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Podcast: Audience of One
Episode: #028 - Dwarkesh Patel on Standing Out, Curiosity, Talent, & The Future
Description: Dwarkesh Patel is the creator of the Lunar Society newsletter and podcast. We talk about curiosity, talent, podcasting and research, status games, finding what to work on, standing out from the crowd, and AI & futurism.
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(00:42) Starting a podcast out of college while others enter the workforce
(04:51) How he overcomes the occasional desire to quit
(06:09) Feeling like podcasting isn't building something of value
(10:15) Following curiosity vs playing status, money, or power games
(16:00) Share your work publicly
(16:55) You must have skill to get noticed
(19:47) Asking what the world will look like in 2100
(22:40) Breadth vs depth, local vs gl...