Inverting PhD Programs
Dwarkesh Patel argues that instead of locking young people into dead-end jobs, we should be hunting for people who need to be given time to really get deep into a subject. He believes that we ought to invert the standard PhD program and do it the other way, allowing young people to jump heads first into a field. Jim O'Shaughnessy agrees and thinks that distractions in life get in the way, and that doing is thinking.In this clip
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Podcasting, Talent & Innovation | Dwarkesh Patel | Episode 147
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