Podcast:
The 80000 hours podcast is great.
The organisation itself aims to help people choose/change career so that they can “solve the worlds most pressing problems.”
But the podcast is great for people who do not care to reconsider their career aswell.
There are great guests discussing many diverse topics, like philosophy, teconomics, existential risks, philanthropy, animal welfare, emerging technologies and so on…
Some of my favourite episodes are:
Tyler Cowen about how to acheive long-term economic growth.
David Chalmers about consciousness. [Warning: 'Tis long.]
Vitalik Buterin about the possibilities of blockchain and the difficulties of implementing it well.
Toby Ord about the utmost importance of the long-term future.
Bryan Caplan about the (supposed) pointlessness of most traditional education.
Philip Tetlock about the importance of accurate predictions and how to become better at them.
Persis Eskander about wild animal welfare.