Lex Fridman Podcast

#356 – Tim Dodd: SpaceX, Starship, Rocket Engines, and Future of Space Travel Feb 02, 2023

Tim Dodd is host of the Everyday Astronaut YouTube channel, where he teaches about rocket engines and all things space travel. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(06:18) – SpaceX rockets
(26:56) – Falcon 9
(31:08) – Starship
(35:27) – SpaceX rocket engines
(43:05) – Elon Musk
(58:41) – Twitter
(1:04:46) – How rocket engines work
(1:09:37) – Rocket fuel
(1:13:03) – Rocket engine cycles
(1:25:27) – Rocket cooling
(1:40:24) – Multistage rockets
(1:43:57) – Single-stage-to-orbit
(1:49:33) – Aerospike engine
(1:57:18) – Greatest car engine of all time
(2:02:27) – Starship
(2:05:19) – Wet dress rehearsal
(2:11:29) – Landing
(2:25:47) – Seeing starship in person
(2:34:54) – Starship orbital test
(2:41:32) – Gwynne Shotwell
(2:46:43) – dearMoon project
(3:05:46) – Fear of death
(3:14:12) – Everyday Astronaut origin story
(3:40:04) – Soviet Rocket Engine History
(3:58:51) – Russia, China, USA
(4:13:20) – Starlink
(4:21:06) – First human on Mars
(4:24:04) – Moon landing
(4:30:11) – Nuclear propulsion
(4:37:51) – Bob Lazar
(4:44:54) – Aliens
(4:48:42) – Sci-fi books
(4:52:00) – Long-term space travel
(4:58:47) – SpaceX competitors
(5:10:07) – Kerbal Space Program
(5:16:33) – Advice for young people

#355 – David Kipping: Alien Civilizations and Habitable Worlds Jan 28, 2023

David Kipping is an astronomer at Columbia University, director of the Cool Worlds Lab, and host of the Cool Worlds YouTube channel. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(05:10) – Habitable exoplanets
(15:30) – Alien life in our Solar System
(27:20) – Starship
(31:28) – James Webb Space Telescope
(44:47) – Binary planets
(55:04) – Exomoons and Kepler-1625b
(1:08:34) – Discoveries of alien life
(1:22:15) – Aliens
(2:08:43) – Oort clouds
(2:19:30) – Future of astronomy
(2:32:45) – Alpha Centauri
(2:45:03) – Kardashev scale
(2:56:41) – AI and space exploration
(3:13:37) – Great Filter
(3:24:51) – Colonization of Mars
(3:31:35) – Simulation hypothesis
(3:43:48) – Advice for young people
(3:48:06) – Meaning of life

#354 – Jeremi Suri: American Civil War Jan 25, 2023

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(00:00) – Introduction
(06:45) – Revolutions and governments
(24:23) – American Civil War
(33:35) – Lincoln and election of 1860
(37:25) – Slavery
(50:35) – Freedom of speech
(1:02:17) – Death toll of the Civil War
(1:05:36) – Ulysses S. Grant
(1:07:45) – Ku Klux Klan
(1:19:27) – Robert E. Lee
(1:27:11) – Abraham Lincoln
(1:42:18) – If the south won
(1:50:54) – Hypocrisy of the Founders
(1:56:56) – John Wilkes Booth
(2:00:11) – White supremacy
(2:05:34) – Disputed elections
(2:15:56) – Politics
(2:24:20) – Donald Trump and Joe Biden
(2:37:06) – January 6th
(3:02:04) – Hope for the future

#353 – Dennis Whyte: Nuclear Fusion and the Future of Energy Jan 21, 2023

Dennis Whyte is a nuclear scientist at MIT and the director of the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(05:54) – Nuclear fusion
(23:53) – e=mc^2
(38:20) – Fission vs fusion
(43:32) – Nuclear weapons
(47:19) – Plasma
(54:29) – Nuclear fusion reactor
(1:09:50) – 2022 nuclear fusion breakthrough explained
(1:30:27) – Magnetic confinement
(1:49:36) – ITER
(1:54:23) – SPARC
(2:08:23) – Future of fusion power
(2:16:55) – Engineering challenges
(2:35:36) – Nuclear disasters
(2:40:21) – Cold fusion
(2:54:36) – Kardashev scale
(3:04:00) – Advice for young people

#352 – Omar Suleiman: Islam Jan 17, 2023

Imam Omar Suleiman is the Founder and President of the Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research and a professor of Islamic Studies at Southern Methodist University. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(08:39) – God
(16:25) – Loss
(25:14) – Life after death
(26:53) – Why God allows suffering
(40:18) – Seeking the truth
(47:58) – Islamophobia
(1:12:55) – Muslim ban
(1:20:24) – Meaning of prayer
(1:34:01) – Mecca
(1:39:12) – Malcolm X
(1:42:23) – Muhammad Ali
(1:47:09) – Khabib Nurmagomedov
(1:53:19) – Prophets
(1:59:31) – Quran
(2:05:17) – Ramadan
(2:12:21) – Future of Islam
(2:15:30) – Colleyville synagogue hostage crisis
(2:23:37) – War and religion
(2:33:29) – Israel and Palestine
(2:59:13) – Hope for the future
(3:03:56) – Prayer

#351 – MrBeast: Future of YouTube, Twitter, TikTok, and Instagram Jan 11, 2023

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(00:00) – Introduction
(06:55) – 1 billion views and 1 billion subscribers
(12:41) – Mortality
(20:04) – Improving YouTube
(22:26) – Twitter
(27:14) – Brand deals
(30:24) – Audience retention
(35:03) – Hiring
(42:41) – Talking to the camera
(47:42) – Brainstorming
(1:00:03) – TikTok
(1:09:07) – Advice for beginners
(1:13:23) – How to grow on YouTube
(1:21:07) – Elon Musk and Twitter
(1:22:32) – 10 million dollars vs 10 million subscribers
(1:29:50) – Going to Antarctica
(1:31:35) – Process of making a video
(1:36:11) – Overcoming depression
(1:47:15) – Building a business
(1:55:10) – MrBeast Burger and Feastables
(1:59:15) – Creating video games
(2:03:24) – Making billions of dollars
(2:05:58) – Money vs Happiness
(2:12:46) – Mental health
(2:19:24) – Love
(2:21:32) – Legacy

#350 – Betül Kaçar: Origin of Life, Ancient DNA, Panspermia, and Aliens Dec 29, 2022

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(00:00) – Introduction
(08:20) – History of life on Earth
(16:25) – Origin of life
(39:11) – Genetic language of life
(52:08) – Life and energy
(1:02:50) – Ancient DNA
(1:21:48) – Evolution
(1:33:19) – Alien life
(2:01:19) – Panspermia
(2:07:41) – Restarting life on Earth
(2:20:23) – Where ideas come from
(2:27:54) – Science and language
(2:36:31) – Love
(2:37:55) – Advice to young people
(2:42:29) – Meaning of life

#349 – Bhaskar Sunkara: The Case for Socialism Dec 22, 2022

Bhaskar Sunkara is a democratic socialist, political writer, founding editor of Jacobin, president of The Nation, and author of The Socialist Manifesto. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(13:24) – Socialism
(31:54) – Communism
(58:31) – Class struggle
(1:09:33) – Quality of life
(1:17:29) – Unions
(1:29:57) – Corruption
(1:43:15) – Freedom of speech
(1:51:38) – War
(1:59:24) – Karl Marx
(2:13:03) – Socialist vision
(2:18:28) – AI and socialism
(2:23:26) – Socialist policies
(2:48:45) – Billionaires
(2:54:43) – Bernie Sanders
(3:05:10) – AOC
(3:17:11) – 2024 presidential election
(3:22:05) – China
(3:31:06) – Jacobin
(3:38:35) – The Socialist Manifesto
(3:45:55) – Advice for young people
(3:49:28) – Meaning of life

#348 – Nathalie Cabrol: Search for Alien Life Dec 19, 2022

Nathalie Cabrol is an astrobiologist at the SETI Institute, directing the Carl Sagan Center for the Study of Life in the Universe. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(06:47) – Working in extreme environments
(11:26) – Water and life on Mars
(19:31) – Origin of life
(37:00) – Complexity
(40:37) – AI
(49:23) – Extinction
(57:06) – Fermi Paradox
(1:10:48) – SETI research
(1:13:39) – Diving in volcanic lakes
(1:32:57) – Surviving an earthquake on a volcano
(1:43:37) – Resilience of life
(1:51:31) – Life below the surface of Mars
(2:00:26) – Depression
(2:04:08) – Mortality

#347 – Michael Malice: Christmas Special Dec 15, 2022

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
(07:43) – Santa and the White Pill
(10:30) – Marxism and Anarchism
(25:48) – The case for socialism
(29:59) – Human nature and ideology
(38:20) – Cynicism
(54:05) – Twitter
(58:46) – October Revolution
(1:01:56) – Trotsky, Lenin, and Stalin
(1:06:22) – Communism
(1:30:08) – Suppression of speech
(1:52:04) – Twitter Files
(1:59:08) – Self-publishing
(2:12:27) – Kulaks and starvation
(2:49:42) – The Great Terror
(2:58:00) – Lavrentiy Beria
(3:04:25) – Joseph Stalin
(3:13:00) – Iron Curtain
(3:25:29) – Ideologies vs leaders
(3:29:21) – Emma Goldman
(3:33:41) – White pill moments
(3:45:04) – Hope for the future

#346 – Ed Calderon: Mexican Drug Cartels Dec 12, 2022

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(00:00) – Introduction
(07:13) – Corruption
(40:55) – Cartels
(56:16) – El Chapo
(1:13:27) – Weapons
(1:25:33) – Assassinations
(1:34:20) – Counter-ambush teams
(1:57:46) – PTSD and alcohol
(2:20:25) – Improvised weapons
(2:23:57) – Street fights
(2:52:54) – Kidnapping
(2:57:10) – Escaping restraints
(3:06:38) – Imitation
(3:15:06) – Narco cults
(3:28:01) – Adolfo Constanzo
(3:32:29) – Fentanyl
(3:49:14) – Immigration
(4:00:34) – Advice for young people
(4:09:06) – Mortality

#345 – Coffeezilla: SBF, FTX, Fraud, Scams, Fake Gurus, Money, Fame, and Power Dec 09, 2022

Coffeezilla is a journalist and investigator on YouTube who exposes financial frauds, scams, and fake gurus. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(06:04) – Coffee
(08:13) – SBF and FTX
(22:54) – $8 billion
(32:01) – Evil vs incompetence
(41:57) – Key lessons from FTX collapse
(55:15) – Should SBF go to jail?
(1:03:02) – Role of influencers and celebrities
(1:07:30) – How FTX covered up fraud
(1:11:26) – Interview with SBF
(1:26:29) – SafeMoon fraud
(1:32:41) – Bitcoin
(1:43:20) – Psychology of investigating fraud
(1:52:26) – Investigating politics and corruption
(1:59:39) – Coffeezilla origin story
(2:04:19) – MLM marketing scams
(2:11:58) – Andrew Tate and Hustlers University
(2:29:40) – Save the Kids crypto scandal
(2:36:59) – Money and fame
(2:44:03) – MrBeast
(2:50:26) – Fake gurus and Get-Rich-Quick schemes
(3:09:45) – Process of investigation
(3:22:31) – Twitter Files release
(3:31:36) – Time management and productivity
(3:43:36) – Advice for young people

#344 – Noam Brown: AI vs Humans in Poker and Games of Strategic Negotiation Dec 06, 2022

Noam Brown is a research scientist at FAIR, Meta AI, co-creator of AI that achieved superhuman level performance in games of No-Limit Texas Hold’em and Diplomacy. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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Human-level play in the game of Diplomacy: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ade9097

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(05:37) – No Limit Texas Hold ’em
(09:30) – Solving poker
(22:40) – Poker vs Chess
(29:18) – AI playing poker
(1:02:46) – Heads-up vs Multi-way poker
(1:13:37) – Greatest poker player of all time
(1:17:10) – Diplomacy game
(1:27:01) – AI negotiating with humans
(2:09:26) – AI in geopolitics
(2:14:11) – Human-like AI for games
(2:20:12) – Ethics of AI
(2:24:26) – AGI
(2:28:25) – Advice to beginners

#343 – Roger Gracie: Greatest Jiu Jitsu Competitor of All Time Dec 03, 2022

Roger Gracie is a legendary jiu jitsu competitor and MMA fighter. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(07:26) – The moments before a match
(15:17) – Confidence
(29:43) – Greatest jiu jitsu match of all time
(51:04) – Renzo Gracie
(1:03:21) – Braveheart
(1:04:44) – Self-belief
(1:18:50) – Cross-collar choke
(1:22:53) – Mount position
(1:39:07) – How to progress in jiu jitsu
(1:41:22) – Best submission in jiu jitsu
(1:45:55) – The greatest competitor of all time
(1:48:01) – Roger’s statistics
(1:55:57) – MMA vs jiu jitsu
(2:04:25) – Gordon Ryan
(2:16:51) – John Danaher
(2:19:23) – Bear fight
(2:22:21) – Tie
(2:32:53) – Advice for beginners
(2:42:13) – Drilling
(2:50:09) – Roger vs Bear, Lion, Gorilla, and Anaconda
(2:55:14) – Advice for young people
(3:05:02) – Love

#342 – Todd Howard: Skyrim, Elder Scrolls 6, Fallout, and Starfield Nov 29, 2022

Todd Howard is a legendary video game designer at Bethesda Game Studios. He led the development of the Elder Scrolls series and the Fallout series, and an upcoming game Starfield. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(05:53) – Simulation
(07:49) – NPCs
(16:40) – Daggerfall and Arena
(24:53) – Bethesda
(33:18) – Video game graphics
(39:37) – The essence of a video game
(44:25) – Redguard
(49:25) – Creating open worlds
(57:04) – Superintelligent NPCs
(1:01:58) – Starfield
(1:21:40) – The Elder Scrolls 6
(1:41:01) – Fallout
(1:48:09) – Character creation
(1:53:11) – Quests & items
(2:06:57) – Xbox
(2:12:22) – Greatest game of all time
(2:22:38) – Day in the life
(2:30:32) – Advice for young people
(2:34:00) – Fallout TV show
(2:38:32) – Indiana Jones game
(2:44:44) – Meaning of life

#341 – Guido van Rossum: Python and the Future of Programming Nov 26, 2022

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(07:26) – CPython
(12:38) – Code readability
(17:00) – Indentation
(33:36) – Bugs
(45:04) – Programming fads
(1:00:15) – Speed of Python 3.11
(1:25:09) – Type hinting
(1:30:27) – mypy
(1:35:43) – TypeScript vs JavaScript
(1:51:42) – Best IDE for Python
(2:01:43) – Parallelism
(2:19:36) – Global Interpreter Lock (GIL)
(2:29:14) – Python 4.0
(2:41:31) – Machine learning
(2:51:13) – Benevolent Dictator for Life (BDFL)
(3:02:49) – Advice for beginners
(3:09:21) – GitHub Copilot
(3:12:47) – Future of Python

#340 – Chris Tarbell: FBI Agent Who Took Down Silk Road Nov 22, 2022

Chris Tarbell is a former FBI special agent and cybercrime investigation specialist who brought down Ross Ulbricht and Silk Road, and Hector Monsegur (aka Sabu) of LulzSec and Anonymous. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(08:05) – Silk Road
(18:28) – Mass surveillance
(22:40) – Operation Onion Peeler
(27:56) – Hacker Avunit
(38:45) – Ross Ulbricht and Silk Road
(51:29) – Edward Snowden
(53:33) – NSA surveillance
(1:05:40) – Silk Road murders
(1:14:26) – Dark web
(1:18:28) – Ross Ulbricht’s arrest
(1:26:27) – Aaron Swartz
(1:29:45) – Donald Trump and the Mar-a-Lago raid
(1:32:50) – Tech companies and censorship
(1:41:49) – War in Ukraine
(1:45:47) – Anonymous and LulzSec
(1:55:59) – FBI
(1:59:00) – Personal threats
(2:04:47) – Hector Monsegur a.k.a Sabu
(2:17:57) – Cyber attack threats against civilians
(2:34:45) – Most secure operating system
(2:38:33) – Cyber war
(2:46:28) – Advice for young people
(2:51:39) – FBI’s credibility
(3:00:10) – Love

#339 – Climate Change Debate: Bjørn Lomborg and Andrew Revkin Nov 18, 2022

Bjørn Lomborg is author of “False Alarm”. Andrew Revkin is a climate journalist (21 years at NY Times). Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(30:31) – Electric cars
(37:53) – Economy
(45:30) – Journalism
(59:32) – Human emissions
(1:17:19) – Worst-case climate change scenario
(1:37:40) – Hurricanes
(1:56:29) – Climate change vs Global warming
(2:00:35) – Climate alarmism
(2:15:25) – Economic models
(2:46:52) – Climate change policies
(3:02:54) – Nuclear energy
(3:09:30) – Alex Epstein
(3:20:00) – Public opinion on climate change
(3:41:57) – US presidents
(3:52:35) – Advice for young people
(4:06:10) – Meaning of life

#338 – Chamath Palihapitiya: Money, Success, Startups, Energy, Poker & Happiness Nov 15, 2022

Chamath Palihapitiya is a venture capitalist, engineer, CEO of Social Capital, and co-host of the All-In Podcast. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(07:55) – Childhood and forgiveness
(21:39) – Money and happiness
(28:29) – Poker
(31:57) – Mistakes
(42:47) – Early jobs
(44:25) – Facebook
(1:02:11) – Energy
(1:09:51) – Cloud computation
(1:14:06) – Fixing social media
(1:23:58) – Trump’s Twitter ban
(1:29:03) – Kanye West
(1:40:15) – All-In Podcast
(1:49:31) – Nuclear war
(2:01:07) – Startups
(2:09:38) – Work-life balance
(2:20:47) – Teamwork
(2:32:08) – Energy transition
(2:42:41) – Silicon Valley culture
(2:46:00) – Activism culture
(2:50:21) – Advice for young people
(2:56:56) – Meaning of life

