I’d also mention ‘fit with audience’ as an even bigger factor.
Sam’s audience are people who are into big technical intellectual topics like philosophy, physics, consciousness; and also their impact on society. They’re also up for considering weird or unpopular ideas. And the demographics also seem pretty similar to EA. So it’s hard to imagine a following with a better potential fit.
Yeah, just looking at the view counts of a bunch of his YouTube videos in that time. That seems to be his primary platform, so I’d guess its an OK representation of his total listenership
Thanks for the write up!
I’d also mention ‘fit with audience’ as an even bigger factor.
Sam’s audience are people who are into big technical intellectual topics like philosophy, physics, consciousness; and also their impact on society. They’re also up for considering weird or unpopular ideas. And the demographics also seem pretty similar to EA. So it’s hard to imagine a following with a better potential fit.
I can imagine Lex Fridman (’s audience) being similarly engaged. Would be great if we could get him to interview someone like Will, Toby, Bostrom etc.
Looks like this already happened, in March 2020: https://lexfridman.com/william-macaskill/
Dunno how I missed that! Still, I bet he’d also be really interested in conversations with the FHI crew.
His average viewership seems to have 5xed since then, too.
Viewership as in YouTube viewers? Where are you getting that stat from?
Yeah, just looking at the view counts of a bunch of his YouTube videos in that time. That seems to be his primary platform, so I’d guess its an OK representation of his total listenership
Fridman interviewed Bostrom in March 2020
Toby or Anders, then :P
Although he mentions at the start that he’d be interested in doing further episodes with Bostrom.