Transcript: ‘Dwarkesh Patel’s Quest to Learn Everything’

“The reason I started my podcast was that I was frustrated by how imprecise even the best book on a topic was, as it related to my specific questions and curiosities. When I went to the world's best expert on whatever, I got exactly what I wanted quickly, with higher impact. I think if you wanted to learn about anything in the world, you'd be far b... See more

“How do we find as many hosts that we can serve, me being the first. And what can we arm them with to reach a bigger audience and do a better job, and extract as much interesting knowledge as possible? The mindset doesn't need to be any more complicated than that. That will lead us in really interesting directions.”

2:04:32 – the paradox of specificity: the more specific what you are known for is, the more opportunities you’ll attract

“What I tell them, time and again, is that it’s arrogant for you to do the hard work of learning things and not share it with the world. This world progresses when people share ideas. Look around you. Everything was built by people who came before you, and every single thing was somebody’s obsession… It’s arrogant to have ideas in your brain that c... See more

"One of the reasons I first started The Generalist was because I believe that the great epics of our era will occur in the tech sector . No other field asks – and tests – so many consequential philosophical, psychological, and societal questions so frequently. What is money? What makes something valuable? Will nations exist in the cloud? Can we hac... See more