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The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness

by Eric Jorgenson

A collection of Naval Ravikant's tweets, essays, and interviews on building wealth through leverage and specific knowledge, and finding happiness through presence and acceptance. Players practice applying his principles: recognizing forms of leverage, judging long-term partnerships, and building daily habits for a calmer, clearer mind.

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82 maps · 406 characters · 1382 questions · free to try, no account needed · book links are affiliate links

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← → to move, Space to jump, ↓ + Space to drop through. Use the on-screen controls to run and jump. Orbs ask a question; a correct answer refuels the climb.

The mindmap

Every key idea of the book on one map, each one explained. Your answers in the games mark the ideas you have learned.

401 ideas in 13 branches

Every key idea of the book on one map, each one explained. Your answers in the games mark the ideas you have learned.

Some of the core ideas

Wealth vs. money vs. statusWealth vs. money distinctionHard work needs directionWealth creation at scaleEarn with judgment, not timeEarn with mind, not timeMarginal decision improvement compoundsPrincipal-agent problem fundamentals

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What's inside

82 maps, 406 characters and 1382 questions, all generated from the book.

MAP 01

Forest of Wealth Fundamentals

Understand the core principle that wealth is created, not traded for time.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 02

Castle of Code and Capital

Explore how money is a social technology enabling value exchange.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 03

Desert of Earned vs Owed

Distinguish wealth that is created from status games and zero-sum wins.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 04

Ruins of Old Economic Models

See why old industrial-age labor models fail to create true wealth.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 05

Cave of Specific Knowledge

Discover knowledge that cannot be trained for and is found through curiosity.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 06

Forest of Curiosity and Passion

Learn why following genuine interest leads to specific knowledge.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 07

Ocean of Unique Traits

Explore how personality and authenticity shape specific knowledge.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 08

Ice Peaks of Technical Mastery

Understand why technical skills are hard to copy and valuable.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 09

Castle of Long-Term Games

See why compounding trust matters more than short-term wins.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 10

Forest of Long-Term Relationships

Learn to choose partners and collaborators for decades, not deals.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 11

Desert of Reputation

Explore how integrity and consistency build durable trust.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 12

Ruins of Short-Term Deals

Examine the costs of prioritizing quick wins over lasting bonds.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 13

Castle of Accountability

Understand why taking personal risk and blame builds leverage.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 14

Volcano of Public Risk-Taking

See how putting your name on ideas creates outsized rewards.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 15

Castle of Equity Ownership

Learn why owning a piece of a business beats earning wages.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 16

Forest of Business Building

Explore paths to building or buying equity stakes.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 17

Ocean of Capital

Understand capital as a form of leverage that multiplies money.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 18

Ice Caverns of Labor Leverage

Examine labor leverage and its limitations compared to capital.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 19

Castle of Code Leverage

Discover how software scales effort without permission.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 20

Volcano of Media Leverage

See how media multiplies reach at near-zero marginal cost.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 21

Ruins of Permission-Based Leverage

Compare leverage requiring approval versus permissionless leverage.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 22

Desert of Judgment and Pay

Learn why good judgment is the scarcest and best-paid skill.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 23

Forest of Prioritization

Explore the discipline of focusing on what truly matters.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 24

Cave of Deep Focus

Understand why single-tasking outperforms multitasking.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 25

Castle of Productive Obsession

See how obsession channeled well becomes a competitive edge.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 26

Ocean of Work as Play

Discover why work that feels like play sustains long-term effort.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 27

Forest of Natural Talent

Explore aligning work with innate strengths and interests.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 28

Ice Fields of Tireless Effort

Learn how loving your work removes the need for willpower.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 29

Desert of Luck

Examine the four kinds of luck and how to position for them.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 30

Volcano of Hustle Luck

See how relentless energy and action attract opportunity.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 31

Ruins of Reputation Luck

Understand luck earned through a track record of trust.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 32

Castle of Patience

Learn why compounding requires decades, not days.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 33

Forest of Delayed Gratification

Explore sacrificing short-term comfort for long-term gain.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 34

Cave of Judgment Foundations

Understand judgment as weighing outcomes and probabilities.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 35

Ice Palace of Clear Thinking

Learn techniques for rational, unclouded reasoning.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 36

Ocean of Bias Awareness

Explore common cognitive biases that distort judgment.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 37

Ruins of False Identity

See why shedding identity helps perceive reality clearly.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 38

Desert of Ego Death

Examine how attachment to beliefs blocks learning.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 39

Castle of Decision-Making

Learn structured approaches to making high-stakes decisions.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 40

Volcano of Decision Leverage

Understand how small improvements in accuracy scale with leverage.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 41

Forest of Mental Models

Collect frameworks from game theory, evolution, and economics.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 42

Cave of Munger's Lattice

Explore multidisciplinary thinking for better predictions.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 43

Ice Library of Reading

Learn why reading widely builds compounding knowledge.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 44

