{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"80k After Hours","title":"Actually After Hours #3: Finding the Tail with Dwarkesh Patel","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":5727,"description":"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.\nYou can check out the video version of this episode on YouTube at https://youtu.be/H5px6CQTe8o\nTopics covered:\nHow did Dwarkesh start landing world-class guests?\nWhy is Bryan Caplan such an easy get?\nHow does Dwarkesh think about ideological labels?\nDwarkesh explains his pivot towards AI\nDo intellectuals matter for progress?\nWas Microsoft or the Gates Foundation more impactful?\nDo biographies ever matter more than their subjects?\nHow would 80k have advised young Dwarkesh?\nWhat does motivate people in government and what should motivate people in government?\nShould do-gooders seek power?\nShould 80k advice always aim at the tails?\nAre people just layering their simple political memes onto the AI debate?\nHow do you boost people’s agency?\nHow do we feel about self-perceived entrepreneurs?\nWhat’s the tradeoff between having the right initiative and having the right ideas?\nHow does 80k’s advice deal with AI timelines?  \nAre 80k users self-selected for not being the highest potential people?\nShould you assume that everyone can make it to the extreme tail?\nIn how many areas should 80k have detailed advice?\nWhat happened to the EA brand?","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/oD7wTgLeldHjvoEWYKB1O_KQ4CeSsL0NrleI57rzt4k/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzI4NjQ1LzE2NDc2/MjkxMjQtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}