The Fallacy of Utopian Equality
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Mar 18 2024 53m
Chapter 1 1 min
The Story of Civilization by Will and Ariel Durant (Full Set)Chapter 2 1 min
Generations of men establish a growing mastery over the earth, but they are destined to become fossils in its soilChapter 3 29 sec
The influence of geographic factors diminishes as technology growsChapter 4 3 mins
ALL OF THE NAPOLEON EPISODESChapter 5 3 mins
Our job is to make our companies and ourselves better equipped to meet the test of survivalChapter 6 59 sec
Economic development specializes functions, differentiates abilities, and makes men unequally valuable to their groupChapter 7 3 mins
The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness by Naval Ravikant and Eric Jorgenson. (Founders In the end, superior ability has its wayChapter 8 2 mins
Nothing is clearer in history than the adoption by successful rebels of the methods they were accustomed to condemn in the forces they deposedChapter 9 59 sec
The imitative majority follows the innovating minority and this follows the originative individual, in adapting new responses to the demands of environment or survivalChapter 10 59 sec
If you can identify an enduring human need you can build a business around thatChapter 11 3 mins
In every age men have been dishonest and governments have been corruptChapter 12 5 mins
All that matters is to survive. The rest is just words. Charles de Gaulle by Julian Jackson. (Founders By being so cautious in respect to leverage and having loads of liquidity, we will be equipped both financially and emotionally to play offense while others scramble for survival. The Essays of Warren Buffett by Warren Buffett and Lawrence Cunningham (Founders History reports that the men who can manage men manage the men who can manage only things, and the men who can manage money manage allChapter 13 59 sec
The Iron Law of OligarchyChapter 14 59 sec
Every advance in the complexity of the economy puts an added premium upon superior abilityChapter 15 3 mins
The General and the Genius: Groves and Oppenheimer—The Unlikely Partnership that Built the Atom Bomb by James Kunetka. (Founders Freedom's Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II by Arthur HermanChapter 16 16 mins
All technological advances will have to be written off as merely new means of achieving old ends