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Direct Truth
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Direct Truth

Uncompromising, non-prescriptive Truths to the enduring questions of life

by Kapil Gupta

Naval Ravikant
Recommended by Naval Ravikant

Recommended by Naval Ravikant

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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Philosophy, and Social Sciences.

Prescriptions, howto’s, selfhelp, guru’s, mental hacks, psychology, motivation, and the like, are things that are fundamentally unserious. They are things that move humans away from Truth. For they approach all matters from the standpoint of a “fix.” The Truth is a path away from all fixes. And away from all chases. It is for the one who is Serio...

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Naval Ravikant

Naval Ravikant

Co-founder of AngelList; angel investor

Everything by Kapil Gupta, MD. Kapil recently became a personal advisor and coach to me, and this comes from a person who doesn’t believe in coaches

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