[notreallyhere00]

This is a fascinating discussion but something is still missing:

Learning is not about information, it’s about grokking.

The magic of the interview podcast is the privilege of hearing the nuance of someone’s thoughts. You can feel their brain spinning in real time. You can gradually begin to comprehend their modes of thinking and their source of wisdom.

Within just a few hours of listening to someone, you can begin to predict - nearly exactly! - how they would respond to the next question, even if it’s novel. Even if the information is surprising; the mode of thinking of that person will not be.

This means we can tap into the minds of incredibly smart people and begin to.. grok their grok.

Deep transfer of wisdom, at scale. Is there anything more magical than that?

[paulnix99]

I've been lurking on HackerNews for goodness knows how many years. This is the first time I've been motivated to log in and comment - I agree 100% with your outlook and very nicely put.

[kzrdude]

And there is a wide difference between an "interview" podcast episode and one where it's "two people hanging out", in my opinion. It really needs to be the former, but there's many of those too fortunately.