Naval Ravikant: Once your health is taken care of, once your material needs are taken care of… You pursue truth, love and beauty. Love I think is important because people want to be loved, because that helps them get over their mortality. It makes them feel a little safer (monkeys huddling in the dark around the campfire, scared of what’s out there in the woods). But one thing I’ve realized for myself is that: it’s better to be in love than to be loved. If somebody loves you too much—like your mom’s coming up and hugging you all the time, or some girl or some guy is obsessed with you—it can get a little clawing, right? It feels like it’s a burden. You almost don’t … Read More