#337 – Destiny: Politics, Free Speech, Controversy, Sex, War, and Relationships Nov 11, 2022

Steven Bonnell, aka Destiny, is a progressive political commentator and a live streamer on YouTube. Melina Goransson is a live streamer on Twitch. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(07:55) – Politics and debates
(24:17) – War in Ukraine
(37:26) – Trans athletics
(40:35) – AI
(53:18) – Lowest point in Destiny’s life
(1:13:29) – Hate speech and language
(1:49:51) – Misogyny
(2:05:02) – Big government and institutions
(2:44:46) – Hasan and Vaush
(3:00:55) – Joe Biden
(3:11:45) – Donald Trump
(3:17:45) – Free speech
(3:20:38) – Melina joins the conversation
(3:23:52) – Melina and Destiny
(3:34:23) – Open relationship
(3:41:45) – Red pill community
(3:52:00) – Sex body count
(4:04:14) – Advice for young people

#336 – Ben Shapiro: Politics, Kanye, Trump, Biden, Hitler, Extremism, and War Nov 07, 2022

Ben Shapiro is a conservative political commentator, host of The Ben Shapiro Show, co-founder of The Daily Wire, and author of The Authoritarian Moment and other books. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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Facts (Still) Don’t Care About Your Feelings: https://amzn.to/3T3Hwgs
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(07:07) – Kanye ‘Ye’ West
(14:47) – Hitler and the nature of evil
(22:53) – Political attacks on the left and the right
(28:37) – Quebec mosque shooting
(38:33) – Elon Musk buying Twitter
(51:36) – Trump and Biden
(56:09) – Hunter Biden’s laptop
(1:07:42) – Candace Owens
(1:11:22) – War in Ukraine
(1:21:31) – Rhetoric vs truth
(1:26:26) – Infamous BBC interview
(1:29:42) – Day in the life
(1:44:37) – Abortion
(1:57:32) – Climate change
(2:04:55) – God and faith
(2:16:05) – Tribalism
(2:20:41) – Advice for young people
(2:24:26) – Andrew Breitbart
(2:26:56) – Self-doubt
(2:28:58) – Love

#335 – Fiona Hill: Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump Nov 04, 2022

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(06:24) – Education and career
(17:10) – Donbas in the 20th century
(25:28) – Soviet Union
(36:03) – Donald Trump’s foreign policy
(48:03) – Testifying against Donald Trump
(54:54) – US administrations
(1:16:28) – Impeachment of Donald Trump
(1:36:44) – Why people like Donald Trump
(1:45:49) – Vladimir Putin
(2:05:58) – Invasion of Ukraine
(2:21:03) – NATO implication in Ukraine war
(2:33:54) – Interviewing Vladimir Putin
(2:46:22) – 2024 elections
(2:49:30) – Alexei Navalny
(2:54:03) – Nuclear war
(3:05:54) – How Ukraine war will end
(3:12:40) – Hope for the future
(3:15:48) – Advice for young people

#334 – Abbas Amanat: Iran Protests, Mahsa Amini, History, CIA & Nuclear Weapons Nov 02, 2022

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(00:00) – Introduction
(06:18) – Mahsa Amini protests in Iran
(24:35) – Propaganda
(42:13) – Iranian culture
(59:02) – Violent suppression of protests
(1:20:31) – Islamic Revolution
(1:38:14) – CIA in Iran
(1:54:30) – Supreme Leader Ruhollah Khomeini
(2:25:26) – Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei
(2:33:21) – Nuclear weapons
(2:41:38) – Israel
(2:56:18) – Putin
(3:03:50) – Future of Iran

#333 – Andrej Karpathy: Tesla AI, Self-Driving, Optimus, Aliens, and AGI Oct 29, 2022

Andrej Karpathy is a legendary AI researcher, engineer, and educator. He’s the former director of AI at Tesla, a founding member of OpenAI, and an educator at Stanford. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(05:41) – Neural networks
(10:45) – Biology
(16:15) – Aliens
(26:27) – Universe
(38:18) – Transformers
(46:34) – Language models
(56:45) – Bots
(1:03:05) – Google’s LaMDA
(1:10:28) – Software 2.0
(1:21:28) – Human annotation
(1:23:25) – Camera vision
(1:28:30) – Tesla’s Data Engine
(1:32:39) – Tesla Vision
(1:39:09) – Elon Musk
(1:44:17) – Autonomous driving
(1:49:11) – Leaving Tesla
(1:54:39) – Tesla’s Optimus
(2:03:45) – ImageNet
(2:06:23) – Data
(2:16:15) – Day in the life
(2:29:31) – Best IDE
(2:36:37) – arXiv
(2:41:06) – Advice for beginners
(2:50:24) – Artificial general intelligence
(3:03:44) – Movies
(3:09:37) – Future of human civilization
(3:13:56) – Book recommendations
(3:20:05) – Advice for young people
(3:21:56) – Future of machine learning
(3:28:44) – Meaning of life

#332 – Kanye ‘Ye’ West Interview Oct 24, 2022

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(07:26) – Engineering
(18:21) – Kim Kardashian
(20:07) – Sex and the future of humanity
(30:12) – Happiness
(32:49) – The Holocaust
(1:21:58) – Fashion
(1:37:31) – 2024 US election
(1:42:10) – Humor
(1:44:20) – Media and antisemitism
(1:56:23) – Trusting people
(1:59:37) – Accountability
(2:09:36) – Legacy
(2:10:28) – Advice for young people
(2:23:29) – Regret

#331 – Balaji Srinivasan: How to Fix Government, Twitter, Science, and the FDA Oct 20, 2022

Balaji Srinivasan is an angel investor, tech founder, philosopher, and author of The Network State: How to Start a New Country. He was formerly the CTO of Coinbase and General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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3. Exit, Voice, and Loyalty: https://amzn.to/3TpuLNP
4. Seeing Like a State: https://amzn.to/3MJfvcD
Articles:
1. Bitcoin Is Civilization: https://www.commonsense.news/p/is-bitcoin-anarchy-or-civilization
2. Great Protocol Politics: https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/12/11/bitcoin-ethereum-cryptocurrency-web3-great-protocol-politics
3. Regulation, Disruption, and the Future: https://bit.ly/3CKY9Ys
4. The Measured Man: https://theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/07/the-measured-man/309018
5. Secret Document That Transformed China: https://npr.org/sections/money/2012/01/20/145360447/the-secret-document-that-transformed-china
6. Hollywood’s Missing Movies: https://reason.com/2000/06/01/hollywoods-missing-movies
7. New York Times Truth Campaign: https://adweek.com/agencyspy/droga5s-first-big-campaign-for-the-new-york-times-is-all-about-the-truth/126274

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(07:23) – Prime number maze
(33:35) – Government
(49:51) – The Network State
(59:55) – Pseudonymous economy
(1:23:41) – Exit
(1:38:23) – Building a network state
(2:26:09) – Wikipedia
(3:03:40) – Fixing science
(3:30:08) – Fixing the FDA
(5:01:16) – Longevity
(5:20:14) – Donald Trump’s ban from social media
(5:49:32) – War
(5:56:41) – Censorship
(6:10:40) – Social media
(6:26:56) – Wokeism and communism
(6:45:44) – Cryptocurrency
(7:03:17) – AI, AR, and VR
(7:15:15) – Advice for young people
(7:48:10) – Regulating logic

#330 – Hikaru Nakamura: Chess, Magnus, Kasparov, and the Psychology of Greatness Oct 17, 2022

Hikaru Nakamura is a chess super grandmaster and is currently the #1 ranked blitz chess player in the world. He is also one of the top chess streamers on Twitch and YouTube. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(06:59) – A private game vs Magnus Carlsen
(14:47) – Chess openings
(30:59) – Mental preparation
(39:40) – Chess tactics
(50:03) – Solving chess
(55:43) – Aggression and ego
(1:00:28) – Hans Niemann cheating scandal
(1:10:21) – How to cheat in chess
(1:24:44) – Greatest chess player of all time
(1:35:00) – Hikaru’s immortal game
(1:47:26) – Paul Morphy
(1:49:10) – World Chess Championship
(1:51:59) – Magnus Carlsen
(1:55:33) – Sergey Karjakin
(1:58:00) – Beauty of chess
(2:04:55) – Day in the life
(2:19:34) – Streaming
(2:34:13) – Taking risks
(2:39:42) – Depression
(2:44:31) – Advice for young people
(2:51:51) – Love

#329 – Kate Darling: Social Robots, Ethics, Privacy and the Future of MIT Oct 15, 2022

Kate Darling is a researcher at MIT Media Lab interested in human robot interaction and robot ethics. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(07:57) – What is a robot?
(23:57) – Metaverse
(33:19) – Bias in robots
(47:02) – Modern robotics
(49:34) – Automation
(53:57) – Autonomous driving
(1:02:22) – Privacy
(1:05:48) – Google’s LaMDA
(1:10:35) – Robot animal analogy
(1:23:38) – Data concerns
(1:41:40) – Humanoid robots
(2:00:42) – LuLaRobot
(2:09:36) – Ethics in robotics
(2:24:57) – Jeffrey Epstein
(2:58:31) – Love and relationships

#328 – John Danaher: Submission Grappling, ADCC, Animal Combat, and Knives Oct 10, 2022

John Danaher is one of the greatest coaches and minds in martial arts history. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(07:51) – Road to ADCC
(26:23) – Danaher Death Squad
(35:07) – Mental preparation
(59:52) – Gordon Ryan
(1:56:50) – Giancarlo Bodoni
(2:21:57) – Garry Tonon
(2:35:54) – Nicholas Meregali
(2:51:21) – Ruotolo brothers
(3:01:00) – Takedowns
(3:05:19) – GSP
(3:13:48) – Renzo Gracie
(3:18:24) – Boris
(3:22:15) – Ali Abdelaziz
(3:24:41) – Khabib Nurmagomedov
(3:28:33) – Joe Rogan playing pool
(3:31:47) – Advice for grapplers
(3:41:43) – Day in the life
(3:48:25) – Bear vs Gorilla vs Lion vs Anaconda
(4:26:12) – Tom Hardy
(4:37:46) – Emojis
(4:40:15) – Love
(4:45:38) – Fighting to the death
(4:49:25) – Knives

#327 – GothamChess: Hans Niemann, Magnus Carlsen, Cheating Scandal & Chess Bots Oct 07, 2022

Levy Rozman, also known as GothamChess, is a professional chess player, streamer, and educator. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(06:14) – Elo rating
(07:18) – Chess.com vs lichess.org
(18:09) – Teaching chess
(22:37) – Magnus Carlsen
(37:52) – Greatest chess player of all time
(42:35) – Hans Niemann cheating scandal
(44:04) – Pin of Shame
(58:12) – Bullying
(1:00:04) – Indonesia incident
(1:11:39) – Retiring from chess
(1:18:16) – Death
(1:21:58) – Streamers
(1:35:34) – Hans Niemann cheating scandal continued
(2:13:16) – Magnus Carlsen’s statement
(2:24:37) – Podcasts
(2:27:04) – Parasocial interaction
(2:30:53) – How to cheat in chess
(2:40:39) – Reddit questions
(2:47:03) – Chess boxing
(2:55:49) – Chess bots
(3:01:31) – AlphaZero
(3:07:18) – Did Hans Niemann cheat?
(3:14:34) – Chess openings
(3:19:14) – Magnus Carlsen’s poker game
(3:21:56) – Chess advice
(3:28:17) – Depression

#326 – Annaka Harris: Free Will, Consciousness, and the Nature of Reality Oct 05, 2022

Annaka Harris is the author of Conscious: A Brief Guide to the Fundamental Mystery of the Mind. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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2. A Solution to the Combination Problem: http://annakaharris.com/the-future-of-panpsychism
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(07:20) – Free will
(1:00:37) – Consciousness
(1:31:09) – Depression
(1:44:26) – Psychedelics
(1:52:25) – Meditation
(1:56:49) – Ideas
(2:20:35) – AI sentience
(2:37:56) – Suffering
(2:40:53) – Meaning of life

#325 – Michael Levin: Biology, Life, Aliens, Evolution, Embryogenesis & Xenobots Oct 01, 2022

Michael Levin is a biologist at Tufts University working on novel ways to understand and control complex pattern formation in biological systems. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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Synthetic Organisms: https://tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19420889.2021.2005863
Limb Regeneration: https://science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abj2164

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(00:00) – Introduction
(06:40) – Embryogenesis
(14:08) – Xenobots: biological robots
(27:55) – Sense of self
(37:27) – Multi-scale competency architecture
(48:58) – Free will
(58:27) – Bioelectricity
(1:11:44) – Planaria
(1:23:33) – Building xenobots
(1:47:08) – Unconventional cognition
(2:11:39) – Origin of evolution
(2:18:42) – Synthetic organisms
(2:25:27) – Regenerative medicine
(2:29:14) – Cancer suppression
(2:33:15) – Viruses
(2:38:28) – Cognitive light cones
(2:43:03) – Advice for young people
(2:47:47) – Death
(2:57:17) – Meaning of life

#324 – Daniel Negreanu: Poker Sep 27, 2022

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(00:00) – Introduction
(06:43) – Poker hands
(14:39) – Poker ranges
(20:10) – Game theory optimal
(36:25) – Winning
(42:57) – Losing
(48:58) – Mental game
(53:17) – Day in the life
(1:02:20) – History of poker
(1:06:10) – Poker solvers
(1:12:46) – Online poker
(1:20:49) – Greatest poker player of all time
(1:40:43) – Main Event of the WSOP
(1:49:14) – Advice for beginners
(1:54:44) – Cheating
(2:04:43) – Movies
(2:10:10) – Advice for young people
(2:19:29) – Love
(2:24:43) – The Gambler

#323 – Will Sasso: Comedy, MADtv, AI, Friendship, Madness, and Pro Wrestling Sep 24, 2022

Will Sasso is a comedian, actor, and co-host of the Dudesy podcast. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(07:16) – Video games
(13:22) – Bobby Lee
(15:32) – Stand-up comedy
(23:03) – Robin Williams
(24:25) – Loneliness and depression
(32:46) – John Candy
(39:35) – Friendship
(45:23) – Ten Minute Podcast
(50:22) – Dudesy podcast
(58:41) – Acting
(1:10:00) – Impressions
(1:15:28) – Artificial intelligence
(1:46:55) – Anxiety
(1:56:49) – Kindness
(2:00:45) – Bad days
(2:04:39) – Pro wrestling
(2:08:15) – Advice for young people
(2:22:20) – Meaning of life

#322 – Rana el Kaliouby: Emotion AI, Social Robots, and Self-Driving Cars Sep 21, 2022

Rana el Kaliouby is a pioneer in the field of emotion recognition and human-centric AI. She is the founder of Affectiva, deputy CEO of Smart Eye, and author of Girl Decoded. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(06:58) – Childhood
(16:35) – Hijab
(19:18) – Faith
(21:26) – War
(25:35) – Women in the Middle East
(29:53) – Rana’s journey
(42:28) – Rosalind Picard
(44:36) – Advice for women
(55:07) – Dating
(1:02:43) – Human nature
(1:07:23) – AI and emotions
(1:38:01) – Smart Eye
(1:47:22) – Tesla and Waymo
(1:56:09) – Drunk driving
(2:05:40) – Robotics
(2:19:27) – Advice for startups
(2:24:15) – Investing
(2:31:39) – Advice for young people
(2:39:59) – Love

#321 – Ray Kurzweil: Singularity, Superintelligence, and Immortality Sep 17, 2022

Ray Kurzweil is an author, inventor, and futurist. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(07:06) – Turing test
(20:52) – Brain–computer interfaces
(32:32) – Singularity
(38:51) – Virtual reality
(41:31) – Evolution of information processing
(47:57) – Automation
(57:58) – Nanotechnology
(59:52) – Nuclear war
(1:01:57) – Uploading minds
(1:09:39) – How to think
(1:16:09) – Digital afterlife
(1:25:29) – Intelligent alien life
(1:28:19) – Simulation hypothesis
(1:32:31) – Mortality
(1:40:11) – Meaning of life

#320 – Christopher Capozzola: World War I, Ideology, Propaganda, and Politics Sep 14, 2022

Christopher Capozzola is a professor of history at MIT. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(05:50) – How World War I started
(20:27) – US and World War I
(37:24) – US Military
(43:43) – War in Ukraine
(47:53) – American Civil War
(53:31) – World War II
(1:12:38) – Nationalism
(1:23:27) – US elections
(1:49:34) – Donald Trump
(2:03:39) – Philippine–American War
(2:10:02) – Greatest US president
(2:14:36) – Advice for young people
(2:16:53) – Meaning of life

#319 – Botez Sisters: Chess, Streaming, and Fame Sep 09, 2022

Alexandra and Andrea Botez are chess players, commentators, educators, entertainers, and streamers. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(10:15) – Trip to Italy
(17:16) – Chess tournaments
(22:03) – Streaming
(34:07) – Chess strategies
(54:33) – King’s Indian Defense
(1:12:33) – Chess training
(1:16:59) – Losing
(1:20:18) – Street chess and trash talk
(1:25:07) – Passion and study
(1:43:00) – Loneliness and depression
(2:07:49) – Andrew Tate
(2:16:32) – Greatest chess player of all time
(2:19:07) – Magnus Carlsen
(2:28:17) – Advice for young people
(2:30:10) – Chess boxing
(2:39:04) – Meaning of life
(2:40:09) – Love

#318 – Nick Lane: Origin of Life, Evolution, Aliens, Biology, and Consciousness Sep 07, 2022

Nick Lane is a biochemist at UCL and author of Transformer, The Vital Question, and many other amazing books on biology, chemistry, and life. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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Power, Sex, Suicide: https://amzn.to/3B3OInk
Life Ascending: https://amzn.to/3wKIsOE
Books mentioned:
21 Lessons for the 21st Century: https://amzn.to/3AZQaqy
The Black Cloud: https://amzn.to/3wJhDKC

