Eric Jorgensen

There's so many reasons for, and usually they're overlapping reasons, for people either letting themselves off the hook or defending the status quo or defending the method that they've been using for the last 5, 10, or 50 years. It's, you know, Balaji has a great line, like, their incomprehension is your moat.

There's so many reasons for, and usually they're overlapping reasons, for people either letting themselves off the hook or defending the status quo or defending the method that they've been using for the last 5, 10, or 50 years. It's, you know, Balaji has a great line, like, their incomprehension is your moat.

um like when there's just an obvious idea that people are refusing to see and especially if it like agitates them a little and it seems so obvious to you and they're like attacking you for it there's probably a good sign that like you're onto something it scares them enough that they're angry about it subconsciously they are unwilling to do the work to see what you see or to change themselves to accommodate you know the environmental change that has happened to you

um like when there's just an obvious idea that people are refusing to see and especially if it like agitates them a little and it seems so obvious to you and they're like attacking you for it there's probably a good sign that like you're onto something it scares them enough that they're angry about it subconsciously they are unwilling to do the work to see what you see or to change themselves to accommodate you know the environmental change that has happened to you

create this new opportunity, which means they're going to be slow to follow or not follow at all. And you're going to have a moat and an advantage that just comes from their inability or unwillingness to think more clearly about the space.

create this new opportunity, which means they're going to be slow to follow or not follow at all. And you're going to have a moat and an advantage that just comes from their inability or unwillingness to think more clearly about the space.

I think Balaji is now where sort of Naval was when I wrote this book about him. It's like, you know, three quarters of a million followers, well-known inside tech, but not really outside tech. And I think he's brilliant and contrarian and interesting and unique as a thinker, but not very... Not followed in the mainstream in the way that he deserves.

I think Balaji is now where sort of Naval was when I wrote this book about him. It's like, you know, three quarters of a million followers, well-known inside tech, but not really outside tech. And I think he's brilliant and contrarian and interesting and unique as a thinker, but not very... Not followed in the mainstream in the way that he deserves.

And I think a lot of people could benefit from... It all comes back to what can I do for the reader? I followed Naval for 10 years. Everything that I learned from him made my life better. I followed Bology for 10 years. And everything that I learned from him made my life better. And I want to package this knowledge that sort of...

And I think a lot of people could benefit from... It all comes back to what can I do for the reader? I followed Naval for 10 years. Everything that I learned from him made my life better. I followed Bology for 10 years. And everything that I learned from him made my life better. And I want to package this knowledge that sort of...

lost in tech Twitter that has benefited me for 10 years and put it in a book and get it out to a broader range array of people and package it in a format that is accessible to people sort of all over the world and gets translated and gets shared and gets gifted. And, um, I think books are really, really powerful in that way. Apology. Sorry. No, go ahead.

lost in tech Twitter that has benefited me for 10 years and put it in a book and get it out to a broader range array of people and package it in a format that is accessible to people sort of all over the world and gets translated and gets shared and gets gifted. And, um, I think books are really, really powerful in that way. Apology. Sorry. No, go ahead.

Biology is kind of interestingly parallel to Naval in both sort of American dream stories, like biology is a first generation immigrant family, clearly a brilliant guy, multiple degrees in like biomedical engineering and biology. Very successful startup founder in that space. Then went to become a great investor at A16Z and is angel invested in hundreds of startups.

Biology is kind of interestingly parallel to Naval in both sort of American dream stories, like biology is a first generation immigrant family, clearly a brilliant guy, multiple degrees in like biomedical engineering and biology. Very successful startup founder in that space. Then went to become a great investor at A16Z and is angel invested in hundreds of startups.

He wrote a book called The Network State that is like about some of the challenges that the modern sort of nation states are in and like the way bureaucracy really comes to constrain technological advancement.

He wrote a book called The Network State that is like about some of the challenges that the modern sort of nation states are in and like the way bureaucracy really comes to constrain technological advancement.

And what I think is the most important idea is like the fundamental moral importance of technology and seeing all of history through this lens of new technologies, unlocking new opportunities, improving lives all over the world, changing the sort of geopolitical moment slowly over time and That lens that biology taught me really is also, I think, quite a helpful answer to what you shared before.

And what I think is the most important idea is like the fundamental moral importance of technology and seeing all of history through this lens of new technologies, unlocking new opportunities, improving lives all over the world, changing the sort of geopolitical moment slowly over time and That lens that biology taught me really is also, I think, quite a helpful answer to what you shared before.

Why are some people just unwilling to see change or embrace change? And working on that biology book and following him for so long showed me that. There is a technological frontier in every single industry, and those who prosper are almost always close to that technological frontier.

Why are some people just unwilling to see change or embrace change? And working on that biology book and following him for so long showed me that. There is a technological frontier in every single industry, and those who prosper are almost always close to that technological frontier.