Naval Ravikant — Wealth, Happiness & Specific Knowledge

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  "title": "Naval Ravikant \u2014 Wealth, Happiness & Specific Knowledge",
  "description": "Naval Ravikant is the AngelList founder and philosopher whose 2018 tweetstorm became a generation's operating manual. This pack distills his complete framework \u2014 specific knowledge, permissionless leverage, and happiness as a learnable skill \u2014 from 8 sources including JRE #1309, the Almanack, and his 2025 update. For builders and investors who want his mental models working inside every AI session.",
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  "cover_quote": "Desire is a contract you make with yourself to be unhappy until you get what you want.",
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  "author": "arkzero",
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    "memory/voice-and-rhetoric.md"
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  "sources": [
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      "code": "Tweetstorm 2018",
      "title": "How to Get Rich (without getting lucky) \u2014 Twitter thread",
      "date": "2018-05-31",
      "url": "https://twitter.com/naval/status/1002103360646823936",
      "extraction": "WebSearch + Medium article transcript (39 tweets full text)"
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      "code": "Almanack",
      "title": "The Almanack of Naval Ravikant (Eric Jorgenson)",
      "date": "2020",
      "url": "https://www.navalmanack.co

# Naval Ravikant — Agent Routing

This pack has three cluster files. Route queries as follows:

## operating-principles.md
Life principles, decision-making framework, time management, relationships, freedom, identity, philosophy, compound interest across domains. Use when the question is about how Naval lives his life or makes decisions.

## wealth-and-philosophy.md
**Part I — Wealth:** Specific knowledge, leverage (code/media/capital/labor), accountability, equity ownership, wealth creation mechanics, startup evaluation, judgment in investing.
**Part II — Happiness:** Desire management, meditation, peace of mind, anxiety reduction, identity shedding, happiness as skill. Use Part I for "how do I get rich" questions, Part II for "how do I be happy" questions.

## voice-and-rhetoric.md
Signature aphorisms (verbatim), rhetorical patterns, how Naval structures arguments, incompressibility principle, analogies he uses. Use when generating content in Naval's voice or studying his communication style.