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(00:00) – Introduction
(05:45) – Origin of life
(19:31) – Panspermia
(25:05) – What is life?
(38:20) – Photosynthesis
(41:55) – Prokaryotic vs eukaryotic cells
(51:56) – Sex
(59:39) – DNA
(1:06:51) – Violence
(1:17:25) – Human evolution
(1:23:21) – Neanderthals
(1:26:53) – Sensory inputs
(1:37:43) – Consciousness
(2:09:17) – AI and biology
(2:38:36) – Evolution
(2:59:07) – Fermi paradox
(3:12:27) – Cities
(3:20:14) – Depression
(3:22:50) – Writing
(3:30:49) – Advice for young people
(3:37:57) – Earth

#317 – John Vervaeke: Meaning Crisis, Atheism, Religion & the Search for Wisdom Sep 04, 2022

John Vervaeke is a psychologist and cognitive scientist at University of Toronto. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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Books mentioned:
Flow: https://amzn.to/3cQDby9
On Bullshit: https://amzn.to/3PZDvYW
The Denial of Death: https://amzn.to/3KsIctp

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(07:03) – Meaning
(27:17) – Consciousness
(36:17) – Relevance realization
(47:40) – Wisdom
(54:54) – Truth
(59:38) – Reality
(1:11:59) – Meaning crisis
(1:35:27) – Religion
(1:43:17) – Nontheism
(1:58:26) – Distributed cognition
(2:16:37) – Flow
(2:36:35) – Psychedelics
(2:45:03) – Marxism and Nazism
(2:57:08) – Evil
(3:01:19) – Powerful ideas
(3:08:10) – Advice for young people

#316 – Noam Chomsky: Putin, Ukraine, China, and Nuclear War Aug 31, 2022

Noam Chomsky is a linguist, philosopher, and political activist. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(07:28) – Putin’s motivations
(20:35) – War in Ukraine
(27:37) – Propaganda
(35:01) – China and American relations
(50:02) – Hope for humanity

#315 – Magnus Carlsen: Greatest Chess Player of All Time Aug 27, 2022

Magnus Carlsen is the highest-rated chess player in history and widely considered to be the greatest chess player of all time. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(08:34) – Greatest soccer player of all time
(15:40) – Magnus’s approach to chess
(24:53) – Game 6 of the 2021 World Chess Championship
(28:54) – Chess openings
(46:19) – Chess variants
(49:04) – Elo Rating
(57:31) – World Chess Championship
(1:21:42) – Losing
(1:29:04) – Day in the life
(1:35:55) – Drunk chess
(1:40:26) – Chess training
(1:48:20) – Garry Kasparov
(1:57:37) – Greatest chess player of all time
(2:10:48) – Advice for chess players
(2:12:32) – Chess YouTubers
(2:16:03) – Henrik Carlsen
(2:21:38) – Lessons for life
(2:25:02) – Queen’s Gambit
(2:26:53) – Poker
(2:33:06) – Loneliness
(2:36:28) – How does the knight move?

#314 – Liv Boeree: Poker, Game Theory, AI, Simulation, Aliens & Existential Risk Aug 24, 2022

Liv Boeree is a poker champion and science educator on topics of game theory, physics, complexity, and life. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(06:23) – Poker and game theory
(13:26) – Dating optimally
(18:18) – Learning
(26:30) – Daniel Negreanu
(31:38) – Phil Hellmuth
(34:11) – Greatest poker player ever
(38:29) – Bluffing
(48:50) – Losing
(58:05) – Mutually assured destruction
(1:03:00) – Simulation hypothesis
(1:19:38) – Moloch
(1:48:50) – Beauty
(2:00:58) – Quantifying life
(2:21:08) – Existential risks
(2:39:31) – AI
(2:49:22) – Energy healing
(2:56:32) – Astrophysics
(2:59:26) – Aliens
(3:25:08) – Advice for young people
(3:27:13) – Music
(3:35:02) – Meaning of life

#313 – Jordan Peterson: Life, Death, Power, Fame, and Meaning Aug 19, 2022

Jordan Peterson is a psychologist, lecturer, podcast host, and author. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(07:07) – Dostoevsky
(18:07) – God
(26:17) – Science
(38:40) – Death
(41:34) – Elon Musk
(45:32) – Global Crisis
(57:45) – Dangerous ideologies
(1:08:59) – Justin Trudeau
(1:23:05) – War in Ukraine
(1:40:33) – Day in the life
(2:16:37) – How to think
(2:31:45) – Depression
(2:39:52) – Advice for young people
(2:53:41) – Russian literature
(3:05:29) – Meaning of life

#312 – Duncan Trussell: Comedy, Sentient Robots, Suffering, Love & Burning Man Aug 16, 2022

Duncan Trussell is a comedian, host of The Duncan Trussell Family Hour podcast, and co-creator of The Midnight Gospel. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(07:13) – Nietzsche’s eternal recurrence
(27:03) – Artificial intelligence
(55:33) – Joe Rogan
(1:04:06) – Facing death
(1:20:54) – Bhakti yoga
(1:27:46) – Afterlife
(1:38:10) – Suffering
(2:03:25) – War
(2:21:19) – Depression
(2:43:08) – Evil
(2:53:24) – Burning Man
(3:08:56) – The Midnight Gospel
(3:13:48) – Advice for young people
(3:23:19) – Duncan reads a poem

#311 – Magatte Wade: Africa, Capitalism, Communism, and the Future of Humanity Aug 13, 2022

Magatte Wade is an entrepreneur with a passion for creating positive change in Africa through economic freedom. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(05:55) – Africa
(34:48) – Magatte’s story
(1:03:36) – Corruption
(1:25:01) – Advice for young people
(1:46:02) – Identity
(2:06:58) – BLM
(2:24:18) – CRT and racism
(2:54:32) – African geopolitics
(3:03:02) – Overpopulation
(3:21:49) – Loss

#310 – Andrew Bustamante: CIA Spy Aug 08, 2022

Andrew Bustamante is a former CIA covert intelligence officer. Check out his work and podcast at https://everydayspy.com Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(07:10) – CIA and the President
(18:47) – War in Ukraine
(59:44) – Most powerful intelligence agencies
(1:06:54) – David Petraeus
(1:16:31) – Undercover disguises
(1:29:30) – Human nature
(1:38:49) – CIA recruitment process
(1:55:33) – CIA and secrecy
(2:02:06) – Cyber security
(2:12:47) – Sexpionage
(2:19:22) – Private intelligence
(2:32:48) – NSA and Snowden
(3:00:48) – Conspiracy theories
(3:21:55) – CIA and UFOs
(3:36:41) – Spy tricks
(3:53:23) – Advice for young people

#309 – John Carmack: Doom, Quake, VR, AGI, Programming, Video Games, and Rockets Aug 04, 2022

John Carmack is a legendary programmer, co-founder of id Software, and lead programmer of many revolutionary video games including Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Quake, and the Commander Keen series. He is also the founder of Armadillo Aerospace, and for many years the CTO of Oculus VR. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(09:49) – Programming languages
(40:53) – Modern programming
(50:55) – Day in the life
(58:45) – Hard work
(1:01:58) – Pizza and Diet Coke
(1:04:43) – Setup
(1:30:01) – id Software
(2:02:50) – Commander Keen
(2:09:36) – Hacker ethic
(2:17:16) – Wolfenstein 3D
(2:37:14) – Doom
(2:51:34) – Quake
(3:15:55) – John Romero
(3:23:42) – Metaverse
(3:52:04) – Elon Musk
(3:57:59) – Mars
(4:07:01) – Nuclear energy
(4:10:39) – AGI
(4:57:51) – Andrej Karpathy
(5:00:50) – Martial arts
(5:09:49) – Advice for young people
(5:18:49) – Meaning of life

#308 – Ryan Graves: UFOs, Fighter Jets, and Aliens Aug 01, 2022

Lt. Ryan Graves is a former Navy fighter pilot, who has worked on advanced research and development programs for DARPA, Office of Naval Research, and Air Force Research Labs on topics of multi-agent collaborative autonomy, AI-assisted air-to-air combat, and manned-unmanned teaming technologies. Ryan and people in his squadron detected and engaged with UFOs on multiple occasions, and he has been one of the few people willing to speak publicly about these experiences. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(06:28) – Top Gun analysis
(19:33) – Fighter jets
(1:07:00) – UFO sightings
(1:33:28) – Congressional hearing
(1:41:29) – Tic Tac UFO & Gimbal UFO
(1:55:55) – Alien life
(2:09:17) – Autonomous weapon systems
(2:26:24) – Advice for young people
(2:34:40) – Meaning of life

#307 – Brian Armstrong: Coinbase, Cryptocurrency, and Government Regulation Jul 29, 2022

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(00:00) – Introduction
(08:19) – Programming
(14:17) – Coinbase
(45:05) – Startup advice
(1:02:56) – Economic freedom
(1:12:06) – Coinbase technology
(1:23:33) – Listing on Coinbase
(1:32:47) – Regulations
(1:47:25) – Crypto dominance
(1:51:42) – Employee activism
(2:08:00) – Leadership
(2:10:39) – ResearchHub
(2:20:17) – NewLimit
(2:24:44) – Advice for young people
(2:28:55) – Meaning of life

#306 – Oriol Vinyals: Deep Learning and Artificial General Intelligence Jul 26, 2022

Oriol Vinyals is the Research Director and Deep Learning Lead at DeepMind. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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3. Language Models are Few-Shot Learners: https://arxiv.org/abs/2005.14165
4. Emergent Abilities of Large Language Models: https://arxiv.org/abs/2206.07682
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(2:08:27) – AGI

#305 – Martin Rees: Black Holes, Alien Life, Dark Matter, and the Big Bang Jul 23, 2022

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(1:32:46) – Black holes
(1:46:27) – Cosmological threats
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(2:16:02) – Mortality

#304 – Bishop Robert Barron: Christianity and the Catholic Church Jul 20, 2022

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(44:32) – Catholicism
(54:29) – Sexual abuse scandal
(1:01:16) – Evil
(1:12:59) – Atheism
(1:24:21) – Jordan Peterson
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(1:29:42) – The Bible
(1:32:17) – America
(1:35:08) – Nietzsche
(1:39:12) – Word on Fire
(1:42:31) – Gay marriage
(1:44:48) – Abortion
(1:51:38) – Advice for young people
(1:54:12) – Mortality
(1:58:30) – Meaning of life

#303 – Steve Keen: Marxism, Capitalism, and Economics Jul 17, 2022

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(1:31:48) – Soviet Union
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(2:05:00) – Climate change
(2:27:03) – Economics vs Politics
(2:35:06) – Minsky’s model
(2:49:50) – Financial crisis
(2:55:07) – Inflation
(3:08:21) – Marxism
(3:15:42) – Space and AI
(3:21:47) – Advice for young people
(3:25:38) – Depression
(3:30:10) – Love
(3:34:11) – Mortality

#302 – Richard Haier: IQ Tests, Human Intelligence, and Group Differences Jul 14, 2022

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(1:19:58) – Race differences
(1:39:11) – Bell curve criticisms
(1:48:21) – Intelligence and life success
(1:57:57) – Flynn effect
(2:02:49) – Nature vs nuture
(2:29:42) – Testing artificial intelligence
(2:41:46) – Advice
(2:45:53) – Mortality

#301 – Jack Barsky: KGB Spy Jul 09, 2022

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(45:32) – Becoming a KGB agent
(1:24:04) – Training
(1:37:53) – Language
(1:43:45) – Moscow
(1:58:45) – Spying
(2:15:43) – Putin
(2:18:35) – War in Ukraine
(2:30:02) – Putin in the KGB
(2:36:56) – Yuri Bezmenov
(2:47:33) – FSB and CIA
(2:55:24) – Putin and Zelenskyy
(3:04:13) – Quitting the KGB
(3:30:32) – Love and regrets
(3:38:44) – Mortality

#300 – Joe Rogan: Comedy, Controversy, Aliens, UFOs, Putin, CIA, and Freedom Jul 04, 2022

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(48:58) – Trust
(54:21) – Greatest comedians
(1:12:16) – Childhood
(1:19:46) – Advice for young people
(1:30:22) – Relationships
(1:35:00) – Putin, Ukraine, and Russia

#299 – Demis Hassabis: DeepMind Jul 01, 2022

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(1:26:46) – Physics
(1:30:13) – Origin of life
(1:34:52) – Aliens
(1:42:59) – Intelligent life
(1:46:08) – Conscious AI
(1:59:23) – Power
(2:03:53) – Advice for young people
(2:11:59) – Meaning of life

#298 – Susan Cain: The Power of Introverts and Loneliness Jun 28, 2022

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(42:03) – Sad music
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(1:30:47) – Creativity and sadness
(1:39:03) – Dark moments
(1:47:06) – Parenting
(1:55:59) – Advice for young people
(1:59:10) – Meaning of life

#297 – Jonathan Reisman: The Human Body – From Sex & Sperm to Hands & Heart Jun 25, 2022

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(25:56) – Future of medicine
(35:03) – Throat
(45:26) – Heart and blood
(53:28) – Genitals
(1:05:57) – Poop
(1:10:12) – Emergency room
(1:18:03) – Sperm
(1:23:09) – Liver
(1:28:38) – Living in the Far North
(1:47:21) – War and medicine
(1:52:07) – Antarctica
(2:05:03) – Artificial organs
(2:13:39) – History of medicine
(2:22:40) – Paul Farmer
(2:27:05) – Advice for young people
(2:34:03) – Struggle
(2:40:07) – Mortality
(2:45:44) – Meaning of life

#296 – Douglas Murray: Racism, Marxism, and the War on the West Jun 21, 2022

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(07:49) – Western civilization
(16:29) – Slavery
(20:06) – Reparations
(25:11) – Institutional racism
(32:24) – Lived experience
(41:49) – Resentment
(53:55) – Critical race theory
(1:08:27) – Racism
(1:27:26) – Stalin
(1:31:59) – Churchill
(1:38:03) – Marxism
(1:54:41) – Madness of Crowds
(2:03:14) – Ego
(2:10:22) – Donald Trump
(2:17:06) – America’s future
(2:24:33) – Advice for young people
(2:33:16) – Love

#295 – Richard Wolff: Marxism and Communism Jun 17, 2022

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(07:12) – Marxism
(15:41) – Communism
(50:47) – Human nature
(1:03:03) – Economics
(1:09:54) – Capitalism
(1:42:18) – Governments and corporations
(1:53:13) – Stalinism
(2:07:12) – Nazis
(2:14:08) – Socialism vs Marxism
(2:21:48) – Bernie Sanders and AOC
(2:38:49) – Cultural Marxism
(2:45:49) – Darkest moments
(2:51:18) – Advice for young people
(2:53:37) – Mortality
(2:57:28) – Meaning of life

#294 – Tony Fadell: iPhone, iPod, and Nest Jun 15, 2022

Tony Fadell is an engineer and designer, co-creator of the iPod, iPhone, Nest Thermostat, and author of the new book Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(07:16) – Memories
(14:13) – Apple II
(22:51) – First business
(26:55) – iPod
(50:56) – Ideas
(55:09) – Marketing
(1:05:26) – PR and Comms
(1:15:06) – Design
(1:20:03) – Experts
(1:26:04) – Steve Jobs
(2:09:43) – Jony Ive
(2:16:55) – Nest
(2:27:13) – Advice for young people
(2:31:30) – Startup
(2:36:25) – Money
(2:41:33) – Work-Life Balance
(2:44:11) – Darkest moment
(2:49:48) – Meaning of life

#293 – Donald Hoffman: Reality is an Illusion – How Evolution Hid the Truth Jun 12, 2022

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(08:04) – Case against reality
(19:33) – Spacetime
(43:57) – Reductionism
(1:04:23) – Evolutionary game theory
(1:32:46) – Consciousness
(2:28:06) – Visualizing reality
(2:43:23) – Ephemerality of life
(2:51:48) – Simulation theory
(2:57:30) – Difficult ideas
(3:12:32) – Love
(3:16:07) – Advice for young people
(3:18:26) – Meaning of life

#292 – Robin Hanson: Alien Civilizations, UFOs, and the Future of Humanity Jun 09, 2022

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(06:49) – Grabby aliens
(44:33) – War and competition
(50:07) – Global government
(1:02:58) – Humanity’s future
(1:13:00) – Hello aliens
(1:40:03) – UFO sightings
(2:04:40) – Conspiracy theories
(2:12:58) – Elephant in the brain
(2:26:29) – Medicine
(2:38:58) – Institutions
(3:05:52) – Physics
(3:10:43) – Artificial intelligence
(3:28:32) – Economics
(3:31:53) – Political science
(3:37:42) – Advice for young people
(3:46:33) – Darkest moments
(3:49:34) – Love and loss
(3:58:57) – Immortality
(4:02:53) – Simulation hypothesis
(4:13:10) – Meaning of life

#291 – Jonathan Haidt: The Case Against Social Media Jun 04, 2022

Jonathan Haidt is a social psychologist at NYU and author of The Coddling of the American Mind, The Righteous Mind, and The Happiness Hypothesis. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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2. Teen Mental Health Testimony: https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Haidt%20Testimony.pdf
3. The Atlantic article: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/05/social-media-democracy-trust-babel/629369/
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(07:57) – Social media and mental health
(21:45) – Mark Zuckerberg
(31:23) – Children’s use of social media
(42:08) – Social media and democracy
(58:14) – Elon Musk and Twitter
(1:14:45) – Anonymity on social media
(1:20:44) – Misinformation
(1:27:38) – Social media benefits
(1:30:22) – Political division on social media
(1:36:54) – Future of social media
(1:42:46) – Advice for young people

#290 – Dan Reynolds: Imagine Dragons May 30, 2022

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(08:29) – Programming
(27:30) – Johnny Depp and Amber Heard
(32:23) – Las Vegas
(37:25) – Spirituality
(40:38) – Ayahuasca
(50:56) – Depression and fame
(54:40) – Introvert
(1:07:19) – Advice from Charlie Sheen
(1:19:58) – Making music
(1:32:33) – Lesson from Rick Rubin
(1:38:34) – Believer
(1:46:05) – Father son relationship
(1:47:22) – Dan’s first song
(1:51:34) – Cat Stevens and Harry Chapin
(1:56:17) – Advice for young people
(2:04:49) – LGBTQ
(2:09:11) – Religion
(2:13:53) – Meaning of life
(2:17:02) – Dan sings

