the more flavors an ice cream spot has the less I trust them

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Dialectic with Jackson Dahl

I interviewed Nabeel Qureshi about some of the most important things that make us human at a time when AI is making us really question what makes us unique. 

What does it mean to care, and is caring an antidote to a world of increasing "slop?" 

What actually is slop, and what makes media, art, products, design, or work meaningful?

Why do the best new things have elements of strangeness and unpredictability?

When every answer is a keystroke away, what does it mean to truly learn and understand things? What does it mean to have "the will to think?"

How can we live a life of continuous growth? How can constantly update our thinking?

Lots more too, like video games as a template for education; why Palantir's culture is special and able to deal with nuance while working on "grey area" problems; DOGE and bureaucracy, power and tech; what makes Tyler Cowen special; Nabeel's idea maze for his new company; why Tolstoy was wrong about Shakespeare... Nabeel contains multitudes.

Available on all platforms below.

You should connect with jackson, who discussed distinguishing quality from "slop" with Nabeel Qureshi: 'What does it mean to care, and is caring an antidote to a world of increasing "slop?"... what makes... work meaningful?' Join the conversation in the /Dialectic with Jackson Dahl channel.

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