Akira The Don, Naval Ravikant - Set For Life (How To Get Rich Vol. 2) lyrics

The five most important skills are
Reading, writing, arithmetic, persuasion
Which is talking, and then finally
I would add computer programming
If you're good with computers
If you're good at basic mathematics
If you're good at writing
If you're good at speaking
And if you like reading

You're set for life you're set for life
You're set for life you're set for life

To me, foundational things are
Principles, they're algorithms
They're deep-seated logical
Understanding where you can defеnd
It or attack it from any angle
That's why microeconomics is
Important becausе
Macroeconomics are a lot of
Memorization, a lot of macro bullshit
As Nassim Taleb says
"It is easier to macro bullshit than
It is to micro bullshit"
(Easier to macro bullshit than it
Is to micro bullshit)
Because macroeconomics is
Voodoo-complex-science meets politics
You can't find two macroeconomists who
Agree on anything these days
And different macroeconomists get used
By different politicians
To peddle their different pet theories
There are even macroeconomists out there now
Peddling something called Modern
Monetary Theory
Which basically says, "Hey, except for
This pesky thing called inflation
We can just print all the
Money that we want "
Yes, except for this pesky
Thing called inflation
That's like saying, instead
Of limited energy
We can fire rockets off into
Space all day long it's just nonsense
But the fact that there are people who have
Macroeconomist in their title and are
Peddling Modern Monetary Theory
Just tells you that macroeconomics as a
So-called science has been corrupted
It's a branch of politics

The five most important skills are
Reading, writing, arithmetic, persuasion
Which is talking, and then finally I would
Add computer programming
If you're good with computers
If you're good at basic mathematics
If you're good at writing
If you're good at speaking
And if you like reading

You're set for life you're set for life
You're set for life you're set for life

So if you really wanna
Focus on the foundations
The ultimate foundations are
Mathematics and logic
If you understand logic and mathematics
Then you have the basis for
Understanding the scientific method
Once you understand the scientific method
Then you can understand how to
Separate truth from falsehood
In other fields and other
Things that you're reading
So be very careful about
Reading other people's
Opinions and even be careful about reading
Facts because so-called facts are often just
Opinions with a veneer around them
What you really are looking for is algorithms
What you're really looking
For is understanding
It's better to go through a book really
Slowly and struggle and stumble and rewind
Than it
Is to fly through it quickly and say, "Well
Now I've read 20 books, 30 books
50 books in the field"
It's like Bruce Lee said
"I don't fear the man who knows
A thousand kicks and a thousand
Punches i fear the man
Who's practiced one punch
10, 000 times or one kick 10, 000 times"
It's the understanding that
Comes through repetition
And through usage and through
Logic and foundation that really makes
You a smart thinker

The five most important skills are
Reading, writing, arithmetic, persuasion
Which is talking, and then finally I would
Add computer programming
If you're good with computers
If you're good at basic mathematics
If you're good at writing
If you're good at speaking
And if you like reading

You're set for life you're set for life
You're set for life you're set for life