Eric Jorgensen

And that there's so much to be gained, even in a small business as an individual operator, by embracing technology and moving closer to that frontier. I mean, technology fundamentally is a way of doing more with less, and there's always opportunities there.

And that there's so much to be gained, even in a small business as an individual operator, by embracing technology and moving closer to that frontier. I mean, technology fundamentally is a way of doing more with less, and there's always opportunities there.

I mean, there are so many reasons to that. Like, that it's... I think everyone gets to kind of pick their own. I think there can be a very selfish reason to be optimistic, which is just it feels good.

I mean, there are so many reasons to that. Like, that it's... I think everyone gets to kind of pick their own. I think there can be a very selfish reason to be optimistic, which is just it feels good.

Like you are happier every day if you walk on the sunny side of the street, if you focus on the opportunities that are new and exciting and find reasons to look forward to the future, of which there are many. I think there's a lot of...

Like you are happier every day if you walk on the sunny side of the street, if you focus on the opportunities that are new and exciting and find reasons to look forward to the future, of which there are many. I think there's a lot of...

I could also make a pretty strong argument, I think, and this is sort of where we get to David Deutsch that Naval has helped popularize, which is like, optimism is a moral imperative. You know, there's some extent to which, you know, when you're doing rally driving, the the advice is always like the car will go where you're looking.

I could also make a pretty strong argument, I think, and this is sort of where we get to David Deutsch that Naval has helped popularize, which is like, optimism is a moral imperative. You know, there's some extent to which, you know, when you're doing rally driving, the the advice is always like the car will go where you're looking.

So even if you're skidding towards a tree, just keep looking down the road and the car will end up there. Like your body knows what to do. And I think that's, that applies to like at a civilizational level. Like if you remain optimistic with a light dose of paranoia about our real problems and addressing them.

So even if you're skidding towards a tree, just keep looking down the road and the car will end up there. Like your body knows what to do. And I think that's, that applies to like at a civilizational level. Like if you remain optimistic with a light dose of paranoia about our real problems and addressing them.

But if you believe, if you manifest dystopia by focusing on the negative and the tensions and the challenges and the, you know, the things that basically make headlines every day, you'll miss the fact that things have been getting better steadily for almost all of human history and everything. I mean, look, look at what we're doing right now.

But if you believe, if you manifest dystopia by focusing on the negative and the tensions and the challenges and the, you know, the things that basically make headlines every day, you'll miss the fact that things have been getting better steadily for almost all of human history and everything. I mean, look, look at what we're doing right now.

Like we're sitting in a heated and or air conditioned building, well fed, well clothed, recording on absolute alchemy device that is computer and zero margin digital products and making a podcast that will preserve this hour of our time for thousands, tens of thousands, millions of people like years into the future. It's fucking crazy.

Like we're sitting in a heated and or air conditioned building, well fed, well clothed, recording on absolute alchemy device that is computer and zero margin digital products and making a podcast that will preserve this hour of our time for thousands, tens of thousands, millions of people like years into the future. It's fucking crazy.

Like we forget that we are surrounded by miracles that are the fruit of labor and sacrifice of life.

Like we forget that we are surrounded by miracles that are the fruit of labor and sacrifice of life.

millennia of our ancestors um and we are so grateful we are so lucky to have be alive right now in this moment and we owe it to all the future generations to continue that progress you know there's there are parallel universes where we are all like wearing loincloths and scrabbling around stabbing each other to eat moss off a rock like there's a lot of

millennia of our ancestors um and we are so grateful we are so lucky to have be alive right now in this moment and we owe it to all the future generations to continue that progress you know there's there are parallel universes where we are all like wearing loincloths and scrabbling around stabbing each other to eat moss off a rock like there's a lot of

dark and terrible things in our past and a lot of bright and beautiful things in our future. And I think it's very important, like the other through line of these three people is that they are very well studied historically. They are optimistic about the future because they understand the past.

dark and terrible things in our past and a lot of bright and beautiful things in our future. And I think it's very important, like the other through line of these three people is that they are very well studied historically. They are optimistic about the future because they understand the past.