The Effect of Episode Longevity on Listening

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The longer an episode, it's true that people tend to listen to a smaller fraction of it. A lot of people drop out early on, but then you just kind of get this long plateau where if someone was willing to stick with you for two hours. So they're just going to potentially stick with it for you as long as you have interesting things to talk about.

What are the best strategies for improving ourselves? How are line managers useful? Why does Rob prefer long-form content for the 80,000 Hours podcast? What are the sorts of things humans value and why? In what ways do research ethics considerations fail to achieve their stated objectives? Why are prediction markets useful?

Rob Wiblin is the Head of Research at 80,000 Hours where he investigates how people can do more good in the course of their career and produces a long-form interview show called the 80,000 Hours Podcast. He studied genetics and economics in Australia before moving to the UK to help develop the emerging field of effective altruism. You can learn more about Rob at robwiblin.com, learn more about his research work at 80000hours.org, and follow him on social media at @robertwiblin.

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