活得够久，你就会成为哲学家Live Long Enough and You’ll Become a Philosopher
Naval：我们聊聊为什么要做这个播客吧。这其实是一场关于非常实用的哲学的讨论。
我们通常所理解的哲学，是不实用的。它抽象晦涩，是用华丽语言写就的古老文字。我们把它奉上神坛，让它显得高不可攀。有时它听上去就像陈词滥调。
大问题都是老问题
但如果你活得够久，你自己也会成为哲学家。你会用一生的时间去解决自己人生中的大问题。那些大问题都是老问题，是自始至终我们一直在试图解决的那些问题：我怎样才能保持幸福？我怎样才能变得健康？我怎样才能变得富有？我怎样才能组建我理想中的家庭？
一只猴子能做的事，另一只也能做
这个播客讲的是对我们真正奏效的实用哲学。一只猴子能做的事，另一只也能。我们希望人们这样想："如果这个人学到了某些东西，让他变得更幸福、更健康或更富有，那么我也能做到。"这就是我们的关注点：一套关于健康、财富与幸福的实用哲学。
Nivi：如果用一个词来概括，那就是健康：财务健康、心理健康和身体健康。
Naval：健康是一种安好的状态。让我们进入一种财务健康的状态，不再日复一日地担惊受怕。这是我们出发的地方，我们在这方面花了很多时间。让我们进入一种身体健康的状态，不再受病痛、疾病和成瘾的折磨。让我们进入一种心理健康的状态，内心相对平静，对自己相当满意。
Naval: Let’s talk about why we’re doing this podcast. It’s really a discussion of highly practical philosophy.
Philosophy, as we normally think of it, is impractical. It’s abstract and obtuse—something written a long time ago in fancy language. We put it on a pedestal and it feels unapproachable. Sometimes it comes across like truisms.
The big problems are the old ones
But if you live long enough, you will become a philosopher yourself. You’ll have spent a lifetime solving the big problems in your life. The big problems are the old ones, the ones we’ve been trying to solve since the beginning: How do I stay happy? How do I become healthy? How do I become wealthy? How do I raise the family I want?
What one monkey can do, another can do
This podcast is about practical philosophy that has worked for us. What one monkey can do, another can. We want people to think, “If this person learned something that made them happier, healthier or wealthier, then I can do it too.” That’s what we focus on: a practical philosophy of health, wealth and happiness.
Nivi: If you summed it up in one word, it would be health: financial health, mental health and physical health.
Naval: Health is a state of well-being. Let’s get to a state of financial health where we’re not fearful day to day. That’s where we started, and we spent a lot of time on that. Let’s get to a state of physical health where we’re not suffering from afflictions, disease and addiction. Let’s get to a state of mental health where we’re relatively at peace and quite content with ourselves.