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I like it when the interviewer is skilled. They get me thinking in ways I wouldn't think by myself. If you think of it as information being extracted from you from thought processes at various stages of maturity, you will have this reaction.
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I had very good podcast experiences with shane parrish, longform, econtalk among others.
I'm completely fine improv-shitposting orally on topics where my thinking is still taking shape. That's the point! People are boring where they've "finished" thinking.
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You and Scott are both idea synthesizers and do quite well hosting podcasts.
But your ideas are also both fairly complex and so as a guest you need a talented interviewer from the right scene to draw them out. You're not gonna do a normal linear narrative.
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He maintains a way more legible attack surface though
I’ve never been seriously attacked because I make sure I’m never worth the trouble. But I’ve also never commanded an army. If I’m ever actually attacked I’m screwed. At best a reader might make a 2x2 classifying the attack.
I mean, you stay out of the culture wars so you're probably not gonna get targeted by the NYT
Any SV-level beef you can probably call in a few favors
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