Dwarkesh Patel is the Host of “The Lunar Society” podcast, and blogs on his website https://www.dwarkeshpatel.com/
In this conversation, we discuss everything from artificial intelligence, The “Miracle Years” of past visionaries, Longtermism, effective altruism, talent as leverage, the myth of the myth of the well read person, the power of the human brain, and human enhancement. This one is a marathon and we cover everything. I hope you enjoy the tremendous value in this episode.
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0:00 - START
0:25 - Computer vs. Human Brains
2:40 - Facial Recognition
4:10 - Tesla Self Driving, Neural Network, Advantages To Data Collection
5:15 - Elon Didn’t Come From His Industries - Is He Successful Because He’s An Outsider
6:30 - Paypal Mafia - Success Since Paypal
10:00 - Losing Ambition After Massive Exit Sale vs. Gaining Ambition
13:00 - China, Jack Ma, Future Is Whoever Controls Hard Tech
15:00 - Controlling Tech vs. Controlling Ports For Shipping
16:45 - Funding Dumb Ideas To Find The Smart Ideas
18:10 - Dwarkesh's Podcast
18:25 - Finding Proper Valuation In The Market
21:00 - How Many People Are Actually Getting Rich In Start Ups
25:30 - Hiring Talent In A Startup, Return On Investment
34:00 - Miracle Years - Compressed Years Of Success
39:15 - Minimizing Distractions - How Much We’re Distracted In Our Day-to-Day
44:00 - Our Smartest Talent Doing Other Work - Talent Being Used To Build Social Media & E-com vs. Space & Nuclear
49:00 - Unlearning What You Learn
51:00 - Working For A “Safe” Company
55:45 - Judging People Who Fail
1:00:10 - Competitiveness Of Bezos & Other Leaders
1:04:00 - Wealth Inequality Misconceptions
1:05:20 - Long-termsim
1:05:25 - Dwarkesh's Podcast
1:09:00 - A.I. Will Happen This Decade?!
1:12:00 - Improving The Human Experience Through A.I.
1:18:20 - Using DNA/Cloning To Solve Difficult Problems (Multiple Elons?!)
1:21:45 - Wild Shit That’s Coming Soon
1:23:00 - Covid Vaccine Madness
1:24:00 - “Ethics”
1:30:30 - Elon Will Live Forever If He Makes It To Mars
1:34:00 - Who We Remember From Thousands Of Years Ago
1:35:15 - Choosing To Have A Six Pack vs. Intelligence - Humans Choose Vanity
1:36:15 - Looks & Intelligence Are Correlated?
1:37:50 - Brain Computer Enhancements - Will People Who Opt Out Be Left Behind?
1:40:10 - Brazilian Butt Lift?! Medical Tourism & Human Enhancement
1:45:25 - The Myth Of A Myth Of A Well Read Person- You CAN Know Everything
1:50:25 - How To Learn Everything & Importance
1:55:00 - What To Focus On
1:57:00 - Quantum Computing
2:00:45 - Divergence Of Ideas
2:06:30 - Bigger Impact On Society - Decline Of Testosterone
2:15:00 - Chemicals In The Water, Decline In Food Quality
2:21:40 - Thomas Edison Funnel To Popularizing Ideas/Inventions
2:23:00 - High Volatility Individuals
2:28:30 - Insane Idea Today That Will End Up Being Right Later On
2:31:00 - The Process Of Fixing Society
2:32:00 - Broken Education System
2:36:30 - Child Labor?!
2:38:00 - Internship Model
2:45:15 - MIT Speed Run- Most Of College Is A Waste OF Time
2:50:40 - Transitioning From Military To Civilian Life
3:00:00 - Social Aspects Of College
3:02:50 - How Does Bitcoin Increase Goods & Services?
03:10:00 - Do you Trust Computers or People For Your Money Long Term?
3:15:00 - Is Bitcoin an Inflation Hedge?
03:24:50 - What Will Happen In The Mid-Terms?
03:29:00 - Will The Smartest People Ever Join Politics?
03:31:00 - Becoming A Politician Is The Fastest Path To Celebrity
03:32:45 - Public Companies Making More Positive Change Than Politicians
03:36:00 - Where To Find Online