#289 – Stephen Kotkin: Putin, Zelenskyy, and War in Ukraine May 25, 2022

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(10:17) – Putin and Stalin
(21:07) – Putin vs the West
(43:59) – Response to Oliver Stone
(55:05) – Russian invasion of Ukraine
(1:34:33) – Putin’s plan for the war
(1:42:32) – Henry Kissinger
(1:48:26) – Nuclear war
(1:59:00) – Parallels to World War II
(2:21:45) – China
(2:29:54) – World War III
(2:37:23) – Navalny
(2:41:40) – Meaning of life

#288 – Sarma Melngailis: Bad Vegan May 23, 2022

Sarma Melngailis is a chef and restauranteur who was the subject of the Netflix documentary Bad Vegan: Fame, Fraud, Fugitives. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(12:46) – Films
(23:17) – Gifts
(32:20) – Favorite food creations
(38:31) – Leon: The Pitbull
(50:39) – Bad Vegan
(1:02:41) – Abusive relationship
(1:07:24) – Remorse for employees
(1:13:19) – Sociopathy
(1:23:44) – How Sarma met Anthony Strangis
(1:45:43) – Retrospection
(1:58:24) – Johnny Depp and Amber Heard
(2:06:17) – Is Anthony Strangis a sociopath?
(2:10:24) – What Bad Vegan got wrong
(2:27:40) – Darkest personal discovery
(2:38:22) – Road trip from hell
(2:45:36) – Wild stories
(2:54:33) – Prison
(3:04:13) – Ghislaine Maxwell
(3:19:44) – Running restaurants
(3:33:26) – Last meal
(3:37:50) – Relationships
(3:47:02) – Advice for young people
(3:52:16) – Regrets
(3:56:01) – Mortality
(4:12:04) – Love

#287 – Bobby Lee: Comedy, Skyrim, Sex Robots, Love, Fame, and Power May 20, 2022

Bobby Lee is a comedian and co-host of TigerBelly and Bad Friends podcasts. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(18:58) – Grappling
(24:03) – Sex robots
(27:01) – Khalyla
(33:46) – Parenting
(44:26) – Darkest moment
(52:43) – Fame
(1:02:57) – Carlos Mencia
(1:09:47) – TigerBelly
(1:23:24) – George and Gilbert
(1:30:35) – Power
(1:43:38) – Meaning of life

#286 – Oliver Stone: Vladimir Putin and War in Ukraine May 17, 2022

Oliver Stone is a filmmaker with 3 Oscar wins and 11 Oscar nominations. His films include Platoon, Wall Street, Born on the Fourth of July, Scarface, JFK, Nixon, Alexander, W, Snowden, and documentaries where he has interviewed Fidel Castro, Hugo Chavez, and Vladimir Putin. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(09:35) – Nuclear power
(22:33) – Russia and US relations
(27:48) – JFK and the Cold War
(33:05) – Interviewing Putin
(56:44) – Invasion of Ukraine
(1:06:01) – Why Putin invaded Ukraine
(1:20:25) – Propaganda
(1:27:43) – Interviewing Putin in 2022
(1:34:59) – Nuclear war
(1:41:09) – Advice on interviewing
(1:44:50) – Interviewing Hitler
(1:48:11) – Putin interview language barrier
(1:49:22) – Love
(1:51:17) – Advice to young people
(1:54:23) – Mortality
(1:55:25) – Regrets
(1:57:22) – Meaning of life

#285 – Glenn Loury: Race, Racism, Identity Politics, and Cancel Culture May 14, 2022

Glenn Loury is a professor of economics and social sciences at Brown University, and a prominent podcaster and social critic who speaks and writes about race, inequality, and social policy. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(07:12) – Martin Luther King Jr.
(16:00) – History of slavery
(30:39) – Equality of outcome
(47:02) – Math and economics
(1:03:17) – Racial groups
(1:16:33) – Black patriotism
(1:26:26) – MLK and Malcolm X
(1:40:07) – Joe Rogan controversy
(1:59:23) – Accusation of racism
(2:07:08) – Elon Musk and Twitter
(2:12:41) – Universities
(2:21:19) – Cognitive inequality
(2:33:45) – Politics
(2:53:10) – Ketanji Brown Jackson
(2:59:14) – Thomas Sowell
(3:04:28) – Barack Obama
(3:23:06) – Mortality
(3:35:20) – Meaning of life

#284 – Saifedean Ammous: Bitcoin, Anarchy, and Austrian Economics May 11, 2022

Saifedean Ammous is an Austrian economist and author of The Bitcoin Standard and The Fiat Standard. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(07:53) – Money
(20:58) – Gold standard
(34:09) – Collective hallucination
(39:59) – Austrian vs Keynesian economics
(1:12:20) – Free market
(1:28:49) – Monarchy
(1:34:23) – Fiat money
(2:21:13) – SWIFT system
(2:34:03) – Bitcoin
(2:40:20) – Satoshi Nakamoto
(2:48:04) – Criticisms of Bitcoin
(3:03:16) – Football/soccer
(3:06:58) – Criticisms of Bitcoin continued
(3:17:17) – Bitcoin Maximalism
(3:29:40) – Proof of stake
(3:46:46) – Central bank digital currency
(3:57:59) – Michael Malice
(4:00:12) – Advice for young people
(4:06:21) – Palestine
(4:18:00) – Mortality

#283 – Chris Mason: Space Travel, Colonization, and Long-Term Survival in Space May 08, 2022

Chris Mason is a professor of genomics, physiology, and biophysics at Cornell, doing research on the long-term effects of space on the human body. He is the author of The Next 500 Years: Engineering Life to Reach New Worlds. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(0:00) – Introduction
(7:43) – Human extinction awareness
(16:29) – Heat death of the universe
(22:05) – Alone in the universe
(25:41) – Aliens
(33:50) – Entropy goggles
(48:04) – Genetics
(56:14) – Scott Kelly
(1:02:12) – Adapting to space
(1:12:13) – Sex in space
(1:14:46) – Colonizing planets
(1:21:25) – Culture on Mars
(1:25:51) – Commercial space flights
(1:33:09) – Podcast in space
(1:40:43) – Axiom Space
(1:42:59) – Designing space experiments
(1:49:49) – Robots in space
(1:52:30) – Space exploration
(1:56:28) – War in space
(2:00:05) – Launch toward the Second Sun
(2:06:14) – Chlorohumans
(2:11:50) – Extreme microbiome project
(2:18:17) – Space travel breakthroughs
(2:30:15) – Clones
(2:36:08) – AI age prediction
(2:41:38) – Advice for young people
(2:47:56) – Dark times
(2:52:19) – Mortality
(2:56:37) – Visiting ISS and deep space
(2:57:46) – Meaning of life

#282 – David Buss: Sex, Dating, Relationships, and Sex Differences May 04, 2022

David Buss is an evolutionary psychologist at UT Austin. He is one of the founders of the field of evolutionary psychology. His current research is on sex differences in mate selection, mate attraction, infidelity, and the emotions of jealousy, lust, and love. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(08:04) – Sex vs Violence
(14:48) – Mating strategies
(26:44) – Social construct of beauty
(30:38) – Evolution of mating evaluation
(34:40) – Mating selection desires
(39:52) – Difficulties of monogamy
(46:16) – Importance of male appearance
(48:52) – Importance of wealth
(52:08) – Penis and breasts
(55:59) – Fashion
(58:58) – Body objectification
(1:06:33) – Wear sunscreen
(1:13:29) – Gender
(1:30:39) – What motivates humans
(1:32:29) – Dominance and submissiveness
(1:40:33) – Johnny Depp defamation trial
(1:50:24) – Jealousy
(1:58:45) – Mate poaching
(2:02:58) – Polyamory
(2:14:13) – Female vs Male sexuality
(2:23:11) – Pornography
(2:29:46) – Sex and Violence continued
(2:38:55) – Cancel culture
(2:50:38) – Elon Musk and Twitter
(2:59:02) – Serial killers
(3:04:55) – Advice for young people
(3:16:57) – Love
(3:22:57) – Mortality
(3:27:40) – Meaning of life

#281 – Grimes: Music, AI, and the Future of Humanity Apr 29, 2022

Grimes is a musician, artist, singer, songwriter, producer, and director. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(08:24) – Identity
(12:22) – Music production
(25:13) – Spotify
(29:55) – Experimental music
(32:30) – Vision of future
(45:04) – Motherhood
(1:01:11) – Consciousness
(1:16:01) – Love
(1:21:52) – Metaverse
(1:34:34) – Technology and bureaucracy
(1:38:32) – Mortality
(1:46:57) – Understanding evil
(1:50:55) – Last person on Earth
(1:53:33) – Dan Carlin
(1:56:03) – Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
(2:02:28) – Coolest human invention
(2:03:49) – Advice for young people
(2:07:01) – Meaning of life

#280 – Cristiano Amon: Qualcomm CEO Apr 27, 2022

Cristiano Amon is the CEO of Qualcomm, world-leader in 5G wireless communication and computation systems inside premium Android phones and other robots. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(06:43) – Football/soccer
(07:38) – Smartphones
(10:09) – 5G
(26:27) – Snapdragon
(32:45) – Apple and Google
(37:19) – Future of Qualcomm
(48:20) – Autonomous vehicles
(50:05) – Robots
(52:31) – Chip shortage
(56:40) – Lawsuits
(1:00:07) – Leadership
(1:04:26) – Advice for young people
(1:08:17) – Meaning of life

#279 – Alien Debate: Sara Walker and Lee Cronin Apr 24, 2022

Sara Walker is an astrobiologist and theoretical physicist. Lee Cronin is a chemist. This is a conversation and debate about alien life and alien civilizations. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(07:47) – Aliens
(21:53) – What is life?
(29:35) – Assembly theory
(52:03) – Math
(1:03:45) – Communication with aliens
(1:28:38) – Evolution of the universe
(1:37:56) – Creating alien life
(1:45:29) – Origin of life
(1:52:29) – Before the Big Bang
(1:59:22) – God
(2:09:39) – Goal-directed behavior
(2:27:37) – Time
(2:35:54) – Free will and imagination
(2:51:06) – UFO sightings
(2:56:06) – Alien life forms debate
(3:11:14) – Robots
(3:20:29) – Love and emotion
(3:38:55) – Beauty in science
(3:49:06) – Random questions
(3:58:30) – Advice for young people
(4:01:48) – Life on Earth
(4:06:12) – Memory

#278 – Skye Fitzgerald: Hunger, War, and Human Suffering Apr 20, 2022

Skye Fitzgerald is a two-time Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker, his films include Hunger Ward, Lifeboat, and 50 Feet from Syria. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(06:34) – World hunger
(12:37) – Hunger Ward
(35:04) – Language
(40:15) – Famine
(50:59) – Authoritarianism
(57:27) – Storytelling
(1:11:01) – Access
(1:15:24) – Trust
(1:19:06) – Film equipment
(1:23:52) – Editing
(1:30:21) – Filmmaking
(1:43:20) – Favorite Films
(1:54:28) – Lifeboat
(2:01:53) – Breaking rules
(2:04:48) – Fear
(2:08:27) – 50 feet from Syria
(2:13:24) – Money and distribution
(2:21:02) – Advice for young people
(2:24:07) – Books
(2:26:01) – Darkest moments
(2:30:32) – Meaning of life
(2:32:30) – Mortality

#277 – Andrew Huberman: Focus, Stress, Relationships, and Friendship Apr 17, 2022

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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(00:00) – Introduction
(07:25) – Diet
(17:30) – Attribution in science
(20:11) – Rick Rubin
(27:57) – Mental states
(42:38) – Controversial guests
(55:19) – Karl Deisseroth
(59:34) – Difficult conversations
(1:06:36) – Big guests
(1:20:22) – Academia
(1:27:23) – Freedom of speech
(1:38:26) – If by Rudyard Kipling
(1:45:37) – Music
(1:51:16) – Public speaking
(2:10:11) – Non-sleep deep rest
(2:24:32) – Focus
(2:34:52) – Stress and anxiety
(2:54:48) – Sauna
(3:06:14) – Sex
(3:14:07) – Love and relationships

#276 – Michael Saylor: Bitcoin, Inflation, and the Future of Money Apr 14, 2022

Michael Saylor is the CEO of MicroStrategy and a prominent holder and proponent of Bitcoin. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(07:09) – Grading our understanding
(19:27) – Inflation
(39:03) – Government
(1:00:13) – War and power
(1:11:23) – Dematerializing information
(1:42:45) – Digital energy and assets
(1:54:23) – Oil barrel vs Bitcoin
(2:03:43) – Layers of Bitcoin
(2:20:53) – Bitcoin’s role during wartime
(2:25:37) – Jack Dorsey
(2:41:58) – Bitcoin conflict of interest
(2:48:39) – Satoshi Nakamoto
(2:54:04) – Volatility
(3:06:30) – Bitcoin price
(3:18:46) – Twitter verification
(3:27:42) – Second best crypto
(3:33:24) – Dogecoin
(3:37:57) – Elon Musk
(3:43:26) – Advice for young people
(3:54:54) – Mortality
(3:57:59) – Meaning of life

#275 – Rick Rubin: Legendary Music Producer Apr 10, 2022

Rick Rubin is one of the greatest music producers of all time, working with many of the greats including Beastie Boys, Eminem, Metallica, LL Cool J, Kanye West, Slayer, Tom Petty, Johnny Cash, Dixie Chicks, Aerosmith, Adele, Danzig, Red Hot Chili Peppers, System of a Down, Jay-Z, Black Sabbath. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(07:46) – Nietzsche and music
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(30:10) – Beautiful simplicity in music
(33:54) – Marvin Gaye
(43:09) – Best album of all time
(47:02) – Paul McCartney
(49:08) – Ideas
(51:30) – Rebellion and conformity
(56:18) – Fitness
(59:27) – Johnny Cash
(1:09:23) – Tom Waits
(1:14:01) – Lyrics vs rhythm
(1:18:48) – Johnny Cash continued
(1:20:47) – Beastie Boys
(1:27:09) – Depression
(1:31:31) – Art vs Business
(1:40:18) – Art of conversation
(1:56:52) – Rick’s podcast
(2:00:02) – Advice for young people
(2:04:07) – Mortality
(2:06:42) – Meaning of life

#274 – Karl Deisseroth: Depression, Schizophrenia, and Psychiatry Apr 07, 2022

Karl Deisseroth is a professor of bioengineering, psychiatry, and behavioral sciences at Stanford University. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(06:58) – Mental disorders
(15:31) – Intelligence
(18:10) – James Joyce
(26:47) – Writing
(30:11) – Projections
(33:46) – Translation
(36:17) – Poetry
(45:00) – Love
(50:34) – Psychiatry
(53:46) – Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung
(1:02:30) – Data in cells
(1:06:33) – Optogenetics
(1:22:01) – Neuralink
(1:34:49) – Psychedelics
(1:41:13) – Depression
(1:56:38) – Talk therapy and psychoanalysis
(2:00:19) – Good Will Hunting
(2:10:55) – Darkest moments
(2:12:26) – Suicide
(2:29:31) – Autism
(2:49:09) – Schizophrenia
(3:00:18) – Why we cry
(3:07:30) – Consciousness
(3:22:01) – Mortality
(3:23:41) – Meaning of life

#273 – Chris Blattman: War and Violence Apr 03, 2022

Chris Blattman is a professor at the University of Chicago studying the causes and consequences of violence and war. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(06:49) – What is war?
(17:59) – Justification for war
(40:47) – War in Ukraine
(1:24:16) – Nuclear war
(1:35:36) – Drug cartels
(1:52:19) – Joseph Kony
(1:58:23) – World Wars
(2:05:31) – Civil wars
(2:12:05) – Israeli–Palestinian conflict
(2:20:49) – China vs USA
(2:26:58) – Love
(2:33:23) – Hard data
(2:40:58) – Mortality
(2:46:04) – Advice for young people
(2:50:45) – Tyler Cowen

#272 – Brett Johnson: US Most Wanted Cybercriminal Mar 27, 2022

Brett Johnson was a US Most Wanted cybercriminal, called the Original Internet Godfather by US Secret Service for building the the first organized cybercrime community called ShadowCrew, which was the precursor to today’s darknet and darknet markets. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(08:47) – Early years
(43:05) – Phishing and social engineering
(1:01:09) – SolarWinds cyberattack
(1:06:56) – Future social engineering fears
(1:09:37) – Early cybercrimes
(1:22:10) – Cybercrime entrepreneurship
(1:25:39) – ShadowCrew
(1:56:42) – Dark web
(2:05:29) – ShadowCrew arrested
(2:17:28) – Cybercrime
(2:22:34) – Love
(2:54:39) – Prison
(3:22:50) – Life after prison
(3:44:39) – Advice for young people
(3:46:03) – Hope for the future
(3:49:32) – Meaning of life

#271 – Ariel Ekblaw: Space Colonization and Self-Assembling Space Megastructures Mar 23, 2022

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(33:39) – Microgravity
(37:56) – Deep duration space missions
(43:06) – Extraterrestrial life
(49:29) – Music and sports in space
(56:08) – Colonizing space
(1:03:28) – War in space
(1:08:02) – Robots in space
(1:22:43) – Commercial space exploration
(1:26:21) – Future of space exploration
(1:34:07) – Beauty of the universe
(1:39:03) – Space cities
(1:44:44) – Advice for young people
(1:48:04) – Consciousness
(1:49:50) – Meaning of life

#270 – David Wolpe: Judaism Mar 16, 2022

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(14:57) – Who is God?
(21:13) – Atheism
(33:11) – Holocaust
(38:45) – Evil
(43:57) – Nihilism
(47:42) – Judaism
(56:36) – Marriage
(1:00:27) – The Torah
(1:04:33) – Gay marriage
(1:13:40) – Super Bowl
(1:21:34) – Religious texts
(1:27:20) – Exodus
(1:31:15) – Free will
(1:35:23) – Consciousness
(1:44:06) – Suffering
(1:48:04) – Mortality
(1:52:42) – Finding faith
(2:00:26) – Israel and Palestine
(2:07:44) – Advice for young people
(2:11:04) – Books
(2:14:45) – Meaning of life

#269 – Lee Cronin: Origin of Life, Aliens, Complexity, and Consciousness Mar 11, 2022

Lee Cronin is a chemist at the University of Glasgow. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(08:31) – Life and chemistry
(21:56) – Self-replicating molecules
(32:19) – Origin of life
(48:45) – Life on Mars
(53:49) – Aliens
(1:00:30) – Origin of life continued
(1:07:24) – Fermi Paradox
(1:17:04) – UFOs
(1:25:25) – Science and authority
(1:31:28) – Pickle experiment
(1:34:23) – Assembly theory
(2:17:22) – Free will
(2:28:37) – Cellular automata
(2:52:08) – Chemputation
(3:09:23) – Universal programming language for chemistry
(3:22:34) – Chemputer safety
(3:35:15) – Automated engineering of nanomaterials
(3:44:15) – Consciousness
(3:53:48) – Joscha Bach
(4:05:04) – Meaning of life

#268 – Robert Proctor: Nazi Science and Ideology Mar 05, 2022

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(09:40) – Ideology and science
(21:14) – Wernher von Braun
(28:21) – The scientific process
(38:23) – Censorship
(47:37) – Anthony Fauci
(52:47) – Courage in science
(1:00:07) – Tobacco industry
(1:23:52) – Nazi medicine
(1:34:02) – The Nazi War on Cancer
(1:39:14) – Science funding
(1:50:08) – Ignorance
(1:57:49) – Ideology in academia
(2:04:09) – Human origins
(2:14:02) – Hobbies
(2:21:19) – Diversity in the universe
(2:24:54) – Stones
(2:33:49) – Conspiracy theories
(2:37:59) – Nazi impact on Soviet science
(2:43:14) – Nazi tobacco industry’s denial campaign
(2:47:30) – Hope for the future
(2:50:04) – Meaning of life

#267 – Mark Zuckerberg: Meta, Facebook, Instagram, and the Metaverse Feb 26, 2022

Mark Zuckerberg is CEO of Meta, formerly Facebook.

