Podcasting, Developing Talent & Fostering Innovation - Infinite Loops Podcast
Link to full podcast summary: Dwarkesh Patel — Podcasting, Talent & Innovation (EP.147) | Infinite Loops
Who is Dwarkesh Patel?
Dwarkesh Patel (@dwarkesh_sp) is the host of The Lunar Society podcast, where he interviews scientists, historians, economists, intellectuals, & founders about their ideas. He also writes about tech, progress, talent, science, and the long-term on his Substack.
Dwarkesh has been described as “one of the best young podcasters alive”, and his Substack has been praised by the likes of Jeff Bezos, Paul Graham and Tyler Cowen.
Podcast Summary
Jim O'Shaughnessy and Dwarkesh Patel discuss how to be a good podcaster, the importance of curiosity, cultivating young talent, how to foster innovation & much more.
Key Takeaways
"If you do everything, you will win" - Lyndon B. Johnson
To resolve a disagreement, define exactly what you're disagreeing about. Oftentimes, you realize that you actually don't disagree - you're just saying the same thing in different ways
People communicate differently, with most people being visual communicators. The next most popular form of communication being auditory.
Ideas are great, but ideas are a dime a dozen.
If you haven't written your thoughts down, you haven't thought about them all that hard
Many people don't realize that other people are not thinking of them, they're thinking about themselves