Allocation & Knowledge

🧶 Tags:: #Diagram
🗃 Resources:: The Almanack of Naval Ravikant (2020)
2024-09-23 - 14:17

• Knowledge (X-axis): As you move to the right, your knowledge increases.
• Allocation (Y-axis): This could represent how time, energy, or attention is divided or allocated.

The squares in the diagram depict different states of allocation:

1. Left Square (Grid): This represents the state where you have a small amount of knowledge, and you are trying to spread your resources thinly over many areas. The grid is filled with many small squares, symbolizing how energy and resources are divided into many small chunks.
2. Middle Square (Larger blocks): As knowledge increases, the number of areas in which you spread your attention decreases. This square has fewer, larger blocks, showing that your allocation is becoming more focused.
3. Right Square (Single block): With maximum knowledge, you're able to focus all your resources and attention on a single area, achieving deep mastery or specialization. The square is one large block, representing complete focus on a single pursuit.

In essence, the diagram is about how as your knowledge deepens, your allocation becomes more concentrated and effective. You go from spreading yourself thin over many areas to focusing deeply on one or a few important things.