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(11:29) – Metaverse
(31:06) – Identity in Metaverse
(43:15) – Security
(47:40) – Social Dilemma
(1:09:46) – Instagram whistleblower
(1:14:31) – Social media and mental health
(1:19:56) – Censorship
(1:37:05) – Translation
(1:44:40) – Advice for young people
(1:50:28) – Daughters
(1:53:16) – Mortality
(1:57:49) – Question for God
(2:00:55) – Meaning of life

#266 – Nicole Perlroth: Cybersecurity and the Weapons of Cyberwar Feb 20, 2022

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(27:47) – Interviewing hackers
(31:49) – Ransomware attack
(44:33) – Cyberwar
(57:41) – Cybersecurity
(1:06:48) – Social engineering
(1:23:41) – Snowden and whistleblowers
(1:33:11) – NSA
(1:42:58) – Fear for cyberattacks
(1:50:29) – Self-censorship
(1:54:50) – Advice for young people
(2:00:07) – Hope for the future

#265 – Devon Larratt: Arm Wrestling Feb 16, 2022

Devon Larratt is a professional arm wrestler, widely considered to be one of the best of all time. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(06:42) – Over the Top and John Brzenk
(18:15) – Strength vs skill vs strategy
(42:38) – Denis Cyplenkov
(1:11:44) – Jodi Larratt
(1:15:45) – Canadian Special Forces
(1:20:19) – Arm wrestling
(1:27:03) – Freedom arm wrestling
(1:38:36) – Diet
(1:46:00) – Devon vs The Mountain
(1:57:30) – Mortality
(2:03:03) – Aliens and robots

#264 – Tim Urban: Elon Musk, Neuralink, AI, Aliens, and the Future of Humanity Feb 13, 2022

Tim Urban is the author and illustrator of the popular blog ‘Wait But Why’. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(14:54) – Aliens
(23:08) – The pencil problem
(29:53) – Food abundance
(31:57) – Extinction of human civilization
(37:15) – Future politics of Mars
(44:15) – SpaceX
(50:15) – Elon Musk
(1:15:43) – Nuclear power
(1:20:09) – The higher mind
(1:24:53) – Echo chambers and idea labs
(1:28:05) – How our brain processes film and music
(1:31:19) – Neuralink
(1:39:33) – Future of physical interactions
(1:43:44) – AI
(1:51:04) – Free speech
(1:55:07) – How to read more
(2:01:49) – Spaced repetition
(2:05:52) – Procrastination
(2:32:44) – Goals for the future
(2:38:02) – Meaning of life

#263 – John Abramson: Big Pharma Feb 11, 2022

John Abramson is faculty at Harvard Medical School and a family physician for over two decades. He’s the author of the new book Sickening about how big pharma broke American healthcare and how we can fix it. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(14:29) – Biggest problem with big pharma
(23:30) – Advertising
(43:22) – Corruption
(59:38) – Pfizer vaccine data
(1:08:30) – Vaccine profits
(1:19:25) – Censorship
(1:40:11) – FDA
(1:48:45) – NIH
(1:57:42) – Live longer
(2:01:13) – Medications
(2:09:37) – Doctors
(2:13:44) – Advice for young people
(2:14:40) – Big pharma’s influence
(2:19:24) – Mortality
(2:21:15) – Meaning of life

#262 – Garry Nolan: UFOs and Aliens Feb 06, 2022

Garry Nolan is a professor at Stanford University School of Medicine. His research is in microbiology, immunology, bio-computation, and analysis of UFO artifacts, materials, and reports of UFO encounters. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(07:41) – Biology
(13:45) – Alien civilizations
(17:49) – UFO encounters
(54:50) – Atacama skeleton
(1:02:07) – UFO materials
(1:13:29) – Jacques Vallee
(1:17:37) – UFO data
(1:28:43) – Alien hardware in US possession
(1:33:20) – Bob Lazar
(1:36:15) – Avi Loeb and Oumuamua
(1:40:17) – Advice for young people
(1:47:05) – Meaning of life

#261 – Philip Goff: Consciousness, Panpsychism, and the Philosophy of Mind Feb 03, 2022

Philip Goff is a philosopher of mind and consciousness at Durham University and author of Galileo’s Error. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(07:40) – Conscious matter
(41:06) – Death, mystical experiences and collective consciousness
(51:30) – The authority of expertise
(1:12:27) – Panpsychism and physics
(1:41:11) – Suffering, zombies and illusion
(2:13:57) – JRE podcast recap
(2:25:33) – Free will
(2:43:12) – Are we living in a simulation?
(2:47:04) – Meaning of life

#260 – Georges St-Pierre, John Danaher & Gordon Ryan: The Greatest of All Time Jan 30, 2022

Georges St-Pierre is an MMA fighter. John Danaher is a martial arts coach. Gordon Ryan is a submission grappler. Each are considered by many to be the greatest of all time in each of their respective disciplines. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(07:35) – Success
(22:35) – Trash talk
(25:42) – Doubt
(34:06) – Emotions
(46:01) – Gordon’s beef with André Galvão
(50:11) – Diet
(1:00:12) – Training
(1:28:21) – Human nature and combat sports
(1:39:34) – MMA vs Grappling
(1:48:53) – Gordon Ryan vs Felipe Pena
(1:52:40) – GSP and shoot boxing
(2:03:56) – GSP vs Khabib
(2:11:56) – Pankration
(2:15:08) – Effective grappling and takedowns
(2:30:40) – Aliens and Mars
(2:47:20) – Robots
(2:51:15) – Advice for young people

#259 – Thomas Tull: From Batman Dark Knight Trilogy to AI and the Rolling Stones Jan 26, 2022

Thomas Tull is founder of Legendary Entertainment, Tulco, part-owner of Pittsburgh Steelers, and guitarist for the band Ghost Hounds. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(07:14) – Legendary Entertainment
(23:56) – James Cameron
(25:50) – Storytelling
(36:02) – Allure of movies
(39:56) – Future of American industries
(58:48) – Tulco
(1:03:58) – Intellectual honest and life lessons
(1:14:30) – Colossal
(1:18:28) – Warren Buffet
(1:27:10) – The Rolling Stones
(1:45:20) – Greatest guitarist
(1:53:33) – Thomas Tull’s music
(2:03:00) – Football
(2:13:56) – Advice for young people
(2:19:42) – Mortality and death

#258 – Yann LeCun: Dark Matter of Intelligence and Self-Supervised Learning Jan 22, 2022

Yann LeCun is the Chief AI Scientist at Meta, professor at NYU, Turing Award winner, and one of the seminal researchers in the history of machine learning. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(06:58) – Self-supervised learning
(17:17) – Vision vs language
(23:08) – Statistics
(28:55) – Three challenges of machine learning
(34:45) – Chess
(42:47) – Animals and intelligence
(52:31) – Data augmentation
(1:13:51) – Multimodal learning
(1:25:40) – Consciousness
(1:30:25) – Intrinsic vs learned ideas
(1:34:37) – Fear of death
(1:42:29) – Artificial Intelligence
(1:56:18) – Facebook AI Research
(2:12:56) – NeurIPS
(2:29:08) – Complexity
(2:37:33) – Music
(2:42:28) – Advice for young people

#257 – Brian Keating: Cosmology, Astrophysics, Aliens & Losing the Nobel Prize Jan 18, 2022

Brian Keating is an experimental physicist at the UCSD, author of Losing the Nobel Prize, and host of the Into the Impossible podcast. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(06:46) – Telescope
(12:10) – Beginning of the universe
(32:23) – Science and the Soviet Union
(37:49) – What it’s like to be a scientist
(56:45) – Age of the universe
(59:37) – Expansion of the universe
(1:07:37) – Gravitational waves
(1:10:49) – BICEP
(1:36:05) – Nobel prize
(1:59:06) – Joe Rogan
(2:06:21) – Recognition in science
(2:14:30) – Curiosity
(2:22:18) – Losing the Nobel Prize
(2:35:13) – Galileo Galilei
(2:54:00) – Eric Weinstein
(3:12:21) – Scientific community
(3:30:02) – James Webb telescope
(3:35:01) – Panspermia
(3:38:32) – Origin of life
(3:43:59) – Aliens
(3:49:41) – Death and purpose
(3:53:53) – God
(3:59:49) – Power

#256 – Nationalism Debate: Yaron Brook and Yoram Hazony Jan 15, 2022

Yaron Brook is an objectivist. Yoram Hazony is a national conservative. This is a conversation and debate about national conservatism vs individualism. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(09:11) – Conservatism
(15:07) – Importance of history
(27:09) – Rationalism vs empiricism
(32:39) – Communism
(40:43) – Otto von Bismarck
(45:04) – Edmund Burke and the French Revolution
(49:52) – USA’s founding fathers
(1:02:47) – Founding documents
(1:24:36) – Cohesion and Individualism
(1:45:29) – Love and relationships
(1:53:41) – Individual freedom
(2:08:08) – Having children
(2:21:54) – Reason vs emotions
(2:28:44) – Nationalism
(2:40:56) – Finding love
(2:52:44) – Hope for the future
(2:58:08) – Meaning of life

#255 – Mark Normand: Comedy! Jan 08, 2022

Mark Normand is a stand-up comedian. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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The Standups: Season 3 (Netflix): https://www.netflix.com/title/80175685

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(00:00) – Introduction
(08:45) – Love
(11:51) – Childhood in New Orleans
(26:37) – New York
(35:11) – LA vs NY
(44:25) – Advice for new comedians
(58:57) – Crafting jokes
(1:00:59) – Norm Macdonald
(1:08:32) – Favorite medium
(1:12:43) – Austin
(1:19:04) – Sending people to space
(1:20:37) – Robots with human emotion
(1:24:08) – Self-driving vehicles
(1:28:15) – Future of human interaction
(1:32:22) – Advice for young people
(1:36:22) – Rapid random questions
(1:54:09) – Meaning of life

#254 – Jay Bhattacharya: The Case Against Lockdowns Jan 04, 2022

Jay Bhattacharya is a professor of medicine at Stanford University and co-author of the Great Barrington Declaration. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(10:18) – How deadly is Covid?
(39:48) – Covid vs Influenza
(45:42) – Francis Collins email to Fauci
(1:06:19) – Francis Collins
(1:13:48) – Vaccine safety and efficacy
(1:20:46) – Vaccine hesitancy
(1:37:21) – Great Barrington Declaration and lockdowns
(1:53:39) – Focused Protection
(2:15:31) – Fear
(2:19:57) – Advice for young people
(2:24:56) – Fear of death
(2:26:53) – Meaning of life

#253 – Michael Malice: New Year’s Special Dec 31, 2021

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(00:00) – Introduction
(09:07) – Truth, goodness, and beauty
(19:35) – Save one life
(26:26) – Jeffrey Epstein
(45:21) – Jeffrey Epstein and Bill Clinton
(51:33) – Christmas and New Years for Russians
(58:14) – Russian cynicism and suffering
(1:05:52) – Gift exchange
(1:18:48) – Michael’s move to Austin
(1:24:14) – The Anarchist Handbook
(1:30:46) – Ghislaine Maxwell
(1:35:20) – Jeffrey Epstein
(1:37:34) – Lex’s move to Austin
(1:46:21) – Elon Musk
(1:49:31) – Writing The White Pill
(1:54:18) – Camus
(1:59:16) – Writing The White Pill continued
(2:04:34) – New Year’s resolutions
(2:18:09) – 2024 elections
(2:30:38) – National divorce
(2:45:15) – Joe Rogan and Bret Weinstein vs Sam Harris
(2:54:26) – Conversation with CEO of Pfizer
(3:07:59) – Anthony Fauci
(3:13:28) – Advice for young people
(3:23:30) – Wife and kids
(3:28:57) – Immortality

#252 – Elon Musk: SpaceX, Mars, Tesla Autopilot, Self-Driving, Robotics, and AI Dec 28, 2021

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(00:00) – Introduction
(07:38) – Elon singing
(08:26) – SpaceX human spaceflight
(15:12) – Starship
(23:48) – Quitting is not in my nature
(25:23) – Thinking process
(34:56) – Humans on Mars
(40:27) – Colonizing Mars
(44:13) – Wormholes
(48:50) – Forms of government on Mars
(55:54) – Smart contracts
(57:24) – Dogecoin
(58:55) – Cryptocurrency and Money
(1:05:04) – Bitcoin vs Dogecoin
(1:07:47) – Satoshi Nakamoto
(1:10:10) – Tesla Autopilot
(1:13:16) – Tesla Self-Driving
(1:25:19) – Neural networks
(1:34:16) – When will Tesla solve self-driving?
(1:36:19) – Tesla FSD v11
(1:43:53) – Tesla Bot
(1:54:33) – History
(2:02:24) – Putin
(2:08:04) – Meme Review
(2:22:29) – Stand-up comedy
(2:24:03) – Rick and Morty
(2:25:42) – Advice for young people
(2:33:39) – Love
(2:36:33) – Meaning of life

#251 – Ray Dalio: Money, Power, and the Collapse of Empires Dec 25, 2021

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(00:00) – Introduction
(08:14) – Money or power
(11:50) – Big Cycle
(31:43) – Collapse of the American Empire
(40:10) – War
(43:18) – Xi Jinping
(49:21) – Importance of freedoms
(55:24) – Democracy’s vulnerability
(58:49) – Communism’s vulnerability
(1:05:50) – Vladimir Putin
(1:09:55) – Understanding China
(1:17:23) – Henry Kissinger
(1:27:44) – Elon Musk and Dogecoin
(1:29:41) – How to take notes
(1:33:24) – Advice for young people
(1:37:30) – Hope for humanity

#250 – Peter Wang: Python and the Source Code of Humans, Computers, and Reality Dec 23, 2021

Peter Wang is the co-founder & CEO of Anaconda and one of the most impactful leaders and developers in the Python community. Also, he is a physicist and philosopher. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(06:49) – Python
(10:20) – Programming language design
(30:22) – Virtuality
(40:22) – Human layers
(47:21) – Life
(52:45) – Origin of ideas
(55:17) – Eric Weinstein
(1:00:16) – Human source code
(1:04:13) – Love
(1:18:32) – AI
(1:31:55) – Meaning crisis
(1:54:28) – Travis Oliphant
(2:00:53) – Python continued
(2:30:36) – Best setup
(2:37:54) – Advice for the youth
(2:46:28) – Meaning of Life

#249 – Albert Bourla: Pfizer CEO Dec 18, 2021

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(10:08) – Clinical trials
(26:12) – Trust
(45:59) – Safety
(56:16) – Booster shots
(59:09) – Mandates
(1:05:39) – Antivirals
(1:10:38) – Hope for future

#248 – Norman Naimark: Genocide, Stalin, Hitler, Mao, and Absolute Power Dec 13, 2021

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(07:08) – Stalin and absolute power
(21:05) – Dictators and genocide
(45:31) – What is genocide
(55:38) – Human nature and suffering
(1:25:23) – Mao’s Great Leap Forward
(1:32:37) – North Korea
(1:36:30) – Our role in fighting against atrocities
(1:45:26) – China
(1:49:35) – Hopes for the future and technology
(2:04:28) – Advice for young people
(2:07:15) – Love and tragedy

#247 – Jamie Metzl: Lab Leak Theory Dec 08, 2021

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(00:00) – Introduction
(07:44) – Lab leak
(1:06:18) – Gain-of-function research
(1:15:49) – Anthony Fauci
(1:25:31) – Francis Collins
(1:30:13) – Joe Rogan, Brett Weinstein, and Sam Harris
(2:00:10) – Xi Jinping
(2:14:41) – Patient Zero
(2:27:55) – WHO
(2:51:45) – Government transparency
(3:13:45) – Likelihood of a cover-up
(3:15:34) – Future of reproduction
(3:51:12) – Jon Stewart
(3:56:31) – Joe Rogan and Sanjay Gupta
(4:21:36) – Ultramarathons
(4:31:38) – Chocolate
(4:39:51) – One Shared World
(4:54:54) – Hope for the future

