17: Roger's Bacon - Using Cults to Power Science

<p>Roger's Bacon is a pseudonymous blogger and the creator of the new Seeds of Science journal.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Seeds of Science: https://www.theseedsofscience.org/</p> <p>Roger's Bacon blog: https://rogersbacon.substack.com/</p> <p>Roger's Bacon Twitter: https://twitter.com/RogersBacon1</p> <p><br></p> <p>My blog: https://dwarkeshpatel.com/</p> <p>My Twitter: https://twitter.com/dwarkesh_sp</p> <p><br></p> <p>Timestamps</p> <p>0:00:05 Who is Roger's Bacon?</p> <p>0:05:03 The need for scientific diversity</p> <p>0:10:50 Why are our institutions so homogenous?</p> <p>0:19:35 In defense of cults</p> <p>0:24:05 Does innovation require isolation?</p> <p>0:32:16 Diversity of institutions vs individuals</p> <p>0:36:05 Can we create weird secret societies?</p> <p>0:42:40 Secret longtermists and pseudonymous thinkers</p> <p>0:46:50 Science needs religion</p> <p>0:54:50 How contingent is science</p> <p>0:59:05 Seeds of Science</p> <p>1:09:50 Randomness in science</p> <p>1:14:55 Why committees suck</p> <p>1:21:05 Resetting institutions and reinventing ideas</p> <p>1:32:30 Teaching at a STEM high school</p> <p>1:53:01 Big picture thinking vs technical skills</p> <p>1:58:55 Finding blindspots</p> <p>2:01:57 Being realistic about the far future</p>