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The mystery of the miracle year
An interesting pattern recurs across the career of great scientists: an annus mirabilis (miracle year) in which they make multiple, seemingly…
Dwarkesh Patel
Apr 14
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Examples of barbell strategies
On taking advantage of both extremes of risk and reward in friendship, caffeination, reading, dating, working, and more
Dwarkesh Patel
Mar 10
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Talent as leverage
10x engineers, tech bubbles, and the PayPal mafia
Dwarkesh Patel
Apr 12
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The myth of the myth of the well read person
I worked for ten years with John Tukey at Bell Labs. He had tremendous drive. One day about three or four years after I joined, I discovered that John…
Dwarkesh Patel
Mar 20
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❤️ + Musings
Girard at Jamestown, VC bubbles, Elon’s ambition, big tech R&D as F1 cars, med-school mania, and the entrepreneurial middle class.
Dwarkesh Patel
Apr 20
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The effective altruist work ethic and the spirit of utilitarianism
Why there will be many more effective altruist billionaires
Dwarkesh Patel
Jun 30
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32: Sam Bankman-Fried - Crypto, Altruism, and Leadership
Infiltrating tradfi, giving away $100m this year, hiring A-players
Dwarkesh Patel
Jul 5
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This Can Go On - Pt 1: The Simmer Scenario
An alternative to explosion, stagnation, and collapse
Dwarkesh Patel
Jul 28
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31: Agustin Lebron - Trading, Crypto, and Adverse Selection
Listen now | Agustin Lebron is a man of many talents. After working for many years as an engineer, he became a trader and researcher at the height of…
Jun 23
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This Can Go On - Pt 2: Against intuitions about crazy growth
In Part 1, I laid out the simmer scenario as an alternative to explosion, stagnation in collapse, in which growth slows down sufficiently to remain…
Dwarkesh Patel
Jul 29
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Scouting talent as buying options
Why volatility and youth are signals of potential
Dwarkesh Patel
Feb 10
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29: Visakan Veerasamy - Singapore, Talent, & History
Listen now | Visakan Virasamy is an eccentric Singaporean who weaves together of sparkling web of insight, wit, and positivity throughout the world of…
Dwarkesh Patel
May 18
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