Dwarkesh Patel: preference

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…What was the specific moment, if there was one, that you realized you, that producing your podcast was a viable long-term strategy? I think when I was shopping around ad spots for a Mark Zuckerberg episode. And now when I look back on it, it's not in retrospect that mind-blowing, but at the time I'm like, “oh, I could actually hire an editor full-time, or maybe more editors than one, and from there turning into a real business”. Because before people would tell me, "Oh, these other podcasts are making whatever amount of money." And I'd be like, "How?" You know? So I have this running joke with one of my friends. I don't know if you've seen me do this, but every time I encounter a young person who's like, "What should I do with my life? " I'm like, "You gotta start a blog. You gotta be the Matt Levine of AI." You can do this. It's a totally empty niche. And I have this running joke with them where they're like, "You're like a country bumpkin who's won the lottery. And you go up to everything and everyone and just like, "Guys, a scratch pad. Get the scratch pad.”" I do wanna press on that a bit more because your immediate answer to the 17-year-old was to start a podcast. So what niches are there? What sort of things would you be excited to see in new blogs, podcasts?…

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