and a fraud. > Most people would quit tech forever. > Naval doubles down. > Co-founds AngelList. Quietly changes how startups raise money forever. > Early investor in Uber, Twitter, and Postmates before anyone knew those names. > Turns a small amount of money into hundreds of millions without managing a single fund. > Never takes a salary. Never answers to a boss. Never will. > Reads 1-2 hours every day like it's a religion. Not news. Not Twitter drama. Physics. Philosophy. Biology. Math. > Says most people are busy being busy. > Writes one tweet thread on how to get rich. Goes viral. Gets translated into dozens of languages. Changes the financial philosophy of a generation. > Doesn't monetize it. Gives it away free. > Builds a podcast with zero ads, zero sponsors, zero guests. Just him thinking out loud. Millions listen. > Learns meditation. Goes deep. Not the app kind. > Says the most important work he's ever done is internal. > Silicon Valley thinks that's weird. > Silicon Valley is wrong. > Walks away from the hustle culture he helped create. > Says working 80-hour weeks is a sign of failure, not success. > Says if you need a calendar, you're not free. > Says specific knowledge, leverage, and accountability are the only career advice you need. > Quietly retires in his 40s. Not because he's lazy. Because he won. > Destroys Wokeism > Makes limited public appearances And Naval is still the wisest guy on the internet. Naval is built different.

Ray Dalio: “If you don’t own gold, you know neither history, nor economics.” Gold is becoming the world’s new reserve currency based on Central Bank balance sheets. Gold has officially overtaken U.S. Treasuries as the largest reserve asset held by central banks. This shift, the first of its kind in roughly 30 years, is driven by a combination of record-breaking institutional buying and a massive surge in gold prices.

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At some point, human beings will start living over 150 years - young and healthy. I came too early.