Evidence receipt / belief
Published · transcript-backedDwarkesh Patel: belief
25 Mar 2025 Dwarkesh Podcast AMA: career advice given AGI, how I research ft. Sholto & Trenton
“Like, Mr Beast-style distribution, where people, I think rightly, focus on the content, and if that's not up to snuff, I think you won't succeed.”
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- Dwarkesh Patel
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- 25 Mar 2025
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…Distribution of AI? No, sorry. Like, Mr Beast-style distribution, where people, I think rightly, focus on the content, and if that's not up to snuff, I think you won't succeed. But to the extent that somebody's trying to do similar things, the thing they consistently underrate is putting the time into getting distribution right. I just take random takes about… for example, the most successful thing for my podcast in terms of growth has been YouTube Shorts. It's a thing you would never have predicted beforehand. And they're responsible for basically at least half the growth of the podcast or something. I mean, I'd buy that. Why wouldn't you predict it? Like, I mean, like, I mean, I guess there's the contrast of, like, the long form deep content and, like, YouTube Shorts and stuff. But I definitely think they're good hooks. Good content.…
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