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Tim Ferriss · 2025-01-18

Naval Ravikant and Aaron Stupple — How to Raise a Sovereign Child

Naval Ravikant and Aaron Stupple — How to Raise a Sovereign Child

Recommended on this episode

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The Beginning of Infinity

David Deutsch

“great books”
“all of this comes down from Deutsch's philosophy so beginning of infinity fabric of reality great books”— Aaron Stupple
BookRecommendedISBN verified

The Fabric of Reality

David Deutsch

“great books”
“so beginning of infinity fabric of reality great books although they don't explicitly talk about children”— Aaron Stupple
ProductRecommended

Settlers of Catan

Klaus Teuber (inferred)

“I love that game”
“I like board games and settlers of Katan I love that game and what happened was the creator of that game some German guy clous toyba”— Aaron Stupple
MediaRecommended

The Body Electric (TED Radio Hour miniseries)

NPR / TED Radio Hour (inferred)

“I would encourage people to check out”
“there's a TED Radio Hour miniseries it's podcast uh one of which in a series called The Body Electric focuses on sort of maladaptive changes in the optic system”— Tim Ferriss

The guest's own work

BookBy the guest

The Sovereign Child: How a Forgotten Philosophy Can Liberate Kids and Their Parents

Aaron Stupple

“Aaron actually wrote a book called The Sovereign child he's been espousing a theory around taking children seriously”— Naval Ravikant
BookBy the guest

The Sovereign Child: How a Forgotten Philosophy Can Liberate Kids and Their Parents

Aaron Stupple

“Erin so the book is The Sovereign child subtitle how a forgotten philosophy can liberate kids and their parents”— Tim Ferriss

Also referenced (named, not recommended)

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The Scientist in the Crib

Alison Gopnik (inferred)

“there was an old book called The Scientist and the crib the title is so good that I think the book is very popular”— Naval Ravikant
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Summerhill

A. S. Neill (inferred)

“there's a very famous book called summerh Hill about a school in the UK I forget when maybe it's still around”— Naval Ravikant
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The Nurture Assumption

Judith Rich Harris (inferred)

“Judith Harris was this woman she did like this famous meta study maybe wrote a book on child raising and what she basically concluded was it's mostly genetics”— Naval Ravikant
ProductReferenced

Uno

Mattel (inferred)

“two items arrived at the house today it was a set of Uno cards and a Pokemon box and I gave one to each boy”— Naval Ravikant
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Pokemon

The Pokemon Company (inferred)

“it was a set of Uno cards and a Pokemon box and I gave one to each boy and I assigned ownership”— Naval Ravikant
ProductReferenced

PAW Patrol toothpaste

“let them pick out you know the PAW Patrol toothpaste and the Unicorn toothpaste man I need to go shopping with you”— Aaron Stupple
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Spider-Man toothbrush

“my middle son you know he likes the I think it's a Spider-Man toothbrush so there like a very particular toothbrush he likes”— Naval Ravikant
ProductReferenced

Five Hour Energy

Living Essentials (inferred)

“let's say at the gas station your kid is like I want a Five Hour Energy and then the other one's like I want a Corona”— Tim Ferriss
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Corona

Grupo Modelo (inferred)

“and then the other one's like I want a Corona like what do you do so great well the corona is easy because that tastes gross”— Tim Ferriss
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Diet Coke

Coca-Cola (inferred)

“so for example Diet Coke my son loves Diet Coke which son how old is he well he's five now”— Naval Ravikant
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Swedish Fish

Mondelez (inferred)

“they'll buy like a bag of Swedish Fish yeah and I'm like great we could be spending money on a museum”— Aaron Stupple
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Oreo

Nabisco (inferred)

“different kids will be into you know Oreo cookies and like Oreo cookies are the thing”— Naval Ravikant
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Sony Walkman

Sony

“if you buy a Walkman even right you get the same Sony Walkman that everybody else gets maybe a few different modifications”— Aaron Stupple
ProductReferenced

Honda Civic

Honda

“if you buy a car you're going to get the same sonda Civic that everybody else gets”— Aaron Stupple
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Roblox

Roblox Corporation (inferred)

“things like Roblox and Minecraft are much deeper games than some of the very narrow games”— Naval Ravikant
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Minecraft

Mojang (inferred)

“things like Roblox and Minecraft are much deeper games than some of the very narrow games you're just kind of doing the same thing”— Naval Ravikant
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Diablo

Blizzard Entertainment (inferred)

“Elon Musk is playing these video games right AB your point Diablo player is this a distraction for him or is this training for geopolitics”— Aaron Stupple
MediaReferenced

Objectified

Gary Hustwit (inferred)

“I think it was from the documentary objectified which is about industrial design”— Tim Ferriss