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#402 – Michael Malice: Thanksgiving Pirate Special Nov 25, 2023

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Michael Malice is a political thinker, podcaster, author, and anarchist. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(10:15) – Beauty and mantis shrimp
(14:43) – Parrots, Pirates, and Monty Python
(20:55) – Humor and absurdity
(28:16) – Thanksgiving
(56:56) – Unboxing the mystery box
(1:12:54) – Karl Marx and religion
(1:21:11) – Art
(1:25:25) – Books
(1:38:02) – How to be happy
(1:40:12) – Depression
(1:41:15) – Fear
(1:42:42) – Betrayal

#401 – John Mearsheimer: Israel-Palestine, Russia-Ukraine, China, NATO, and WW3 Nov 18, 2023

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John Mearsheimer is an international relations scholar at University of Chicago. He is one of the most influential and controversial thinkers in the world on the topics of war and power. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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OUTLINE:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(09:52) – Power
(33:06) – Hitler
(50:33) – Russia and Ukraine
(1:46:45) – Israel and Palestine
(2:47:37) – China
(3:29:58) – Life and mortality

#400 – Elon Musk: War, AI, Aliens, Politics, Physics, Video Games, and Humanity Nov 09, 2023

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Elon Musk is CEO of X, xAI, SpaceX, Tesla, Neuralink, and The Boring Company.

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Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/elon-musk-4-transcript

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OUTLINE:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(10:25) – War and human nature
(14:51) – Israel-Hamas war
(20:59) – Military-Industrial Complex
(25:16) – War in Ukraine
(29:59) – China
(44:15) – xAI Grok
(55:13) – Aliens
(1:03:13) – God
(1:05:41) – Diablo 4 and video games
(1:14:48) – Dystopian worlds: 1984 and Brave New World
(1:20:59) – AI and useful compute per watt
(1:26:40) – AI regulation
(1:33:32) – Should AI be open-sourced?
(1:40:54) – X algorithm
(1:52:15) – 2024 presidential elections
(2:05:14) – Politics
(2:08:16) – Trust
(2:13:47) – Tesla’s Autopilot and Optimus robot
(2:22:46) – Hardships

#399 – Jared Kushner: Israel, Palestine, Hamas, Gaza, Iran, and the Middle East Oct 11, 2023

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Jared Kushner is a former Senior Advisor to President Donald Trump and author of Breaking History. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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=== Recorded on Mon, Oct 9 ===
(00:00) – Introduction
(07:02) – Hamas attack on Israel
(09:55) – Response to attack
(16:14) – History of Hamas
(18:54) – Iran
(20:41) – Al-Aqsa Mosque
(27:06) – Abraham Accords
(36:00) – Trump vs Biden on Middle East
(45:00) – Israeli-Saudi Normalization
(49:12) – How the Israel-Gaza war ends
(53:29) – Benjamin Netanyahu
(57:06) – Palestinian support
=== Recorded on Thu, Oct 5 ===
(59:47) – Trump 2024
(1:03:15) – Human nature
(1:10:13) – Geopolitics and negotiation
(1:18:56) – North Korea
(1:27:35) – Personalities of leaders
(1:34:11) – Government bureaucracy
(1:39:56) – Accusations of collusion with Russia
(1:49:35) – Ivanka
(1:55:30) – Father
(2:04:13) – Money and power
(2:12:56) – Trust and betrayal
(2:21:57) – Mohammed bin Salman
(2:44:16) – Israeli–Palestinian peace process
(2:58:47) – Abraham Accords and Arab-Israeli normalization
(3:08:53) – Donald Trump
(3:13:59) – War in Ukraine
(3:19:14) – Vladimir Putin
(3:26:33) – China
(3:44:50) – Learning process
(3:51:19) – Hope for the future

#398 – Mark Zuckerberg: First Interview in the Metaverse Sep 28, 2023

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Mark Zuckerberg is CEO of Meta. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(08:38) – Metaverse
(23:01) – Quest 3
(37:50) – Nature of reality
(42:28) – AI in the Metaverse
(59:26) – Large language models
(1:05:23) – Future of humanity