#246 – Peter Woit: Theories of Everything and Why String Theory is Not Even Wrong Dec 03, 2021

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(07:22) – Physics vs mathematics
(21:51) – Beauty of mathematics
(43:42) – String theory
(1:12:15) – Theory of everything
(1:32:23) – Twistor theory and spinors
(1:48:50) – Nobel Prize likelihood for theory of everything
(1:52:36) – Simulating physics
(1:56:07) – Sci-Fi, aliens and space
(2:05:19) – Responsibility of scientists

#245 – Tom Brands: Iowa Wrestling Nov 30, 2021

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(28:36) – Weight cutting
(30:24) – Olympic dreams
(35:20) – 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta
(38:24) – Brother
(43:36) – Champion mindset
(49:36) – Beyond limits
(54:37) – Faith
(56:06) – Family
(1:00:11) – Brands vs Brands

#244 – Robert Crews: Afghanistan, Taliban, Bin Laden, and War in the Middle East Nov 28, 2021

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(06:42) – U.S. invasion of Afghanistan
(21:30) – September 11
(39:05) – Bin Laden
(1:14:35) – Withdrawal of U.S. troops
(2:06:47) – War
(2:18:01) – Leadership
(2:34:11) – Afghan people
(2:43:40) – Rumi

#243 – Kevin Systrom: Instagram Nov 23, 2021

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(08:26) – Origin of Instagram
(50:33) – New social networks
(1:09:38) – Selling Instagram to Facebook
(1:32:40) – Features
(1:36:47) – Facebook
(2:13:28) – Whistleblower
(2:24:47) – Machine learning
(2:34:45) – Advice for startups
(2:40:37) – Money
(2:46:37) – Love
(2:48:54) – Meaning of life

#242 – Ben Askren: Wrestling and MMA Nov 20, 2021

Ben Askren is a wrestler and MMA fighter, former Bellator and ONE Championship welterweight champion, a two-time NCAA wrestling champion and four-time finalist. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(06:59) – Woodley vs Jake Paul boxing match
(10:48) – Askren vs Jake Paul boxing match
(13:23) – Jordan Burroughs and Kyle Dake
(24:37) – Askren vs Burroughs charity match
(29:21) – Champion mentality and handling losses
(43:40) – Future interest in competition
(53:09) – Askren’s early career
(1:03:58) – Robots wrestling
(1:18:39) – Olympics
(1:24:46) – Dagestan wrestling
(1:30:51) – Askren Wrestling Academy
(1:46:32) – Khabib Nurmagomedov
(1:53:08) – 2020 Olympics
(1:54:49) – Wrestling dominance in MMA

#241 – Boris Sofman: Waymo, Cozmo, Self-Driving Cars, and the Future of Robotics Nov 16, 2021

Boris Sofman is the Senior Director Of Engineering and Head of Trucking at Waymo, formerly the Google Self-Driving Car project. He was also the CEO and co-founder of Anki, a home robotics company. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(07:32) – Robots in science fiction
(13:13) – Cozmo
(38:28) – AI companions
(45:23) – Anki
(1:10:56) – Waymo Via
(1:42:34) – Sensor suites for long haul trucking
(1:52:30) – Machine learning
(2:10:26) – Waymo vs Tesla
(2:21:02) – Safety and risk management
(2:30:06) – Societal effects of automation
(2:41:11) – Amazon Astro
(2:45:35) – Challenges of the robotics industry
(2:50:03) – Humanoid robotics
(2:57:06) – Advice for getting a PhD in robotics
(3:04:37) – Advice for robotics startups
(3:15:43) – Advice for students

#240 – Neal Stephenson: Sci-Fi, Space, Aliens, AI, VR & the Future of Humanity Nov 11, 2021

Neal Stephenson is a sci-fi writer (Snow Crash, Cryptonomicon, and new book Termination Shock), former Chief Futurist at Magic Leap and first employee of Blue Origin. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(17:20) – Search engine morality
(21:58) – Space exploration
(38:59) – Aliens and UFOs
(47:21) – SpaceX and Blue Origin
(54:43) – Social media
(59:11) – Climate change
(1:11:00) – Consequences of big ideas
(1:15:42) – Virtual reality
(1:38:50) – Artificial intelligence
(1:53:49) – Cryptocurrency
(2:06:26) – Writing, storytelling, and books
(2:29:05) – Martial arts
(2:38:23) – Final thoughts

#239 – Niall Ferguson: History of Money, Power, War, and Truth Nov 08, 2021

Niall Ferguson is a historian at Hoover Institution, Stanford University. He is the author of 16 books on the history of money, war, power, and catastrophe. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(1:00:36) – Elon Musk
(1:08:55) – Money
(1:18:50) – Hyperinflation
(1:24:15) – Bitcoin
(1:40:57) – Ethereum and smart contracts
(1:49:43) – Worst disasters in human history
(2:11:41) – How history will remember the current pandemic
(2:25:16) – Hope for the future
(2:33:46) – Love
(2:40:24) – Meaning of life

#238 – Francis Collins: National Institutes of Health (NIH) Nov 05, 2021

Francis Collins is the director of the NIH and former head of the Human Genome Project. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(10:51) – Gain-of-function research of viruses
(23:00) – Bioterrorism
(27:30) – Tony Fauci
(37:41) – COVID Vaccines
(43:46) – Joe Rogan
(50:49) – Variants
(55:31) – Rapid at home testing
(59:44) – Animal testing
(1:05:09) – Stepping down as director of the NIH
(1:09:03) – Barack Obama
(1:11:06) – Accelerating Medicines Partnership
(1:21:44) – Faith
(1:27:12) – Fear of death
(1:30:15) – Meaning of life

#237 – Steve Viscelli: Trucking and the Decline of the American Dream Nov 03, 2021

Steve Viscelli is a former truck driver and now an economic sociologist at University of Pennsylvania studying freight transportation, including autonomous trucks. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(19:49) – Challenges of driving a truck
(38:28) – Trucking industry: State of affairs
(1:11:33) – Future of autonomous trucks
(1:37:49) – Solving the automated truck dilemma
(2:09:44) – Role of society in automated trucking
(2:36:53) – Tesla and revolutionizing the trucking industry
(2:56:33) – Hope and final thoughts

#236 – Jimmy Pedro: Judo and the Forging of Champions Oct 31, 2021

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(32:25) – Russian approach to randori
(45:57) – Judo gripping
(57:25) – IOC
(1:07:50) – Toughest match
(1:12:57) – Jimmy Pedro Sr
(1:32:12) – Travis Stevens
(1:51:42) – Kayla Harrison
(2:10:00) – Putin and judo
(2:14:12) – Getting started in judo
(2:18:58) – BJJ
(2:22:24) – Advice for young people

#235 – Michael Mina: Rapid COVID Testing Oct 29, 2021

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(18:17) – Medical devices and FDA classification
(24:37) – Rapid test availability
(40:59) – Who is in charge of public health?
(57:38) – Testing privacy
(1:04:54) – Biden’s COVID-19 Action Plan
(1:16:08) – Uncertainty, fear, and COVID
(1:23:02) – Vaccines and herd immunity
(1:31:42) – Meditation and consciousness
(1:41:44) – Minimalism and Capitalism
(1:45:20) – The future of humanity

#234 – Stephen Wolfram: Complexity and the Fabric of Reality Oct 27, 2021

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(20:51) – Randomness in the universe
(25:12) – The Wolfram Physics Project
(37:14) – Space and time are discrete
(49:19) – Quantum mechanics and hypergraphs
(58:33) – What is intelligence
(1:09:16) – Computational equivalence
(1:17:36) – What it is like to be a cellular automata
(1:32:00) – Making prediction vs explanations
(1:45:20) – Why does the universe exist
(1:51:01) – The universe and rulial space
(1:59:44) – Does an atom have consciousness
(2:10:10) – Why does our universe exist
(2:18:41) – What is outside the ruliad
(2:29:15) – Automated proof systems
(2:45:10) – Multicomputation for biology
(3:03:41) – Cardano NFT collaboration with Wolfram Alpha
(3:10:41) – Global theory of economics

#233 – Carl Hart: Heroin, Cocaine, MDMA, Alcohol & the Role of Drugs in Society Oct 23, 2021

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(07:33) – The experience of drugs
(18:38) – Drug use for grownups
(24:21) – Studies on drugs
(25:31) – Negative effects of drugs
(30:59) – Should all drugs be legalized
(36:27) – War on drugs: positive or negative
(42:19) – Proper, positive, and misuse of drugs
(46:40) – Recovery
(53:34) – Drug depiction in movies
(57:05) – How the study of drugs changed Carl
(59:28) – Formative memories
(1:03:57) – Greatest hip hop artist of all time
(1:07:19) – What mind altering drugs teach us
(1:11:26) – Advice for young people
(1:13:31) – The meaning of life

#232 – Brian Greene: Quantum Gravity, Big Bang, Aliens, Life, Death, and Meaning Oct 20, 2021

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(31:20) – Quantum gravity
(34:40) – String theory
(48:07) – Time
(1:00:39) – Free will
(1:05:02) – Emergence and complexity
(1:12:14) – The Big Bang
(1:25:13) – Extraterrestrial life
(1:35:35) – Space exploration
(1:43:33) – Fear of death

#231 – Alex Gladstein: Bitcoin, Authoritarianism, and Human Rights Oct 16, 2021

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(08:36) – Universal human rights
(22:35) – Authoritarianism
(32:46) – AIs impact on civil liberties
(44:09) – Edward Snowden and government surveillance
(47:48) – Money
(52:01) – Bitcoin
(1:07:48) – Government response to Bitcoin
(1:18:19) – The blockchain
(1:23:42) – Can Bitcoin fail?
(1:26:33) – Bitcoin scams
(1:30:17) – Patriotism
(1:32:41) – Human Rights Foundation
(1:37:15) – Conflict with China
(1:40:05) – Corporate accountability
(1:55:27) – Garry Kasparov and the HRF
(2:00:36) – Journalism, conversations, and truth
(2:07:50) – Alex’s book recommendations
(2:15:56) – Attacks on Bitcoin
(2:17:35) – The future of humanity
(2:21:57) – Advice for young people
(2:33:13) – Meaning of life

#230 – Kelsi Sheren: War, Artillery, PTSD, and Love Oct 14, 2021

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(07:50) – World War II
(18:54) – Yeonmi Park, starvation, and mental health
(33:10) – Kelsi’s 9/11 experience
(36:39) – Becoming a soldier
(43:07) – Artillery: The Hand of God
(52:49) – Weapons training
(1:10:35) – Pre-Deployment
(1:26:42) – Arrival to Afghanistan
(1:48:55) – Tragic war story
(2:13:59) – Feelings after tragedy
(2:17:41) – The Taliban
(2:23:17) – Retrospective: 20 years in Afghanistan
(2:39:57) – How war changes people
(2:45:18) – PTSD
(3:14:13) – Ayahuasca and mental recovery
(3:46:09) – Love
(4:04:12) – Advice for young people
(4:07:33) – Death
(4:13:22) – World War II

#229 – Richard Wrangham: Role of Violence, Sex, and Fire in Human Evolution Oct 10, 2021

Richard Wrangham is a biological anthropologist at Harvard, specializing in the study of primates and the evolution of violence, sex, cooking, culture, and other aspects of ape and human behavior. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(08:13) – Violence in humans vs violence in chimps
(27:45) – Study of violence in chimps
(46:40) – Human evolution and violence
(1:43:08) – The Goodness Paradox and Catching Fire
(1:55:26) – How cooking changed our evolution
(2:10:11) – The beauty of the human mind emerges
(2:14:18) – A map of how chimps, gorillas, and humans are all related
(2:26:50) – Preserving nature
(2:34:41) – The meaning of life

#228 – RZA: Wu-Tang Clan, Kung Fu, Chess, God, Life, and Death Oct 05, 2021

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(06:57) – Life and death
(14:16) – Quincy Jones
(19:39) – Quentin Tarantino
(23:05) – Kung Fu
(28:01) – Biggie
(29:48) – Tupac
(32:45) – Nas
(35:48) – Favorite verse
(39:46) – Who is God?
(44:56) – Wu-Tang Clan
(48:49) – Bruce Lee
(55:40) – Godfather
(1:01:36) – Veganism
(1:06:27) – AI
(1:10:41) – Chess
(1:14:00) – American Gangster
(1:19:55) – Creativity
(1:26:24) – Advice for young people
(1:29:47) – Meaning of life

#227 – Sean Kelly: Existentialism, Nihilism, and the Search for Meaning Sep 30, 2021

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(06:50) – Existentialism
(26:58) – Nietzsche and nihilism
(44:35) – Dostoevsky
(1:00:02) – Camus and suicide
(1:18:31) – The Big Lebowski
(1:26:20) – Ayn Rand
(1:36:28) – Evil
(1:47:03) – Heidegger
(1:58:43) – Hubert Dreyfus
(2:04:35) – Moby Dick
(2:15:51) – David Foster Wallace
(2:36:03) – Can AI make art?
(2:55:46) – Meaning of life

#226 – Jo Boaler: How to Learn Math Sep 27, 2021

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(23:56) – Students giving up on math
(35:17) – Improving math education in schools
(45:14) – Inspiring mathematical creativity
(1:03:00) – youcubed
(1:07:20) – Best methods for studying math
(1:27:54) – Advice for young people

#225 – Jeffrey Shainline: Neuromorphic Computing and Optoelectronic Intelligence Sep 26, 2021

Jeffrey Shainline is a physicist at NIST working on. Note: Opinions expressed by Jeff do not represent NIST. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(05:56) – How are processors made?
(25:15) – Are engineers or physicists more important
(27:43) – Super-conductivity
(43:31) – Computation
(48:07) – Computation vs communication
(51:48) – Electrons for computation and light for communication
(1:02:32) – Neuromorphic computing
(1:27:23) – What is NIST?
(1:30:41) – Implementing super-conductivity
(1:38:20) – The future of neuromorphic computing
(1:57:54) – Loop neurons
(2:04:09) – Machine learning
(2:18:36) – Cosmological evolution
(2:25:44) – Cosmological natural selection
(2:43:05) – Life in the universe
(2:50:52) – The rare Earth hypothesis

#224 – Travis Oliphant: NumPy, SciPy, Anaconda, Python & Scientific Programming Sep 23, 2021

Travis Oliphant is a data scientist, entrepreneur, and creator of NumPy, SciPy, and Anaconda. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(07:06) – Early programming
(28:47) – SciPy
(45:41) – Open source
(57:23) – NumPy
(1:34:39) – Guido van Rossum
(1:46:57) – Efficiency
(1:55:49) – Objects
(2:02:47) – Numba
(2:11:53) – Anaconda
(2:16:20) – Conda
(2:31:56) – Quansight Labs
(2:35:32) – OpenTeams
(2:43:05) – GitHub
(2:48:35) – Marketing
(2:53:13) – Great programming
(3:04:03) – Hiring
(3:08:01) – Advice for young people

#223 – Travis Stevens: Judo, Olympics, and Mental Toughness Sep 21, 2021

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(10:08) – What is Judo?
(17:55) – Travis’s signature throw
(23:20) – Fundamentals
(25:12) – Throws
(38:04) – Gripping
(46:37) – Weight cutting
(1:15:50) – Injuries
(1:19:50) – Jiu-Jitsu
(1:23:33) – Lex on his judo competition experience
(1:26:58) – Levels of mastery
(1:40:09) – Matches
(1:54:10) – Travis inspired Lex to practice judo
(2:00:24) – London 2012 Olympic games
(2:42:01) – 2016 Olympic games
(3:16:24) – Mixed team competition
(3:23:50) – The value of epic throws
(3:27:17) – Shohei Ono
(3:33:39) – Chess
(3:38:42) – The coach
(3:45:18) – Advice for young people

#222 – Jay McClelland: Neural Networks and the Emergence of Cognition Sep 20, 2021

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(07:12) – Beauty in neural networks
(11:31) – Darwin and evolution
(17:16) – The origin of intelligence
(23:58) – Explorations in cognition
(30:02) – Learning representations by back-propagating errors
(36:27) – Dave Rumelhart and cognitive modeling
(49:30) – Connectionism
(1:12:23) – Geoffrey Hinton
(1:14:19) – Learning in a neural network
(1:31:11) – Mathematics & reality
(1:38:19) – Modeling intelligence
(1:48:57) – Noam Chomsky and linguistic cognition
(2:03:18) – Advice for young people
(2:14:26) – Psychiatry and exploring the mind
(2:27:04) – Legacy
(2:32:53) – Meaning of life

#221 – Douglas Lenat: Cyc and the Quest to Solve Common Sense Reasoning in AI Sep 15, 2021

Douglas Lenat is the founder of Cyc, a 37 year project aiming to solve common-sense knowledge and reasoning in AI. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(07:39) – What is Cyc?
(15:45) – How to form a knowledge base of the universe
(26:11) – How to train an AI knowledge base
(30:32) – Global consistency versus local consistency
(54:53) – Automated reasoning
(1:00:33) – Direct uses of AI and machine learning
(1:13:11) – The semantic web
(1:23:44) – Tools to help Cyc interpret data
(1:32:54) – The most beautiful idea about Cyc
(1:38:53) – Love and consciousness in AI
(1:45:52) – The greatness of Marvin Minsky
(1:50:46) – Is Cyc just a beautiful dream?
(1:55:31) – What is OpenCyc and how was it born?
(2:01:21) – The open source community and OpenCyc
(2:11:48) – The inference problem
(2:13:31) – Cyc’s programming language
(2:21:05) – Ontological engineering
(2:28:30) – Do machines think?
(2:37:15) – Death and consciousness
(2:47:16) – What would you say to AI?
(2:51:52) – Advice to young people
(2:53:48) – Mortality

