if @dwarkesh_sp manages to somehow get doug hofstadter, david deutsch, nassim taleb, and ed witten on his podcast, he will have completed the art of podcasting imo.
@ryuzaki2401 That guy is smart but not that u are talking about. He doesnt won any fields medal noble prize or fields medal nor did he won any imo/ipho
got to know a crazy fact that the director of science at microsoft redmond is just a 2022 grad. he's an iit delhi cse graduate, and people who work with him say that he's one of the smartest guys they've ever met.
he started his career at microsoft as a research intern at microsoft research, and it took him just 4 years after his btech to become the director of science.
i've always been a proponent of the idea that iq is the supreme differentiator, and these stories are the exact reasons why i believe that.