Show Notes

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

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

(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