#220 – Niels Jorgensen: New York Firefighters and the Heroes of 9/11 Sep 11, 2021

Niels Jorgensen is a former New York firefighter for over 21 years, who was there at Ground Zero on September 11th, 2001. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(08:52) – September 11, 2001
(36:48) – Falling man
(40:58) – Ground Zero
(47:17) – 20 for 20
(50:27) – What it means to be a great firefighter
(53:11) – Why did you become a firefighter?
(55:00) – Tally Ho
(57:46) – New view of the world
(1:05:16) – Empathy
(1:09:49) – Leukemia
(1:25:18) – New York City
(1:31:28) – John Feal
(1:44:57) – Conspiracy theories
(1:53:45) – Faith
(1:55:44) – Modern communication
(2:00:11) – Hand written letters
(2:14:02) – Love
(2:25:45) – War in Afghanistan
(2:37:24) – Brave stories from 9/11

#219 – Donald Knuth: Programming, Algorithms, Hard Problems & the Game of Life Sep 09, 2021

Donald Knuth is a computer scientist, Turing Award winner, father of algorithm analysis, author of The Art of Computer Programming, and creator of TeX. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(07:02) – First programs
(30:26) – Literate programming
(33:35) – Beauty in programming
(39:30) – OpenAI
(48:41) – Optimization
(54:46) – Consciousness
(1:03:29) – Conway’s game of life
(1:16:16) – Stable marriage
(1:19:35) – Richard Feynman
(1:30:29) – Knuth-Morris-Pratt Algorithm
(1:40:02) – Hardest problem
(1:57:41) – Open source
(2:02:54) – Favorite symbols
(2:12:27) – Productivity
(2:20:08) – Meaning of life

#218 – Jaron Lanier: Virtual Reality, Social Media & the Future of Humans and AI Sep 06, 2021

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(08:04) – What is reality?
(12:17) – Turing machines
(13:35) – Simulating our universe
(19:49) – Video games and other immersive experiences
(23:37) – Death and consciousness
(32:08) – Designing human-centric AI
(33:42) – Empathy with robots
(37:33) – Social media incentives
(49:53) – Data dignity
(57:26) – Jack Dorsey and Twitter
(1:09:10) – Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies
(1:13:51) – Government overreach and freedom
(1:24:06) – GitHub and TikTok
(1:26:16) – The Autodidactic Universe
(1:31:07) – Humans and the mystery of music
(1:37:17) – Defining moments
(1:48:03) – Mortality
(1:49:56) – The meaning of life

#217 – Rodney Brooks: Robotics Sep 03, 2021

Rodney Brooks is a roboticist, former head of CSAIL at MIT, and co-founder of iRobot, Rethink Robotics, and Robust.AI. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(28:58) – Brains and computers
(1:01:47) – Self-driving cars
(1:21:57) – Believing in the impossible
(1:32:47) – Predictions
(1:43:49) – iRobot
(2:11:11) – Sharing an office with AI experts
(2:23:21) – Advice for young people
(2:27:07) – Meaning of life

#216 – Vincent Racaniello: Viruses and Vaccines Sep 01, 2021

Vincent Racaniello is a virologist, immunologist, and microbiologist at Columbia. He is a co-author of the textbook Principles of Virology and co-host of This Week in Virology podcast. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(10:24) – Microbiology by numbers
(15:47) – From bacteria to an organism
(23:46) – AlphaFold 2
(27:44) – Simulating an evolutionary arms race
(53:11) – The most terrifying virus
(1:14:54) – SARS-CoV-2
(1:29:38) – Coronaviruses and Influenza. What’s the difference?
(1:35:45) – Vaccines
(1:41:43) – Lex on his reaction to the COVID-19 vaccine shot
(1:47:39) – Modern vaccines
(1:52:39) – How does mRNA vaccine work?
(1:55:26) – Are mRNA vaccines safe?
(2:21:52) – Lex on trust in authority
(2:36:59) – Ivermectin
(2:43:39) – Hydroxychloroquine
(2:48:22) – Variants and mutations
(2:55:20) – Testing
(3:03:27) – How does COVID-19 spread?
(3:06:37) – Masks
(3:15:05) – Bret Weinstein vs Sam Harris
(3:18:39) – This Week in Virology
(3:28:19) – Advice for young people
(3:30:42) – Meaning of life

#215 – Wojciech Zaremba: OpenAI Codex, GPT-3, Robotics, and the Future of AI Aug 29, 2021

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(07:57) – The Fermi paradox
(14:59) – Systems of government
(17:36) – Life, intelligence, and consciousness
(24:49) – GPT language model
(27:02) – Engineering consciousness
(31:19) – Is there an algorithm for intelligence?
(38:41) – Neural networks and deep learning
(51:32) – Human reward functions
(56:26) – Love is part of the human condition
(58:53) – Expanding our circle of empathy
(1:02:58) – Psychedelics and meditation
(1:14:25) – Ilya Sutskever
(1:21:42) – How does GPT work?
(1:31:35) – AI safety
(1:38:21) – OpenAI Codex
(1:51:54) – Robotics
(2:01:11) – Developing self driving cars and robots
(2:12:02) – What is the benchmark for intelligence?
(2:15:04) – Will we spend more time in virtual reality?
(2:17:18) – AI Friendships
(2:26:48) – Sleep
(2:29:22) – Generating good ideas
(2:35:47) – Advice for young people
(2:40:31) – Getting started with machine learning
(2:43:44) – What is beauty?
(2:47:35) – Death
(2:54:23) – Meaning of life

#214 – Jed Buchwald: Isaac Newton and the Philosophy of Science Aug 27, 2021

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(22:48) – Theory of Everything
(34:40) – Consciousness
(38:15) – Most Beautiful Moments in Science
(46:00) – Isaac Newton
(1:12:13) – Competition in Science
(1:22:47) – Newton’s Career
(1:35:58) – Importance of Data
(1:42:17) – Alchemy
(1:46:31) – Newton and Religion
(1:49:44) – Showing Newton the future
(1:54:28) – Newton and Einstein

#213 – Barry Barish: Gravitational Waves and the Most Precise Device Ever Built Aug 23, 2021

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(18:02) – Enrico Fermi
(24:34) – Birth of the Nuclear Age
(29:42) – The Fermi Paradox
(34:45) – Gravity
(51:28) – Philosophical Implications of General Relativity
(58:34) – Detecting Gravitational Waves
(1:01:47) – LIGO
(1:34:45) – Nobel Prize
(1:49:34) – Black Holes
(2:01:53) – Space Exploration
(2:09:48) – Books
(2:18:37) – Advice for young people
(2:24:33) – Meaning of life

#212 – Joscha Bach: Nature of Reality, Dreams, and Consciousness Aug 21, 2021

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(07:15) – Life is hard
(09:38) – Consciousness
(16:24) – What is life?
(26:33) – Free will
(40:38) – Simulation
(42:49) – Base layer of reality
(58:24) – Boston Dynamics
(1:06:43) – Engineering consciousness
(1:17:12) – Suffering
(1:26:06) – Postmodernism
(1:30:25) – Psychedelics
(1:43:40) – GPT-3
(1:52:22) – GPT-4
(1:58:47) – OpenAI Codex
(2:01:02) – Humans vs AI: Who is more dangerous?
(2:17:47) – Hitler
(2:22:44) – Autonomous weapon systems
(2:30:11) – Mark Zuckerberg
(2:35:47) – Love
(2:50:00) – Michael Malice and anarchism
(3:06:57) – Love
(3:11:05) – Advice for young people
(3:15:42) – Meaning of life

#211 – Brian Muraresku: The Secret History of Psychedelics Aug 15, 2021

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(00:00) – Introduction
(09:46) – Who or what is God?
(25:15) – Terence McKenna’s DMT Trips
(29:58) – Psychedelics were the source of collective intelligence
(40:30) – Psychedelics in ancient alcohol
(43:30) – The Immortality Key
(46:16) – Jesus and psychedelic wine
(58:56) – Role of rituals in human society
(1:02:37) – Human confrontation with death
(1:05:15) – The future of the human experience
(1:17:07) – The role of religion in society
(1:22:54) – The future of psychedelics research
(1:26:05) – Fasting and meditation as religious experiences
(1:29:44) – Neuralink and BCIs
(1:36:42) – Is LSD a crutch or an aid in creative work
(1:39:21) – Nietzsche said God is dead
(1:41:48) – Creatures people meet while on psychedelics
(1:47:18) – Consciousness
(1:53:41) – Books or movies that made an impact
(1:57:39) – Meaning of life

#210 – Matt Walker: Sleep Aug 11, 2021

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(09:56) – Putin moment: Lex takes Matt’s sunglasses
(10:17) – Fascination with sleep
(14:26) – Why do we sleep?
(22:58) – Computer vision for driver assistance
(32:19) – Consciousness is fundamental
(40:25) – Lex on human to robot connection
(42:52) – Scent of a Woman is better than “John Wick”
(54:33) – Distinction between coffee and caffeine
(1:20:17) – The science of ‘sleeping on it’
(1:34:10) – Lex on his sleeping schedule
(1:59:14) – Chronotypes
(2:06:44) – How to overcome insomnia
(2:24:07) – Diet and sleep
(2:33:03) – Where do dreams come from?
(2:46:41) – How sleep affects emotions
(2:53:35) – Meaning of life

#209 – Luís and João Batalha: Fermat’s Library and the Art of Studying Papers Aug 09, 2021

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(10:18) – Backstories to research papers
(25:09) – Fermat’s Library
(45:10) – Scientific publishing
(1:08:50) – How to read a paper
(1:14:44) – Taking good notes
(1:23:23) – Favorite papers on Fermat’s Library
(2:04:14) – Fermat’s Library on Twitter
(2:13:46) – What it takes to build a successful startup
(2:22:43) – Game of Thrones
(2:25:30) – Realism in science fiction movies
(2:31:29) – Greatest soccer player of all time
(2:54:18) – Advice for young people

#208 – Jeff Hawkins: The Thousand Brains Theory of Intelligence Aug 08, 2021

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(10:35) – Collective intelligence
(17:17) – The origin of intelligence in the human brain
(30:31) – How intelligent life evolved on Earth
(41:30) – Why humans are special in the universe
(44:48) – Neurons
(49:02) – A Thousand Brains theory of intelligence
(57:42) – How to build superintelligent AI
(1:15:41) – Sam Harris and existential risk of AI
(1:27:43) – Neuralink
(1:34:34) – Will AI prevent the self-destruction of human civilization?
(1:40:05) – Communicating human knowledge to alien civilizations
(1:50:22) – Devil’s advocate
(1:55:16) – Human nature
(2:03:39) – Hardware for AI
(2:10:18) – Advice for young people

#207 – Chris Duffin: The Mad Scientist of Strength Aug 03, 2021

Chris Duffin is a strength athlete, coach, and engineer, setting multiple strength world records including squatting and deadlifting 1000 lbs for multiple reps. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(07:10) – Performing feats of strength
(13:52) – What does it take to lift 1000 lbs for reps?
(16:43) – From 500 to 1000lb
(17:15) – The mechanics of heavy lifting
(28:32) – What did it feel like to do 1000lbs for reps?
(30:26) – Achieving peak performance
(35:16) – Importance of singular focus
(37:48) – Chris’s childhood
(50:37) – The Eagle and the Dragon: A Story of Strength and Reinvention
(58:21) – Lex on business
(1:04:52) – The Disciplines of Strength
(1:09:33) – Powerlifting
(1:22:37) – Role of strength in MMA, BJJ… and baseball
(1:32:38) – What is Kabuki Strength?
(1:38:55) – Equipment
(1:50:09) – The importance of strong feet
(1:59:15) – Chris’s diet
(2:05:37) – Lex on moderation in food
(2:06:11) – Steroids and PED’s
(2:24:14) – Whiskey and deadlifts
(2:33:03) – Is it better to work hard or smart?
(2:41:52) – Advice for young people
(2:45:02) – Fear of death

#206 – Ishan Misra: Self-Supervised Deep Learning in Computer Vision Jul 31, 2021

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(00:00) – Introduction
(07:49) – Self-supervised learning
(16:24) – Self-supervised learning is the dark matter of intelligence
(20:17) – Categorization
(28:50) – Is computer vision still really hard?
(32:35) – Understanding Language
(42:14) – Harder to solve: vision or language
(48:59) – Contrastive learning & energy-based models
(52:59) – Data augmentation
(57:19) – Fixed audio spike by lowering sound with pen tool
(1:05:33) – Real data vs. augmented data
(1:09:16) – Non-contrastive learning energy based self supervised learning methods
(1:12:54) – Unsupervised learning (SwAV)
(1:15:37) – Self-supervised Pretraining (SEER)
(1:20:44) – Self-supervised learning (SSL) architectures
(1:26:43) – VISSL pytorch-based SSL library
(1:29:38) – Multi-modal
(1:37:06) – Active learning
(1:42:45) – Autonomous driving
(1:54:12) – Limits of deep learning
(1:58:19) – Difference between learning and reasoning
(2:03:26) – Building super-human AI
(2:11:14) – Most beautiful idea in self-supervised learning
(2:15:02) – Simulation for training AI
(2:18:27) – Video games replacing reality
(2:19:40) – How to write a good research paper
(2:24:08) – Best programming language for beginners
(2:25:01) – PyTorch vs TensorFlow
(2:28:26) – Advice for getting into machine learning
(2:30:31) – Advice for young people
(2:32:58) – Meaning of life

#205 – Zach Bitter: Ultramarathon Running Jul 29, 2021

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(07:34) – The marathon mentality
(14:43) – The psychology of quitting
(25:49) – Variety in ultramarathons
(33:04) – What does it take to run 100 miles?
(38:27) – Leading ultramarathon events
(42:09) – Training and race strategy
(44:39) – 100 Mile world record
(48:41) – Foot strike variability and cadence
(51:29) – The 11 hour barrier
(54:57) – The most beautiful thing about running
(1:01:19) – Zach’s training regime
(1:06:06) – MAF 180 Formula
(1:16:31) – Training plans
(1:31:30) – Marathons vs. 100 miles
(1:40:31) – Zach’s diet philosophy
(1:55:19) – Fueling for race day
(2:02:34) – Training while fasted
(2:06:11) – Embracing the chaos
(2:07:41) – 100-Mile treadmill WR
(2:11:51) – The legend of Bert Kreischer
(2:16:16) – The Transcontinental Run across America
(2:33:51) – Who is the greatest endurance athlete of all time?
(2:41:04) – Shoe technology in running
(2:54:14) – Human limits
(2:56:49) – Zach’s biggest obstacles
(3:00:34) – Advice for young people

#204 – Cumrun Vafa: String Theory Jul 26, 2021

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(07:08) – Difference between math and physics
(09:51) – Evolution of quantum mechanics
(13:09) – Can mathematics lead humanity off track
(14:07) – Beauty in mathematics
(19:27) – Philosophers using symmetry
(25:20) – How can ancient geometry be used to understand reality
(28:32) – Key ideas in the history of physics
(31:26) – Einstein’s special relativity
(35:03) – Physicists building intuition
(43:01) – Best work by Einstein
(44:45) – Quantum mechanics
(54:47) – Quantum gravity
(57:02) – String theory
(1:13:11) – 10th Dimension
(1:19:48) – Skepticism regarding string theory
(1:30:53) – Key figures in string theory
(1:35:13) – String Theory’s Nobel Prize
(1:38:18) – Edward Witten
(1:46:56) – String Theory Landscape & Swamplands
(1:55:46) – Theories of everything
(2:10:12) – Advice for young people
(2:13:14) – Death

#203 – Anya Fernald: Regenerative Farming and the Art of Cooking Meat Jul 23, 2021

Anya Fernald is the co-founder of Belcampo farms, chef, and regenerative agriculture expert. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(09:04) – Cooking is an art and a service
(10:43) – Food is health
(12:45) – Anticipation makes food taste better
(14:36) – Lex on breaking the 72 hour fast
(18:47) – Falling in love with cooking
(20:28) – Alienation during the diet
(23:09) – Cooking advice for minimalists
(29:14) – Complexity of coconut oil
(32:35) – Anya’s favorite meal
(39:17) – Sources of heat
(41:46) – Why do people freak out about barbecue
(44:58) – Does the origin of the meat itself make a difference?
(47:06) – What is regenerative farming?
(51:16) – AI will be a better farmer than humans
(55:17) – Carbon negative farming is possible right now
(57:04) – Certified Humane
(1:00:34) – Evolutionary diet of animals
(1:03:17) – Neuralink can help us understand animals
(1:07:13) – All grass-fed meat made the same?
(1:11:57) – Health benefits of grass-fed beef
(1:16:29) – What does it take to be a woman CEO of a meat company?
(1:23:57) – Making cheese for Italian mafia
(1:27:56) – How to judge a good meal?
(1:29:58) – The best meal in the world
(1:37:48) – Anya played oboe in the Sicily municipal band
(1:39:23) – Hunting has inspired regenerative farming
(1:44:07) – Meaning of life
(1:45:27) – Advice for young people: grow through discomfort

#202 – Rick Doblin: Psychedelics Jul 21, 2021

Rick Doblin is a psychedelics researcher and the founder and executive director of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS). Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(07:54) – Introduction to psychedelics
(11:09) – Psychedelics reveals the inner depths of humans
(23:43) – Differences between psychedelics
(31:08) – The future of psychedelics
(39:52) – Epigenetics
(45:49) – DMT
(53:16) – Ego dissolution
(56:33) – One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest
(59:32) – Psychedelics and Creativity
(1:03:25) – MKUltra and the Grateful Dead
(1:08:04) – Ted Kaczynski
(1:13:46) – Timothy Leary
(1:21:10) – Good Friday Experiment
(1:25:46) – Forming of MAPS
(1:37:01) – Gaining access to psychedelics
(1:45:30) – MDMA Medical Trials
(2:17:00) – Clinical Trials for other substances
(2:21:43) – Future of society with psychedelics
(2:26:13) – Big Pharma
(2:32:32) – Advice for the younger generations
(2:38:17) – Meaning of life

