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"No entrepreneur is worried about AI taking their job."
—Naval Ravikant
Why?
Because being an entrepreneur isn't a job. It’s a way of living.
A job is filling a slot. Selling your time for what you think is the security of wages.
Entrepreneurship is doing something so hard, so self-directed, so impossible — that any AI showing up is your ally, not your threat.
The entrepreneur isn't asking: Will AI replace me? They're asking: How fast can I use AI to do the impossible…faster?
Naval's key insight: What separates entrepreneurs from everyone else is “extreme agency” — operating in an unknown domain with complete self-direction.
AI cannot replicate that. AI has no desires of its own. It cannot want. It cannot risk. It cannot care.
The people most scared of AI are the ones filling predictable slots. The people most excited about AI are the ones trying to build things that don't exist yet.
Which one are you?
What I am Reading / Listening to
Primal Intelligence: You Are Smarter Than You Know (2025)
By Angus Fletcher
Primal Intelligence is a thought-provoking exploration of an ancient and unique aspect of human cognition that Fletcher argues sets us apart from machines: our ability to harness intuition, imagination, emotion, and common sense.
Drawing on research from Ohio State’s Project Narrative and real-world applications—with emphasis on training with U.S. Army Special Operations—Fletcher builds a case that this primal intelligence allows humans to navigate uncertainty, spot hidden opportunities, and craft meaningful narratives in ways that data-driven logic alone cannot.
This little book won’t win any Nobel Prizes for literature, but it’s filled with insights and stories that illustrate its points. It combines neuroscience with storytelling and examples from history’s most creative minds, positioning our narrative-based thinking as both our evolutionary advantage and a counterpoint to the rise of AI.
I tend to see this argument as more inspirational than rigorously scientific, nonetheless his core message—that human imagination and intuition remain indispensable in a complex world—resonates strongly, especially for leaders, creators, and anyone wrestling with ambiguity.
Entrepreneur Owner-Manager Quote
“The most contrarian thing of all is not to oppose the crowd, but to think for yourself.”
—Peter Thiel, entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist best known for founding PayPal in 1999.
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