Our universities are broken. The academy is a circlejerk. Our intellectuals have failed us. To nurture a Knowledge Society, we need to rethink how we make knowledge, how we diffuse it, and how we use it to make the world a better place.

Welcome to Episode 24 of Everything is Everything, a weekly podcast hosted by Amit Varma and Ajay Shah.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

00:00 Teaser and packaging
01:04 Introduction: Why Knowledge Matters
07:39 Chapter 1: The Production of Knowledge
21:13 Chapter 2: The Diffusion of Knowledge
28:33 Chapter 3: Using Knowledge to Improve the World
31:17 Chapter 4: The Academic Circlejerk
39:58 Chapter 5: Modern Sources of Knowledge
43:35 Chapter 6: Why This is a Golden Age for Creators
46:49 Chapter 7: The Long Game
1:01:14 Chapter 8: Amit's Recco
1:02:54 Chapter 9: Ajay's Recco

USEFUL RESOURCES:

1. Amit on Twitter:   / amitvarma  
2. Ajay on Twitter:   / ajay_shah  
3. The Seen and the Unseen -- Amit's audio podcast: https://seenunseen.in/
(Also on all podcast apps. And YouTube, though less than 1% of listens come from here: https://www.youtube.com/@TheSeenAndTh...)
4. Ajay's organisation, XKDR Forum, on YouTube:    / @xkdr  
5. In Service of the Republic -- Vijay Kelkar and Ajay Shah: https://amzn.eu/d/hwGILb3
6. The Art of Clear Writing -- Amit's writing course: https://indiauncut.com/clear-writing/
7. Three Great Leaps by Firms -- Episode 22 of Everything is Everything:    • Three Great Leaps by Firms | Episode ...  
8. Homeopathic Faith (2010) -- Amit Varma: https://indiauncut.com/homeopathic-fa...
9. Are You Just One Version of Yourself: Episode 3 of Everything is Everything, with Chapter 4 on Hydroponics:    • Are You Just One Version of Yourself?...  
10. Do prestigious science journals attract bad science? -- Julia Belluz: https://www.vox.com/2016/1/11/1074963...
11. DARPA: https://www.darpa.mil/
12. Josh Felman Tries to Make Sense of the World -- Episode 321 of The Seen and the Unseen:    • Ep 321: Josh Felman Tries to Make Sen...  
13. A Deep Dive Into Ukraine vs Russia -- Episode 335 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Ajay Shah):    • Ep 335:  A Deep Dive Into Ukraine vs ...  
14. Agnes Callard on Twitter:   / agnescallard  
15. Publish and Perish -- Agnes Callard: https://thepointmag.com/examined-life...
16. Marginal Revolution -- Tyler Cowen and Alex Tabarrok's blog: https://marginalrevolution.com/
17. Politics and the English Language -- George Orwell: https://www.thinkpragati.com/history/...
18. How Cormac McCarthy Became a Copy-Editor for Scientific Books and One of the Most Influential Articles in Economics: https://tinyurl.com/57xju5x7
19. Social conformity despite individual preferences for distinctiveness -- Paul Smaldino & Joshua Epstein: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/do...
20. The Four Quadrants of Conformism -- Paul Graham: https://www.paulgraham.com/conformism...
21. The Beauty of Finance -- Episode 21 of Everything is Everything:    • The Beauty of Finance | Episode 21 | ...  
22. The Incredible Insights of Timur Kuran -- Episode 349 of The Seen and the Unseen:    • Ep 349: The Incredible Insights of Ti...  
23. If You Are a Creator, This Is Your Time -- Amit Varma: https://indiauncut.substack.com/p/13-...
24. Sturgeon's Law: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgeo...
25. How to Think About Cricket (and Life) -- Episode 19 of Everything is Everything:    • How to Think About Cricket (and Life)...  
26. Manifold Destiny -- Sylvia Nasar & David Gruber: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/20...
27. The Bastiat Prize: https://reason.org/bastiat-prize-winn...
28. The Incredible Insights of Bastiat and Hayek -- Episode 6 of Everything is Everything:    • The Incredible Insights of Bastiat an...  
29. The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice -- Christopher Hitchens: https://amzn.eu/d/cWOz9mX
30. The Case Against Education -- Bryan Caplan: https://amzn.eu/d/9bqlsT7
31. Unelected Power -- Paul Tucker: https://amzn.eu/d/9bTfxCC

Produced by Amit Varma
Shot by Vaishnav Vyas and Jenil Joshi:   / vaishnav.vyas   &   / jeniljoshi_  
Edited by Nomsita MS Haritashya:   / nomsitaharitashya  
Thanks to Gaurav Chintamani for helping with sound:   / gaurav_chintamani  
Chapter images & additional illustrations by Simahina:   / i_am_simahina