My Conversation with Naval on Philosophy

It's been five years since the Almanack of Naval Ravikant was published. I spent the day with Naval expanding on key ideas from the book. We recorded hours of that conversation to share with you. This episode is a portion of that long conversation that talks about Philosophy You can purchase the new expanded edition with nearly 4 hours of new material on Audible here: Chapters: 00:00 Meditations, Authenticity & Schopenhauer 03:00 God, Kids, or Mission – Sources of Meaning 06:00 Truth, Heresies & Group Consensus 09:00 Evolution, Buddhism & Quantum Physics 15:00 Simulation Theory vs. Consciousness 18:00 Religion, Science & Contemporary Lenses 21:00 Live for Something Larger Than Yourself 24:00 Reading, Philosophy & Timeless Books 27:00 Pursuing Happiness, Wealth & Status Indirectly 30:00 Fun Criterion & Learning Through Curiosity 33:00 Risk, Conviction & Building the Impossible 36:00 Retirement, Truth, Love & Beauty 39:00 Endgame Content & Playing Without Fear 42:00 Wealth, Enlightenment & Contradictory Desires To support the costs of producing this podcast: >> Buy a copy of the Navalmanack: >> Buy a copy of The Anthology of Balaji: >> Sign up for my online course and community about building your Personal Leverage: >> Invest in early-stage companies alongside Eric and his partners at Rolling Fun: >> Join the free weekly email list at ejorgenson.com/newsletter >> Text the podcast to a friend

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This episode is 45:18 long.

This episode was published on Sep 23, 2025.

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