I am reading the book THE ALMANACK OF NAVAL RAVIKANT by Eric Jorgenson and there is Naval’s famous tweetstorm on how to get rich printed at the beginning of the book. I like especially the tweets about knowledge. They are a bit depressing though, since I realized I don’t really have any specific knowledge, sadly I am “trained by society” only. Not that I don’t like what I do (math), but it’s a pity I didn’t read this or came to this myself when I was younger. And so I wonder what specific knowledge you might have?
Some but not all tweets from the tweetstorm (p. 33 of the book):
Arm yourself with specific knowledge, accountability, and leverage.
Specific knowledge is knowledge you cannot be trained for. If society can train you, it can train someone else and replace you.
Specific knowledge is found by pursuing your genuine curiosity and passion rather than whatever is hot right now.
Building specific knowledge will feel like play to you but will look like work to others.
When specific knowledge is taught, it’s through apprenticeships, not schools.
Specific knowledge is often highly technical or creative. It cannot be outsourced or automated.
I guess, he read Human Action by Mises, too.