Making Markets
Episode 11 The Almanack of Eric Jorgenson
Making Markets

Episode 11: The Almanack of Eric Jorgenson

Making Markets

Episode 11

The Almanack of Eric Jorgenson

Eric Jorgenson is a best-selling author, entrepreneur and investor. He cover what he learned from writing books on Naval and Balaji, the dangerous spread of anti-capitalistic ideas, and the economics of publishing.

(00:01:46) - (First question) - What can money not buy?

(00:02:46) - When Eric started contemplating that question

(00:03:52) - Be the person who takes the notes; The Almanack of Naval Ravikant, The Anthology of Balaji

(00:07:43) - How he approached writing Naval’s book

(00:10:21) - Ways that writing the book changed him and the people around him

(00:13:20) - Something most people get wrong about Naval

(00:15:45) - Not all billionaires are the same

(00:18:34) - The inherent fear of new technology

(00:24:58) - When technologists went from being heroes to villains

(00:29:41) - Thinking about countries like companies

(00:33:05) - The competition that keeps the US growing; Atlas Shrugged

(00:34:57) - Things he’s learned about Balaji’s nature

(00:36:58) - Balaji’s public rise during the pandemic

(00:40:10) - How true the prediction was about Bitcoin going to a million

(00:41:35) - The audience overlap for his two latest books

(00:42:55) - Going from being a writer to a writer and a publisher

(00:46:59) - Publisher royalties and self-publishing economics

(00:50:48) - Sourcing talent in the era of excessive content

(00:55:26) - Writing in refreshing and engaging styles

(00:57:59) - Who he’d like to write about next

The Almanack of Eric Jorgenson

Introduction

Eric G
Ideas move markets, and two well known thought leaders go by their first names, Naval and My guest today is Eric Jorgensen, who took it upon himself to capture the ideas and scenes of both Naval and Balaji in two books. I enjoyed like poor Charlie's almanac. These books make great gifts for people who are fans and this conversation, he tells us what he learned from studying these great minds and the experience of writing the two books. We talk about the spread of anti capitalistic ideas, techno optimism, and the economics of publishing. Please enjoy this conversation with Eric Jorgensen.

What Can Money Not Buy?

Eric G
Eric, we're going to jump into the book today, but I thought an interesting place to start was where the topic is Balaji, this prolific and big thinker, starting off with a bigger question, which is what can money not buy? And why is that such a deep question that people ruminate for?

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