Chapter
Weirdness in Science
1:28:35 - 1:32:20 (03:45)
The weird people are the ones that push science forward, and more often than not, these people are senior faculty members who don't ask for permission to be weird.
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The unpredictable nature of science and investing often leads to certain weirdness, which can be likened to strange chess openings.
1:28:35 - 1:30:00 (01:25)
Summary
The unpredictable nature of science and investing often leads to certain weirdness, which can be likened to strange chess openings. Academia and financial institutions tend to resist this level of unpredictability and reward safeness, which in turn restricts progress.
ChapterWeirdness in Science
Episode#174 – Tyler Cowen: Economic Growth and the Fight Against Conformity and Mediocrity
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The biggest problem in academia is the rank conformity and pressure for mediocre schools to imitate top-tier universities in order to climb their rankings.
1:30:00 - 1:31:10 (01:09)
Summary
The biggest problem in academia is the rank conformity and pressure for mediocre schools to imitate top-tier universities in order to climb their rankings. This enforces homogenization and harms the quality of education.
ChapterWeirdness in Science
Episode#174 – Tyler Cowen: Economic Growth and the Fight Against Conformity and Mediocrity
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The passion of young faculty members at MIT is often lost in the bureaucracy of the system, while more senior faculty members are free to be more experimental and weird.
1:31:10 - 1:32:20 (01:09)
Summary
The passion of young faculty members at MIT is often lost in the bureaucracy of the system, while more senior faculty members are free to be more experimental and weird. This results in a lack of interesting work coming from the younger generation.