Lex Fridman Podcast

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#143 – John Clarke: The Art of Fighting and the Pursuit of Excellence Dec 06, 2020

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John Clarke is a BJJ black belt and MMA coach. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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OUTLINE:
Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
(00:00) – Introduction
(08:25) – The great American road trip
(25:54) – Martial arts and philosophy
(28:55) – Real vs fake success on Instagram
(39:40) – The brutal honesty of Mike Tyson
(44:26) – Breaking your opponent in wrestling
(52:32) – Genghis Khan
(1:03:38) – It’s okay to change your mind
(1:08:15) – Why do politicians become inauthentic
(1:14:52) – Greatness requires sacrifice
(1:17:36) – Whiplash
(1:25:44) – Relationships
(1:31:21) – Greatest fighters of all time
(1:39:02) – Greatest fight of all time
(1:53:25) – Khabib Nurmagomedov
(1:55:13) – Can Conor McGregor beat Khabib Nurmagomedov?
(2:09:29) – Conor vs Khabib 2
(2:16:05) – Will there always be war?
(2:17:41) – Future of civilization
(2:19:52) – Kids
(2:26:37) – The meaning of a “like” on social media
(2:35:34) – Starting a podcast
(2:54:16) – Book recommendations
(2:57:46) – Keeping the independence of solitude

#142 – Manolis Kellis: Meaning of Life, the Universe, and Everything Nov 30, 2020

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Manolis Kellis is a computational biologist at MIT. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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Manolis Website: http://web.mit.edu/manoli/
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OUTLINE:
Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
(00:00) – Introduction
(06:48) – Music and life
(46:21) – The number 42
(52:22) – The question about the meaning of life
(55:02) – Are humans unique in the universe?
(1:00:46) – Human civilization
(1:12:52) – Mars
(1:14:45) – Human mind and the abstraction layers of reality
(1:25:38) – Neural networks and intelligence
(1:32:55) – Ideas as organisms
(1:42:19) – Language
(1:53:34) – Legacy
(2:08:25) – Poems

#141 – Erik Brynjolfsson: Economics of AI, Social Networks, and Technology Nov 25, 2020

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Erik Brynjolfsson is an economist at Stanford. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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OUTLINE:
Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
(00:00) – Introduction
(08:23) – Exponential growth
(12:51) – Elon Musk exponential thinking
(15:08) – Moore’s law is a series of revolutions
(20:31) – GPT-3
(22:09) – Autonomous vehicles
(29:11) – Electricity
(33:40) – Productivity
(38:47) – Why is Twitter and Facebook free?
(49:03) – Dismantling the nature of truth
(52:24) – Nutpicking and Cancel Culture
(58:39) – How will AI change our world
(1:04:40) – Existential threats
(1:06:33) – AI and the nature of work
(1:12:39) – Thoughts on Andrew Yang and UBI
(1:18:30) – Economics of innovation
(1:24:37) – Effect of COVID on the economy
(1:33:50) – MIT and Stanford
(1:38:23) – Book recommendations
(1:41:28) – Meaning of life

#140 – Lisa Feldman Barrett: Love, Evolution, and the Human Brain Nov 20, 2020

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Lisa Feldman Barrett is a neuroscientist, psychologist, and author. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain (book): https://amzn.to/2Sp5ar9
How Emotions Are Made (book): https://amzn.to/2GwAFg6
Lisa’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/LFeldmanBarrett
Lisa’s Website: https://lisafeldmanbarrett.com/

OUTLINE:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(07:27) – Falling in love
(25:10) – Love at first sight
(39:49) – Romantic
(43:48) – Writing process
(54:32) – Evolution of the human brain
(1:08:41) – Nature of evil
(1:17:23) – Love is an evolutionary advantage
(1:21:59) – Variation in species
(1:27:41) – Does evolution have a direction?
(1:45:19) – Love with an inanimate object
(1:49:37) – Just be yourself is confusing advice
(1:59:49) – Consciousness
(2:06:26) – Book recommendations

#139 – Andrew Huberman: Neuroscience of Optimal Performance Nov 16, 2020

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Andrew Huberman is a neuroscientist at Stanford. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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Andrew’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hubermanlab
Andrew’s Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_D._Huberman
Andrew’s Website: http://www.hubermanlab.com/

OUTLINE:
Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
(00:00) – Introduction
(06:24) – Fear
(14:36) – Virtual reality
(18:20) – Claustrophobia
(20:08) – Skydiving
(21:43) – Overcoming fears
(26:43) – Optimal performance
(29:57) – Deep work
(45:22) – Psychedelics
(49:08) – Deep work
(1:02:48) – Everything in the brain is an abstraction
(1:10:06) – Human vision system
(1:21:42) – Neuralink
(1:49:12) – Science of consciousness
(2:04:00) – David Goggins
(2:21:04) – Science communication
(2:28:36) – Man’s Search for Meaning

