Naval Ravikant: The Beginning of Infinity

My conversation with Naval Ravikant. Enjoy!

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Timestamps

0:00 - The Theory of Everything

4:48 - How do you know what’s true?

7:51 - Groups search for consensus, individuals search for truth

13:07 - We have never run out of a single resource

15:25 - Are we destroying the Earth?

17:48 - Marxism denies wealth creation

21:28 - Regulation kills innovation

27:05 - Degrowth and the fall of Western universities

33:31 - Why the West is best

35:47 - Federalism

38:10 - Everyone wants to live forever

41:44 - Humans are universal explainers

43:25 - Collectivism vs. individualism

50:44 - You cannot explain the universe without explaining humans

55:02 - How David Deutsch’s ideas have changed Naval’s life

1:02:31 - The scientific method isn’t possible

1:05:07 - The low-hanging fruit theory is a bad explanation

1:08:19 - The biggest threats to Western civilization

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