The Importance of Recording Conversations

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There really is so much knowledge that nobody's bothered to, you know, write a really clear essay explaining it yet. By recording those conversations and putting them online, like a far, a large number of people who are interested in those topics can get access to that same information. This all of this extra knowledge just doesn't fit within a short timeframe because you have to start at the beginning always. If you're only going for half an hour, then you can only get in the ideas that fit within like a half hour of back and forth. Like if you're willing to go five hours, you can really dig in deep, be like to like hear all of the discourse that's happening

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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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