reading
4 statements across 4 episodes · 3 bullish · 1 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Apr 11, 2017 by Naval Ravikant · across every show →
Everything said about reading, oldest first
Apr 11, 2017 positive
Naval Ravikant: Reading junk food first naturally leads to higher-quality books.
“The reality is I just read a lot that by today's standards would be considered mental junk food. But eventually you just get to like reading, you run out of the junk food and then you start eating the healthy food, right? Or your tastes kind of graduate.”
Mar 17, 2020 positive
Aug 4, 2020 positive
Annotating books actively aids synthesis and tracks personal intellectual evolution
“I like writing in books because it doesn't just help you Process things and make sure that you're going through them in a thoughtful way and actually kind of synthesizing thoughts and thinking as you're reading as opposed to being just passively absorbing it, …”