Dwarkesh is your run-of-the-mill vapid influencer idiot. Fridman on the other hand, when in the presence of greatness, knows to STFU and listen.

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ademeure 15 hours ago | parent | next [-]

There's definitely something to be said for giving interesting people a platform to express their views unconditionally. Unfortunately, that can also be a very dangerous thing. I have been less and less impressed over the years with Lex's approach here.

I'm personally very glad that Dwarkesh isn't like that. He's not perfect, but I think he's doing a way better job than other podcasters in the field right now.

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Upvoter33 16 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

“The presence of greatness” - ugh.

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throwa356262 15 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I have been told the Fridmans association with MIT is mostly a lie.

Not sure if this is true, maybe someone who went to MIT around the same time can shed some light on this?

	▲	kleebeesh 15 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I'm a random dude on the Internet, but my partner completed her PhD at MIT. While there I knew and knew of a few PhD grads who worked at MIT in some non-tenure-track role (postdoc, staff researcher, etc). Typically for a couple years and then they get a better-paying or more permanent job. But several remained "affiliated" in some way. They kept their MIT website/email, some in academia continued to collaborate to some extent. Things like that. But AFAIK they weren't getting a paycheck from MIT. And it's somewhere between neat and genuinely professionally valuable to be affiliated w/ a prestigious university, so I don't blame them for claiming affiliation. My best guess is he's "affiliated" in a similar way.

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lovich 14 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

His Zelensky interview suggests otherwise

	▲	ed_balls 14 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It's interesting that's the only interview when he challenged someone.