Naval Ravikant mentioned The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin 9 times

For example, instead of reading a business book, pick up Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations. Instead of reading a book on biology or evolution that’s written today, I would pick up Darwin’s Origin of the Species. Instead of reading a book on biotech right now that may be very advanced, I would just pick up The Eighth Day of Creation by Watson and Crick. Instead of reading advanced books on what cosmology and what Neil Degrasse Tyson and Stephen Hawking have been saying, you can pick up Richard Feynman’s Six Easy Pieces and start with basic physics.

— Naval Ravikant

2019-12-25 on nav.al

Matt Ridley, Neal Stephenson, Taleb, Borges, Ted Chiang, Anthony DeMello, Osho, J Krishnamurti, Harari, Asimov, Bradbury, Greg Egan, Feynman, Schrödinger, Bohr, Chris Alexander, the Durants, Darwin, Adam Smith, David Deutsch, Karl Popper, Douglas Hofstader, Douglas Adams

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Buy 50 books, closer to the source the better. I.e, Darwin, Plato, Adam Smith. Flip through until you find one that you like. Start there. https://t.co/QbMdgfbD5Y

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To answer your question - shortcut to Munger, M Ridley, Harari, Feynman, Darwin, J Krishnamurti. It'll be different next year ;-)

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Econ 101, Baic math, basic physics, basic game theory, Origin of the Species etc.

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Feynman, Darwin, J Krishnamurti, Hitchens, Ridley, Harari, Aurelius, Seneca, Lao Tzu, Newton, Munger, Borges, D. Adams, Hesse...

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So if I want to learn the theory of evolution, which I kind of use as my binding principle whenever I'm trying to explain any human action, people read all kinds of blog posts and tweets on evolution and everyone has a loose understanding of how evolution works. But how many have actually read The Origin of the Species? You can get it for $5 on Kindle, and it’s a very easy read. It’s not a difficult read. You can read the actual source and you can see the source and the brilliance, and you can see how Darwin came up with stuff back then that we’re still trying to figure out, or statements he made that we’re still trying to prove out. But there’s very little that’s incorrect in that book and it is a sourced book.

— Naval Ravikant

2015-08-08 on tim.blog

Another great book that I would recommend is The Origin of Species, Charles Darwin. [...] If you’re going to read the bible of evolution, you’ve got to read The Origin of the Species.

— Naval Ravikant

2015-08-08 on tim.blog

@clubdinein For evolution, Darwin. For relativity, Einstein. Human beings are omnivores operating at the top of the food chain.

— Naval Ravikant