#138 – Yaron Brook: Ayn Rand and the Philosophy of Objectivism Nov 13, 2020

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Yaron Brook is a objectivist philosopher, podcaster, and author. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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OUTLINE:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(06:28) – Principles of a life well lived
(14:35) – Free will
(20:50) – Nature of reality
(29:28) – Ayn Rand
(1:01:11) – Objectivism
(1:26:29) – Godel Incompleteness Theorem
(1:31:36) – Capitalism
(2:01:22) – Virtue of selfishness
(2:11:27) – Win-win
(2:17:31) – Anarchy
(2:36:24) – Tribalism and division
(2:40:42) – Objectivism and Jordan Peterson on personal responsibility

#137 – Alex Filippenko: Supernovae, Dark Energy, Aliens & the Expanding Universe Nov 08, 2020

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Alex Filippenko is an astrophysicist and professor of astronomy at Berkeley. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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OUTLINE:
Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
(00:00) – Introduction
(06:36) – Universe expansion
(08:00) – Dark energy
(15:28) – Scientific revolutions
(27:18) – Asteroid hitting Earth
(30:50) – Giant solar flares and the power grid
(37:50) – Elon Musk and space exploration
(42:41) – Exoplanets
(50:03) – Traveling close to the speed of light
(52:13) – Traveling faster than the speed of light
(1:00:39) – Intelligent life in the universe
(1:04:14) – Fermi Paradox
(1:13:52) – Finding alien life would be bad news
(1:18:49) – UFO sightings
(1:31:58) – Universe expansion speed
(1:36:42) – The universe is infinite
(1:40:58) – What happened before the Big Bang?
(1:45:14) – Roger Penrose
(1:48:48) – Nobel Prize for the accelerating universe
(2:10:23) – Supernova
(2:21:47) – The greatest story ever told
(2:25:44) – Richard Feynman
(2:32:37) – Meaning of life

#136 – Dan Carlin: Hardcore History Nov 03, 2020

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Dan Carlin is a historian, political thinker, and podcaster. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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OUTLINE:
Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
(00:00) – Introduction
(07:53) – Nature of evil
(14:50) – Is violence and force fundamental to human civilization?
(19:58) – Will we always have war?
(29:38) – The Russian front in World War II
(37:32) – Ideologies of the US, the Soviet Union, and China
(50:15) – Putin
(1:02:50) – Journalism is broken
(1:10:16) – Genghis Khan
(1:24:36) – Greatest leader in history
(1:32:21) – Could Hitler have been stopped?
(1:49:21) – Hitler’s Antisemitism
(1:55:12) – Destructive power of evil
(2:04:26) – Will human civilization destroy itself?
(2:16:31) – Elon Musk, Tesla, SpaceX
(2:24:53) – Steering around the iceberg – wow do we avoid collapse of society?
(2:47:00) – Advice on podcasting
(2:50:12) – Joe Rogan, Spotify, and the future of podcasting
(3:05:19) – Future episodes of Hardcore History podcast
(3:20:21) – Is Ben real?
(3:21:05) – Meaning of life

#135 – Charles Isbell: Computing, Interactive AI, and Race in America Nov 02, 2020

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Charles Isbell is the Dean of the College of Computing at Georgia Tech. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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OUTLINE:
Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
(00:00) – Introduction
(07:16) – Top 3 movies of all time
(13:26) – People are easily predictable
(19:08) – Breaking out of our bubbles
(30:54) – Interactive AI
(37:26) – Lifelong machine learning
(45:53) – Faculty hiring
(53:27) – University rankings
(1:00:55) – Science communicators
(1:10:20) – Hip hop
(1:19:20) – Funk
(1:20:44) – Computing
(1:36:35) – Race
(1:52:40) – Cop story
(2:01:01) – Racial tensions
(2:10:23) – MLK vs Malcolm X
(2:13:44) – Will human civilization destroy itself?
(2:18:14) – Fear of death and the passing of time

#134 – Eric Weinstein: On the Nature of Good and Evil, Genius and Madness Oct 30, 2020

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Eric Weinstein is a mathematical physicist, podcaster, and intellectual. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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The Portal podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-portal/id1469999563

OUTLINE:
Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
00:00 – Introduction
07:46 – Eddie Van Halen
15:26 – Leonard Cohen
23:22 – Battle between ego and humility
28:38 – Darkness and beauty
35:20 – Jimi Hendrix
38:08 – Good Will Hunting
42:16 – Revolutionary minds
53:49 – Next Elon Musk should come from MIT
58:14 – Love with save the world
1:03:30 – Are we headed toward a civil war?
1:15:04 – Joe Rogan
1:28:52 – Our political leaders
1:34:11 – Younger people should have more power
1:44:30 – The Portal
2:09:20 – Money
2:11:26 – Roger Penrose
2:19:06 – Jeffrey Epstein
2:37:44 – We need to get off this planet
2:40:41 – An update on Geometric Unity
2:46:33 – Gratitude

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