The Knowledge Project

#51 Celeste Headlee: The Dying Art of Conversation

#50 Josh Wolfe: Inventing the Future

#49 Brent Gilchrist: Goal Mining

#48 Adam Robinson: Winning at the Great Game (Part 2)

Traditional educational systems fail to teach students how to learn, prioritizing rote memorization over skill acquisition. True mastery requires breaking complex domains into subskills and rehearsing them under non-optimal conditions, mirroring the way elite performers like Bobby Fischer approached chess. This focus o...

#47 Adam Robinson: Winning at the Great Game (Part 1)

Life functions as a series of interconnected games, where success requires shifting focus from self-centered goals to connecting with others and creating shared value. Modern technology, engineered to hijack human attention and monetize outrage, fuels a global loneliness epidemic that leaves individuals isolated despit...

#46 Sophie Grégoire Trudeau: Authenticity, Kindness, and Self Love

#45 Dan Kluger: Taking Time to Get It Right

#44 Barbara Coloroso: The Kids Are Worth It

#43 Jennifer Garvey Berger: The Mental Habits of Effective Leaders

#42 Atul Gawande: The Path to Perpetual Progress

#41 Tobi Lütke: The Trust Battery

The conversation explores Shopify's origins, growth, and unique approach to company building. Toby Lutke, co-founder and CEO, details how early experiences with video games like StarCraft shaped his understanding of resource management and strategic decision-making, skills crucial to scaling Shopify. Lutke emphasizes t...

#40 Ben Thompson: Thriving in a Digital World

This podcast features an interview with Ben Thompson, founder of the technology analysis site Stratechery. The conversation covers Thompson's unique approach to analyzing technology from a business and strategic perspective, his content creation model (combining free and paid content), and his insights into the impact...

#39 Tyler Cowen: Thinking About Thinking

#38 Ali Almossawi: Thinking in Algorithms

#37 Annie Duke: Getting Better by Being Wrong

Decision-making under uncertainty requires separating the quality of a choice from its outcome, a concept known as "resulting." Former professional poker player Annie Duke argues that because outcomes are often influenced by luck, evaluating decisions based solely on results leads to poor learning and risk-averse behav...

#36 William MacAskill: The Science of Doing Good

#35 Robert Greene: Alive Time vs. Dead Time

This podcast episode explores the impact of Robert Greene's books, particularly "The 48 Laws of Power," on understanding human nature and power dynamics. Greene's books provide a raw and honest exploration of the darker aspects of human behavior, delving into timeless elements that influence human behavior and offering...

#34 Amelia Boone: Learning How to Suffer

#33 Dan Ariely: The Truth About Lies

Behavioral economics offers practical frameworks for improving decision-making by prioritizing environmental design over individual willpower. Dan Ariely, a professor of psychology and behavioral economics at Duke University, argues that people consistently make better choices when they re-engineer their surroundings—s...

#32 Patrick Collison: Earning Your Stripes

Building and scaling a successful organization requires a relentless pursuit of correctness over social cohesion, prioritizing rigorous thought and interpersonal warmth. Patrick Collison, co-founder of Stripe, attributes his company’s growth to an outward-looking Irish cultural ethos that embraces globalization and ope...