Arjun Khemani: How do we know what we know?

This podcast episode explores the origins of Discord, a popular online community platform, and the influence of Ivan Illich's work on education. It delves into questioning authority, the limitations of empiricism in scientific knowledge creation, the role of creativity and error correction in human progress, the concept of progress, and key ideas from David Deutsch's book "The Beginning of Infinity." It also discusses Austrian economics, dropping out of high school, the power of persistence, running, the pursuit of immortality, and the meaning of life in a world with artificial intelligence.