#342 The Lessons of History (Will & Ariel Durant)

What I learned from reading The Lessons of History by Will and Ariel Durant.  ---- Get access to the World’s Most Valuable Notebook for Founders at Founders Notes ---- Follow Founders Podcast on YouTube  ---- (1:00) This is a 100 page biography of the human species (1:00) The Story of Civilization by Will and Ariel Durant (Full Set)  (2:30) Generations of men establish a growing mastery over the earth, but they are destined to become fossils in its soil. (4:00) Ruthlessly prioritize how you spend your time. (4:00) The influence of geographic factors diminishes as technology grows. (4:30) ALL OF THE NAPOLEON EPISODES: Napoleon: A Concise Biography by David Bell. (Founders #294)  The Mind of Napoleon: A Selection of His Written and Spoken Wordsedited by J. Christopher Herold. (Founders #302) Napoleon and Modern War by Napoleon and Col. Lanza. (Founders #337)  (8:00) Our job is to make our companies and ourselves better equipped to meet the test of survival. (11:30) Economic development specializes functions, differentiates abilities, and makes men unequally valuable to their group. (12:30) The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness by Naval Ravikant and Eric Jorgenson. (Founders #191) (14:30) In the end, superior ability has its way. (16:30) Nothing is clearer in history than the adoption by successful rebels of the methods they were accustomed to condemn in the forces they deposed. (19:00) The imitative majority follows the innovating minority and this follows the originative individual, in adapting new responses to the demands of environment or survival. (20:00) If you can identify an enduring human need you can build a business around that. (21:00) In every age men have been dishonest and governments have been corrupt. (25:00) Survival at all costs: Nature and history do not agree with our conceptions of good and bad; they define good as that which survives, and bad as that which goes under. (25:00) Victory in our industry is spelled survival.