Eric Jorgensen

And understanding the past gives them a different lens on the present than the media is going to present or than... If you just consume the news or the feed or the social media, what you're going to see. Biology talks about this a lot. There's a great whole section on truth and the media's sort of, and the incentives that they have to...

And understanding the past gives them a different lens on the present than the media is going to present or than... If you just consume the news or the feed or the social media, what you're going to see. Biology talks about this a lot. There's a great whole section on truth and the media's sort of, and the incentives that they have to...

not necessarily be truth-seeking or wide lens historical perspective um to today's information but when you do that and when you follow people like naval apology and elon you become you gain a little broader of a lens you become naturally more optimistic um i've always i feel like i've been that way i've been attracted to people and minds who

not necessarily be truth-seeking or wide lens historical perspective um to today's information but when you do that and when you follow people like naval apology and elon you become you gain a little broader of a lens you become naturally more optimistic um i've always i feel like i've been that way i've been attracted to people and minds who

feel that way also and i feel like joy and compulsion to share that that perspective with others especially when um you know people feel feel stuck or feel trapped or feel like the future is going to be dark i feel like they're just wearing blinders that they can just take off by focusing on different ideas

feel that way also and i feel like joy and compulsion to share that that perspective with others especially when um you know people feel feel stuck or feel trapped or feel like the future is going to be dark i feel like they're just wearing blinders that they can just take off by focusing on different ideas

Yeah. I mean this, um, the perspective that you get from studying history, I think is so useful and valuable. It makes you appreciate every day. It makes you appreciate what you get to do. Um, like I feel like insurance is probably often a, um, you know, not treated as like the sexiest, most exciting. No, it's never treated that way.

Yeah. I mean this, um, the perspective that you get from studying history, I think is so useful and valuable. It makes you appreciate every day. It makes you appreciate what you get to do. Um, like I feel like insurance is probably often a, um, you know, not treated as like the sexiest, most exciting. No, it's never treated that way.

Well, yeah. But like, broadening the lens to be like if you live in a time and place where you get the privilege to sell insurance you are in the top fraction of a fraction of a percent of wonderful times and places to live in all of human history because it is an absolute luxury product that is a sign of a very advanced civilization that cares about

Well, yeah. But like, broadening the lens to be like if you live in a time and place where you get the privilege to sell insurance you are in the top fraction of a fraction of a percent of wonderful times and places to live in all of human history because it is an absolute luxury product that is a sign of a very advanced civilization that cares about

socializing risks and pain and supporting people who are less fortunate. And that is an important and respectable thing that a lot of people don't appreciate the role that it plays, I think. But it also means you have a much better job than basically any other human who ever lived in history, who died either farming or fighting. And there's just so much to be grateful for.

socializing risks and pain and supporting people who are less fortunate. And that is an important and respectable thing that a lot of people don't appreciate the role that it plays, I think. But it also means you have a much better job than basically any other human who ever lived in history, who died either farming or fighting. And there's just so much to be grateful for.

That's the past-looking perspective. The forward-looking perspective is we often lack the imagination to see how much change can happen, even in the rest of our lifetimes, let alone... that we are participating in building the foundation of cathedrals that we can't even imagine over a few hundred year time span.

That's the past-looking perspective. The forward-looking perspective is we often lack the imagination to see how much change can happen, even in the rest of our lifetimes, let alone... that we are participating in building the foundation of cathedrals that we can't even imagine over a few hundred year time span.

There are people who are maybe closer to those sexy places like SpaceX that are very obviously building the future, but we are also all part of the sort of substrate that supports those people and creates the civilization that keeps expanding those frontiers.

There are people who are maybe closer to those sexy places like SpaceX that are very obviously building the future, but we are also all part of the sort of substrate that supports those people and creates the civilization that keeps expanding those frontiers.

It just makes me very proud to like be a human, especially an American human, and continue to move forward with these good ideas about optimism and civilization and engineering and truth seeking. And, you know, how lucky are we to be alive when, you know, these things are getting developed. And I know you're deep down the Deutsch rabbit hole.

It just makes me very proud to like be a human, especially an American human, and continue to move forward with these good ideas about optimism and civilization and engineering and truth seeking. And, you know, how lucky are we to be alive when, you know, these things are getting developed. And I know you're deep down the Deutsch rabbit hole.

Um, but I will like underline that as being, you know, he's also a very interesting read. Uh, you know, probably like if Naval is one Oh one, um, Deutsch is two Oh one or three Oh one. It's a little more difficult of a course. He's much more, he's a little bit more academic of a writer, but his interviews are incredible. His ideas are important. Um, it's a very, um,

Um, but I will like underline that as being, you know, he's also a very interesting read. Uh, you know, probably like if Naval is one Oh one, um, Deutsch is two Oh one or three Oh one. It's a little more difficult of a course. He's much more, he's a little bit more academic of a writer, but his interviews are incredible. His ideas are important. Um, it's a very, um,