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Naval Ravikant

What Naval Ravikant thinks about mental models

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Co-founder of AngelList. Writes and podcasts at nav.al in short, aphoristic pieces on startups, wealth and judgement rather than long essays.

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4 dated positions, 2019, in their own words. Our reading of what Naval Ravikant has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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  1. Our readingKnowing the catalogue of mental models is not the hard part; knowing which ones matter most, which to apply often, and in which circumstances is.

    Their wordsYou go to Farnam Street, you go to Poor Charlie’s Almanack, and you can learn all the different mental models. But which ones matter more? Which ones do you apply more often? Which ones matter in which circumstances? That’s actually the hard part.

    ↗How to Get Rich (every episode)nav.al 1st of 37 in this piece

  3. Our readingThe principal-agent problem, an incentives problem, drives a great deal of what happens in the world.

    Their wordsFor example, my personal learning has been that the principal-agent problem drives so much in this world. It’s an incentives problem.

    ↗How to Get Rich (every episode)nav.al 2nd of 37 in this piece

  5. Our readingTit-for-tat in the iterated prisoner's dilemma is the piece of game theory most worth knowing.

    Their wordsI’ve learned that tit-for-tat iterated prisoner’s dilemma is the piece of game theory that is worth knowing the most. You can almost put down the game theory book after that.

    ↗How to Get Rich (every episode)nav.al 3rd of 37 in this piece

  7. Our readingThinking in terms of explicit mental-model checklists is less useful than focusing on the few lessons that keep proving important across many situations.

    Their wordsI think mental models are interesting, but I don’t think explicitly in terms of mental-model checklists. I know Charlie Munger does, but that’s just not how I think. Instead, I tend to focus on the few lessons I’ve learned over and over in life that I think are incredibly important and seem to apply almost universally.

    ↗How to Get Rich (every episode)nav.al 5th of 37 in this piece