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Naval's idea of specific knowledge, the thing you cannot be trained for, is the sharpest lens on why you and not someone interchangeable. If society can train it, it can train your replacement, so your edge has to be more personal than a credential. Short and quotable, useful for finding language for your own answer.
Find and Build Specific Knowledge
From The Almanack of Naval Ravikant by Naval Ravikant 6 min read
- Specific knowledge cannot be trained, which is the point
- If it is teachable to anyone, it is not your edge
- Look at what you did effortlessly early in life