Ocean of Love for Learning

Explore cultivating genuine love of books and ideas.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 45

Ruins of Rote Memorization

Compare memorized facts versus internalized principles.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 46

Castle of Compounding Knowledge

See how specific knowledge compounds like interest.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 47

Desert of Wealth Creation Myths

Dispel misconceptions about luck versus skill in wealth.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 48

Forest of Authentic Niches

Explore finding a niche where you have no competition.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 49

Volcano of Risk and Reward

Examine how taking calculated risks enables outsized returns.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 50

Ice Caves of Learned Happiness

Understand happiness as a skill that can be trained.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 51

Forest of Happiness as Choice

Learn to actively choose happiness in each moment.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 52

Ocean of Presence

Explore why being present is essential for genuine happiness.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 53

Cave of Inner Peace

Discover how peace of mind underlies lasting contentment.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 54

Desert of Desire

Understand every desire as a self-chosen form of unhappiness.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 55

Ruins of Success Without Peace

See why external success doesn't guarantee happiness.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 56

Volcano of Envy

Examine how envy destroys happiness and perspective.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 57

Castle of Chosen Burdens

Explore happiness as a default state beneath added suffering.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 58

Ice Fields of Hedonic Adaptation

Understand how we quickly adapt to new gains and losses.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 59

Forest of Gratitude

Learn to notice abundance instead of assuming entitlement.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 60

Cave of Habitual Happiness Tricks

Explore daily practices that train a happier mindset.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 61

Ocean of Meditation Practice

Understand insight meditation as a tool for self-awareness.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 62

Desert of Rational Buddhism

Explore Buddhist principles approached through reason, not dogma.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 63

Ruins of the Monkey Mind

Examine uncontrolled thinking and how to tame it.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 64

Volcano of Positive Reframing

Learn to find positive interpretations in difficult moments.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 65

Castle of Duality of Thought

Explore how every thought carries a positive and negative side.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 66

Ice Peaks of Screen Awareness

Examine how screen time correlates with reduced happiness.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 67

Forest of Non-Screen Activities

Explore activities that genuinely restore well-being.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 68

Cave of Health Priority

Understand why health must be a non-negotiable daily habit.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 69

Ocean of Physical Peace

Explore how bodily peace enables mental peace.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 70

Desert of Sleep and Rest

Learn why quality rest underpins sustained performance.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 71

Ruins of Caffeine Dependence

Examine how stimulants affect mood stability.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 72

Volcano of Exercise Discipline

Understand daily exercise as foundational to happiness.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 73

Castle of Honest Communication

Explore radical honesty balanced with kindness.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 74

Ice Caverns of Praise and Criticism

Learn to praise specifically and criticize generally.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 75

Forest of Charisma

Explore projecting confidence and warmth simultaneously.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 76

Cave of Secrets and Honesty

Understand why fewer secrets lead to greater happiness.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 77

Ocean of Social Comparison

Examine how judging others separates and isolates us.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 78

Desert of Consistency Bias

Learn how declaring your values shapes your behavior.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 79

Ruins of Hard Choices

Explore making difficult decisions now for an easier future.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 80

Volcano of Life's Meaning

Examine personal, nihilistic, and constructed meanings of life.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 81

Castle of Wisdom and Consequence

Understand wisdom as foresight into long-term outcomes.

5 characters · 17 questions

MAP 82

Ice Temple of Self-Awareness

Explore the lifelong process of understanding oneself.

1 characters · 5 questions

How the book becomes practice

Reading puts ideas in. Retrieval keeps them there. The game is the retrieval.

Walk the world of the book

82 maps, one per part of the book. Signs along the way hold its key ideas, so the walk itself is a refresher.

Battle the characters

406 characters, each a short quiz on one idea. Answer well and the map opens up; a boss guards the end of each one.

Missed ideas come back

Every question you get wrong is re-asked in rematches and boss fights, and the Flashcards mode schedules it with spaced repetition, until you get it right.

Keep what you learn

Sign up for free and your demo progress, XP, best tower stage and flashcard schedules move to your account. Come back whenever a chapter starts to fade.

Questions

Is this the actual book?

No. This is a quiz game built from the ideas in "The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness": 1382 multiple-choice questions with explanations, spread over 82 maps. It works best alongside the book, which is why the page links to where you can get it.

Is it free to play?

You can play the demos on this page without an account (5 battles in the RPG, 10 questions in the tower and 12 flashcard grades). Sign up for free to keep going; premium worlds come with a preview and Pro unlocks everything.

Do I need to have read the book?

It works either way. If you have read it, the game is spaced repetition for what you learned. If you have not, every question comes with an explanation, so the game is a fast tour of the main ideas.

Does my demo progress carry over?

Yes. Sign up from the game and the characters you beat, your XP, your best tower stage and your flashcard schedules move to your account.

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Yes. If you buy the book through one of them we may earn a small commission, at no extra cost to you. It helps keep the free worlds free.