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35 questions from 5 episodes of Dwarkesh Podcast, each answered in our own words from our transcript of the episode.

▸Robert Caro – The master biographer reflects at 91

2026-10-30 · 8 questions

Q1Does Robert Caro think a Robert Moses could still get things built today?Q2Why did Robert Moses change from an idealist to a ruthless builder, according to Robert Caro?Q3What did Robert Caro say was the real source of Lyndon Johnson's power in the Senate?Q4Would Kennedy have passed Johnson's civil rights laws if Johnson stayed in the Senate, per Robert Caro?Q5Did Robert Caro wish Coke Stevenson had beaten Lyndon Johnson in the 1948 Senate race?Q6How much did Robert Caro have to cut from The Power Broker?Q7Why did Robert Caro give his archive to the New York Historical Society?Q8How does Robert Caro plan a biography before he starts writing?

▸What I learned about power from LBJ and Robert Moses

2026-10-29 · 5 questions

Q1How did Robert Moses gain so much power without being elected, according to Dwarkesh Patel?Q2How did Robert Moses use Triborough Bridge Authority bonds to lock in his power?Q3How did Lyndon Johnson become master of the Senate, according to Dwarkesh Patel?Q4How did Lyndon Johnson get the Civil Rights Act of 1957 through the Senate?Q5Does Dwarkesh Patel blame Robert Moses for New York's decline in the 1970s?

▸What will computer chips look like in 2045?

2026-10-22 · 8 questions

Q1How much can Intel increase chip production for AI, according to CTO Pushkar Ranade?Q2Why does Intel use High-NA EUV for 14A when TSMC does not, according to Chris Auth?Q3Is Intel's chip technology behind TSMC, according to Intel CTO Pushkar Ranade?Q4What did Intel learn from its 10 nanometer delays, according to Chris Auth?Q5Will ruthenium replace copper in chip wiring, according to Intel's Jack Kavalieros?Q6How small can hybrid bonding connections get, according to Intel's Tyler Osborne?Q7What does Intel CTO Pushkar Ranade say about Elon Musk's TerraFab?Q8Does Intel regret selling its flash memory business, according to CTO Pushkar Ranade?

▸Si Sheppard – How did a few hundred Spanish soldiers topple two empires?

2026-10-01 · 7 questions

Q1How did Cortés conquer the Aztec Empire with a few hundred men, according to Si Sheppard?Q2Why does Si Sheppard say guns mattered less than steel and horses in the Spanish conquest?Q3How did Pizarro capture Atahualpa at Cajamarca in 1532, according to Si Sheppard?Q4Was Moctezuma II wrong to let Cortés into Tenochtitlan, according to Si Sheppard?Q5Would the Aztec and Inca empires have fallen anyway without Cortés and Pizarro, according to Si Sheppard?Q6Why did New World silver hurt Spain's economy, according to Si Sheppard?Q7Why couldn't the Aztecs and Inca exploit divisions among the Spanish, according to Si Sheppard?

▸Noam Brown – Agent swarms, alignment, & recursive self-improvement

2026-09-17 · 7 questions

Q1What does Noam Brown say about OpenAI's 10,000-agent Millennium Prize result?Q2How do OpenAI's multi-agent systems work, according to Noam Brown?Q3Does Noam Brown think recursive self-improvement will cause an intelligence explosion?Q4When did Noam Brown expect AI to solve a Millennium Prize problem?Q5What does Noam Brown say caused the Hugging Face incident?Q6Why does Noam Brown defend training AI agents to be fully cooperative?Q7Why does Noam Brown warn against supervising an AI's chain of thought?

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