#397 – Greg Lukianoff: Cancel Culture, Deplatforming, Censorship & Free Speech Sep 25, 2023

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Greg Lukianoff is a free speech advocate, first-amendment attorney, president of FIRE – Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, and co-author of The Coddling of the American Mind and a new book The Canceling of the American Mind. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(10:49) – Cancel culture & freedom of speech
(25:21) – Left-wing vs right-wing cancel culture
(34:06) – Religion
(36:46) – College rankings by freedom of speech
(42:54) – Deplatforming
(57:29) – Whataboutism
(1:02:32) – Steelmanning
(1:10:08) – How the left argues
(1:20:48) – Diversity, equity, and inclusion
(1:32:39) – Why colleges lean left
(1:40:17) – How the right argues
(1:44:52) – Hate speech
(1:53:39) – Platforming
(2:03:10) – Social media
(2:24:17) – Depression
(2:35:48) – Hope

#396 – James Sexton: Divorce Lawyer on Marriage, Relationships, Sex, Lies & Love Sep 18, 2023

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James Sexton is a divorce attorney and author. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(09:01) – Why marriages fail
(30:32) – Sex and fetishes
(39:49) – Breakups
(1:05:35) – Johnny Depp and Amber Heard
(1:25:36) – Complicated divorce cases
(1:32:22) – Cheating with the nanny
(1:34:39) – Relationship advice
(1:43:20) – Cost of divorce
(2:05:11) – Prenups
(2:19:33) – Cheating
(2:27:17) – Open marriages and threesomes
(2:40:05) – Sex and fighting
(3:05:00) – Kevin Costner’s divorce
(3:14:44) – Lying
(3:22:12) – Productivity
(3:30:06) – Jiu Jitsu
(3:38:38) – Sex, love, and marriage

#395 – Walter Isaacson: Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, Einstein, Da Vinci & Ben Franklin Sep 10, 2023

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Walter Isaacson is an author of biographies on Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, Einstein, Benjamin Franklin, Leonardo da Vinci, and many others. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(10:42) – Difficult childhood
(27:47) – Jennifer Doudna
(30:44) – Einstein
(36:02) – Tesla
(53:07) – Elon Musk’s humor
(57:17) – Steve Jobs’ cruelty
(1:00:41) – Twitter
(1:12:50) – Firing
(1:15:35) – Hiring
(1:24:38) – Time management
(1:32:22) – Groups vs individuals
(1:36:08) – Mortality
(1:39:40) – How to write
(2:00:38) – Love & relationships
(2:05:33) – Advice for young people

#394 – Neri Oxman: Biology, Art, and Science of Design & Engineering with Nature Sep 01, 2023

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Neri Oxman is a designer, engineer, scientist, and artist working on computational design, synthetic biology and digital fabrication, previously at MIT, and now at OXMAN. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/neri-oxman-transcript

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OUTLINE:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(09:06) – Biomass vs anthropomass
(23:27) – Computational templates
(43:42) – Biological hero organisms
(54:42) – Engineering with bacteria
(1:02:59) – Plant communication
(1:16:22) – Albert Einstein letter
(1:19:44) – Beauty
(1:24:40) – Faith
(1:34:26) – Flaws
(1:54:15) – Extinction
(2:05:22) – Alien life
(2:09:12) – Music
(2:10:39) – Movies
(2:15:11) – Advice for young people

#393 – Andrew Huberman: Relationships, Drama, Betrayal, Sex, and Love Aug 17, 2023

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Andrew Huberman is a neuroscientist at Stanford and host of the Huberman Lab Podcast. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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OUTLINE:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(09:42) – Exercise routine
(15:52) – Advice to younger self
(23:07) – Jungian shadow
(27:53) – Betrayal and loyalty
(48:03) – Drama
(1:05:42) – Chimp Empire
(1:10:35) – Overt vs covert contracts
(1:16:42) – Age and health
(1:22:49) – Sexual selection
(1:33:26) – Relationships
(1:45:59) – Fertility
(1:56:25) – Productivity
(2:13:13) – Family

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