Matt Reardon, Arden Koehler, and Huon Porteous sit down with Dwarkesh Patel to find out how you become a world-famous (among tech intellectuals) podcast host at 23. We also discuss how 80k would have advised 21-year-old Dwarkesh and 80k strategy more broadly.
You can check out the video version of this episode on YouTube at https://youtu.be/H5px6CQTe8o
Topics covered:
- How did Dwarkesh start landing world-class guests?
- Why is Bryan Caplan such an easy get?
- How does Dwarkesh think about ideological labels?
- Dwarkesh explains his pivot towards AI
- Do intellectuals matter for progress?
- Was Microsoft or the Gates Foundation more impactful?
- Do biographies ever matter more than their subjects?
- How would 80k have advised young Dwarkesh?
- What does motivate people in government and what should motivate people in government?
- Should do-gooders seek power?
- Should 80k advice always aim at the tails?
- Are people just layering their simple political memes onto the AI debate?
- How do you boost people’s agency?
- How do we feel about self-perceived entrepreneurs?
- What’s the tradeoff between having the right initiative and having the right ideas?
- How does 80k’s advice deal with AI timelines?
- Are 80k users self-selected for not being the highest potential people?
- Should you assume that everyone can make it to the extreme tail?
- In how many areas should 80k have detailed advice?
- What happened to the EA brand?