#201 – Konstantin Batygin: Planet 9 and the Edge of Our Solar System Jul 19, 2021

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(07:17) – Overview of our Solar System
(22:14) – What is the Oort Cloud?
(27:10) – Life in the interstellar medium
(28:42) – Are there aliens out there?
(31:22) – How unique is Earth?
(34:02) – Did Jupiter destroy early planets?
(40:16) – How hard is it to simulate the Universe?
(44:49) – Quantum mechanics in evolution of objects in the Solar system
(49:15) – Simulating the first formations around the Sun
(55:02) – Will it be possible to simulate the full history of the Solar System?
(57:23) – How far should we go with the simulation?
(59:43) – Increasing immersion in video games
(1:06:09) – What is Planet Nine?
(1:12:37) – The origin of life
(1:15:02) – Evidence of Planet Nine
(1:17:32) – Discovery of Neptune
(1:18:42) – When will we find Planet Nine?
(1:21:21) – Planet Nine throws rocks into the Kuiper Belt
(1:25:15) – Could Planet Nine be a primordial black hole?
(1:35:20) – Commercial space revolution boosts science and the human condition
(1:42:46) – Solving sex in space
(1:43:24) – Would humans evolve if we couldn’t see the stars?
(1:49:08) – Military funding and science
(1:53:11) – Is Oumuamua space junk from a distant alien civilization?
(2:06:33) – Wild ideas create the future
(2:14:22) – The perfect place to die
(2:16:03) – Greatest song of all time
(2:22:34) – Music enables science for Konstantin
(2:24:51) – Music practice tips for busy people
(2:28:41) – Memories of 1990s Russia
(2:35:14) – Advice for young people
(2:41:10) – Meaning of life

#200 – Michael Malice: Totalitarianism and Anarchy Jul 15, 2021

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(00:00) – Introduction
(08:00) – Animal Farm
(11:02) – Emma Goldman
(14:07) – Albert Camus
(15:37) – How to be a hero in Nazi Germany
(22:43) – Camus on Existentialism vs Nihilism
(28:44) – Cynicism is a lie
(33:52) – Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union
(54:10) – Lex and Michael argue: can most people think on their own?
(1:05:48) – How Lex and Michael use Twitter
(1:15:11) – Life is beautiful
(1:18:13) – Returning to Ukraine
(1:20:07) – Michael is now an underwear model
(1:24:13) – The Anarchist Handbook
(1:25:59) – Tolstoy was an anarchist
(1:38:41) – Anarchy debate between Lex and Michael
(2:07:49) – Why Michael doesn’t vote
(2:25:04) – Austin and New York
(2:33:40) – Alex Jones

#199 – Roger Reaves: Smuggling Drugs for Pablo Escobar and the Medellin Cartel Jul 11, 2021

Roger Reaves is one of the most prolific drug smugglers in history. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(09:56) – Money
(12:17) – Pablo Escobar
(19:30) – Jorge Ochoa
(27:05) – First time
(31:51) – Landing an airplane on the highway
(34:41) – Barry Seal
(45:05) – Mena, Arkansas
(49:58) – Assassination of Barry Seal
(1:03:10) – American Made
(1:07:22) – Blow
(1:09:28) – Story of torture in a Mexican prison
(1:14:08) – Getting shot down
(1:27:51) – Prison
(1:41:34) – Reflections on a life of crime
(1:46:51) – Advice for young people
(1:49:49) – Love
(2:03:09) – Death
(2:05:55) – Meaning of life
(2:09:58) – Poem

#198 – Sara Walker: The Origin of Life on Earth and Alien Worlds Jul 09, 2021

Sara Walker is an astrobiologist and theoretical physicist interested in the origin of life. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(07:44) – Origin of life
(15:38) – Did aliens seed life on Earth?
(20:48) – What is life?
(32:27) – Cellular automata
(36:56) – The laws of physics may change with time
(46:41) – Nobel Prize for the origin of life
(52:01) – Is consciousness fundamental to the universe?
(1:03:19) – Life is the most deterministic part of physics
(1:05:54) – Free will
(1:14:11) – How to detect alien life
(1:28:48) – How many alien civilization are out there?
(1:35:32) – Shadow biosphere
(1:41:59) – UFO sightings
(1:45:35) – Exponential population growth of AI lifeforms
(1:52:42) – The role of death in life
(1:56:45) – Advice for young people
(2:02:31) – Meaning of life

#197 – Jocko Willink: War, Leadership, and Discipline Jul 05, 2021

Jocko Willink is a retired Navy SEAL, co-author of Extreme Ownership, and host of Jocko Podcast. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(09:01) – The beauty and tragedy of war
(14:35) – Soviet Union in World War II
(20:54) – What makes a just war?
(34:30) – Jordan Peterson
(37:42) – Fear of death
(41:53) – Autonomous weapons systems
(53:28) – What makes a great leader?
(56:15) – Elon Musk – a leadership case study
(1:10:03) – Steve Jobs – a leadership case study
(1:20:16) – Sundar Pichai – a leadership case study
(1:27:15) – Young Jamie
(1:31:23) – Discipline
(1:34:15) – A day in the life of Jocko
(1:40:30) – Jiu Jitsu
(1:56:18) – Books

#196 – Yeonmi Park: North Korea Jul 01, 2021

Yeonmi Park is a North Korean defector, human rights activist, and author of the book In Order to Live. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(09:20) – Growing up in North Korea
(14:45) – Animal Farm
(21:00) – Search for meaning
(25:48) – Love
(28:05) – Language
(32:28) – Yeonmi’s dad
(34:30) – Escaping North Korea
(39:47) – The world is ignoring the genocide in North Korea
(51:49) – Evil
(54:40) – Nuclear war
(55:30) – Marxist origins of North Korea
(1:00:43) – Famine
(1:05:30) – Kim Jong-un is pure evil
(1:12:06) – Freedom
(1:15:18) – Michael Malice
(1:18:57) – Diversity
(1:26:18) – Political correctness
(1:35:50) – Jordan Peterson
(1:40:01) – Michael Malice book on North Korea
(1:45:31) – Advice for young people
(1:48:33) – Facing assassination
(1:58:47) – Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
(2:01:20) – Meaning of life

#195 – Clara Sousa-Silva: Searching for Signs of Life on Venus and Other Planets Jun 28, 2021

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(00:00) – Introduction
(07:57) – Discovery of phosphine on Venus
(20:34) – Phosphine gas
(30:47) – Searching for molecular fingerprints
(41:44) – What does a quantum astrochemist do?
(56:48) – Spectroscopic networks
(1:01:13) – Biosignature gases
(1:04:06) – UFOs and aliens
(1:17:24) – Alien civilizations
(1:34:59) – Programming
(1:42:15) – Why science is beautiful
(1:46:07) – How to be productive
(1:56:27) – Books
(1:57:59) – Meaning of life

#194 – Bret Weinstein: Truth, Science, and Censorship in the Time of a Pandemic Jun 25, 2021

Bret Weinstein is and evolutionary biologist, author, and co-host of the DarkHorse Podcast. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(09:04) – Why biology is beautiful
(16:38) – Boston Dynamics
(20:02) – Being self-critical
(30:09) – Theory of close calls
(38:46) – Lab leak hypothesis
(1:12:41) – Joe Rogan
(1:21:50) – Censorship
(1:58:40) – Vaccines
(2:12:26) – The paper on mice with long telomeres
(2:40:09) – Martyrdom
(2:48:54) – Eric Weinstein
(2:58:13) – Monogamy
(3:10:31) – Advice for young people
(3:17:16) – Meaning of life

#193 – Rob Reid: The Existential Threat of Engineered Viruses and Lab Leaks Jun 21, 2021

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(00:00) – Introduction
(08:33) – The most entertaining outcome is the most likely
(14:52) – Meme theory
(18:12) – Writing process
(24:59) – Engineered viruses as a threat to human civilization
(32:45) – Gain-of-function research on viruses
(44:54) – Did COVID leak from a lab?
(52:15) – Virus detection
(1:00:04) – Failure of institutions
(1:07:48) – Using AI to engineer viruses
(1:12:07) – Evil and competence
(1:21:26) – Where are the aliens?
(1:25:19) – Backing up human consciousness by colonizing space
(1:34:48) – Superintelligence and consciousness
(1:46:12) – Meditation
(1:54:20) – Fasting
(2:00:20) – Greatest song of all time
(2:05:46) – Early days of music streaming
(2:17:39) – Startup advice
(2:30:50) – Podcasting
(2:46:12) – Advice for young people
(2:55:15) – Mortality
(3:00:41) – Meaning of life

#192 – Charles Hoskinson: Cardano Jun 16, 2021

Charles Hoskinson is the founder of Cardano, co-founder of Ethereum, a mathematician, and a farmer. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(09:12) – What programming language is the simulation written in?
(14:17) – Favorite philosophers
(23:18) – Theory vs engineering in cryptocurrency
(34:27) – What programming languages should everyone learn
(42:42) – Haskell and beyond
(46:26) – Plutus: Cardano’s smart contract platform based on Haskell
(50:53) – What is a blockchain?
(55:05) – Hybrid smart contracts
(1:00:55) – Proof of work vs proof of stake
(1:09:42) – Cardano’s proof of stake consensus algorithm
(1:20:14) – What is Cardano?
(1:28:55) – Cardano vs Ethereum vs Bitcoin
(1:38:50) – The problem with Bitcoin
(1:48:24) – Bitcoin Conference
(1:52:05) – Ergo and Alex Chepurnoy
(1:59:15) – Cardano’s Extended UTXO Model
(2:06:27) – Chainlink and Oracle Networks
(2:13:40) – Cardano and Wolfram Alpha
(2:18:35) – The future of video games
(2:27:10) – Smart contracts timeline for Cardano
(2:34:40) – Decentralized exchanges
(2:40:21) – Jack Dorsey and Bitcoin
(2:46:33) – Elon Musk and Tesla: Cardano, Ethereum, Bitcoin
(2:49:50) – Dogecoin and Elon Musk
(3:01:11) – Hydra vs Lightning Network
(3:08:45) – Non-Interactive Proofs of Proof-of-Work (NIPoPoWs)
(3:12:39) – Cardano failure modes
(3:21:00) – Cardano vs Polkadot
(3:26:05) – Vitalik Buterin
(3:34:16) – Corrupting nature of power
(3:44:26) – Satoshi Nakamoto
(3:50:37) – Cardano’s vision for decentralized governance
(4:03:31) – Cardano in Ethiopia
(4:07:33) – El Salvador and Bitcoin
(4:13:50) – Cryptocurrency will inject capitalism with long-term incentives
(4:23:42) – Day in the life of Charles Hoskinson
(4:30:59) – Mushrooms
(4:37:07) – Joe Rogan
(4:42:00) – Video games
(4:54:14) – Advice for young people
(4:57:23) – Meaning of life

#191 – Daniel Schmachtenberger: Steering Civilization Away from Self-Destruction Jun 14, 2021

Daniel Schmachtenberger is a philosopher interested understanding the rise and fall of societies and individuals. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(08:05) – Aliens and UFOs
(26:50) – Collective intelligence of human civilization
(34:46) – Consciousness
(46:08) – How much computation does the human brain perform?
(49:47) – Humans vs ants
(57:04) – Humans are apex predators
(1:04:08) – Girard’s Mimetic Theory of Desire
(1:24:05) – We can never completely understand reality
(1:27:29) – Self-terminating systems
(1:37:52) – Catastrophic risk
(2:08:04) – Adding more love to the world
(2:35:29) – How to build a better world
(2:52:41) – Meaning of life
(3:00:23) – Death
(3:06:04) – The role of government in society
(3:23:29) – Exponential growth of technology
(4:09:10) – Lessons from my father
(4:14:46) – Even suffering is filled with beauty

#190 – Jordan Ellenberg: Mathematics of High-Dimensional Shapes and Geometries Jun 13, 2021

Jordan Ellenberg is a mathematician and author of Shape and How Not to Be Wrong. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(06:44) – Mathematical thinking
(10:21) – Geometry
(14:58) – Symmetry
(25:29) – Math and science in the Soviet Union
(33:09) – Topology
(47:57) – Do we live in many more than 4 dimensions?
(52:28) – How many holes does a straw have
(1:01:53) – 3Blue1Brown
(1:07:40) – Will AI ever win a Fields Medal?
(1:16:05) – Fermat’s last theorem
(1:33:23) – Reality cannot be explained simply
(1:39:08) – Prime numbers
(2:00:37) – John Conway’s Game of Life
(2:12:29) – Group theory
(2:15:45) – Gauge theory
(2:23:47) – Grigori Perelman and the Poincare Conjecture
(2:33:59) – How to learn math
(2:41:08) – Advice for young people
(2:43:13) – Meaning of life

#189 – David Sinclair: Extending the Human Lifespan Beyond 100 Years Jun 07, 2021

David Sinclair is a geneticist at Harvard and author of Lifespan. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(09:34) – Staying young at heart
(13:31) – Bringing people back to life
(19:05) – Wearables and tracking health data
(28:18) – How to solve aging
(38:23) – Why do we age?
(43:50) – Genetic reset switch that reverses aging
(46:20) – AI in biology
(48:52) – Health data
(56:58) – Fasting
(1:04:29) – Diet
(1:12:41) – Exercise
(1:18:01) – Sleep
(1:26:29) – Data
(1:32:00) – Extending lifespan
(1:34:42) – Immortality
(1:40:28) – Denial of death
(1:43:45) – Meaning of life without death

#188 – Vitalik Buterin: Ethereum 2.0 Jun 03, 2021

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(00:00) – Introduction
(08:18) – Shiba Inu story
(25:35) – Regulation
(29:48) – Crime
(34:54) – Proof of stake vs proof of work
(47:43) – Miner extractable value
(53:19) – Scaling
(54:42) – Bitcoin blocksize wars
(1:00:51) – Hard fork vs soft fork
(1:04:34) – Craig Wright
(1:11:18) – Scaling: Sharding
(1:18:07) – Scaling: Rollups
(1:26:30) – Polygon and other Layer 2 technologies
(1:34:11) – Merging PoS and PoW chains
(1:43:49) – Lessons learned from Ethereum 2.0 failure incidents
(1:52:35) – Bitcoin vs Ethereum
(1:58:30) – Dogecoin
(2:04:38) – Elon Musk
(2:07:15) – Chainlink
(2:10:35) – Charles Hoskinson and Cardano
(2:18:08) – AI safety
(2:23:07) – NFTs
(2:25:57) – Scams
(2:35:34) – Longevity
(2:44:55) – Does death give meaning to life?
(2:50:38) – Lex and Vitalik speak Russian
(2:54:29) – Meaning of life
(2:59:48) – Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History and WWII

#187 – Frank Wilczek: Physics of Quarks, Dark Matter, Complexity, Life & Aliens May 29, 2021

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(00:00) – Introduction
(08:39) – Are there limits to what physics can understand?
(17:31) – Beautiful ideas in physics
(25:59) – Space and time are really big
(29:47) – There are billions of thoughts in a human life
(37:09) – Big bang
(45:31) – How life emerged in the universe
(51:33) – Aliens
(1:01:25) – Consciousness
(1:08:53) – Limits of physics
(1:14:29) – Complimentary principle
(1:23:34) – Free will
(1:29:47) – Particles
(1:35:10) – Nobel Prize in Physics
(1:48:24) – Axions and dark matter
(2:03:50) – Time crystals
(2:08:42) – Theory of everything
(2:18:10) – Advice for young people
(2:23:52) – Meaning of life

#186 – Bryan Johnson: Kernel Brain-Computer Interfaces May 24, 2021

Bryan Johnson is the founder and CEO of Kernel, OS Fund, and previously Braintree. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(06:57) – Kernel Flow demo
(16:10) – The future of brain-computer interfaces
(49:39) – Existential risk
(55:18) – Overcoming depression
(1:10:36) – Zeroth principles thinking
(1:18:50) – Engineering consciousness
(1:25:03) – Privacy
(1:29:33) – Neuralink
(1:39:11) – Braintree and Venmo
(1:54:54) – Eating one meal a day
(2:01:07) – Sleep
(2:20:49) – Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro
(2:27:47) – Advice for young people
(2:32:23) – Meaning of life

#185 – Sam Harris: Consciousness, Free Will, Psychedelics, AI, UFOs, and Meaning May 20, 2021

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(08:18) – Where do thoughts come from?
(14:18) – Consciousness
(31:50) – Psychedelics
(41:14) – Nature of reality
(58:09) – Free will
(1:56:55) – Ego
(2:05:59) – Joe Rogan
(2:08:59) – How will human civilization destroy itself?
(2:16:27) – AI
(2:37:10) – Jordan Peterson
(2:45:12) – UFOs
(2:53:02) – Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
(3:02:47) – Love
(3:13:50) – Meaning of life

#184 – Katherine de Kleer: Planets, Moons, and Asteroids in Our Solar System May 17, 2021

Katherine de Kleer is a professor of Planetary Science and Astronomy at Caltech. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(07:07) – Pluto
(12:14) – Kuiper belt
(16:12) – How to study planets and moons
(19:54) – Volcanoes on Io – moon of Jupiter
(32:25) – Is there life in the oceans of Europa?
(41:46) – How unlikely is life on Earth?
(52:15) – Life on Venus
(54:30) – Mars
(1:01:17) – What is interesting about Earth as a planet?
(1:11:55) – Weather patterns
(1:17:04) – Asteroids
(1:26:06) – Will an asteroid hit Earth soon?
(1:34:50) – Oumuamua
(1:50:00) – Book recommendations
(1:56:37) – Advice for young people

#183 – Po-Shen Loh: Mathematics, Math Olympiad, Combinatorics & Contact Tracing May 14, 2021

Po-Shen Loh is a mathematician at CMU and coach of the USA International Math Olympiad team. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(08:51) – Planes and bridges
(12:28) – Writing a computer game from scratch
(14:54) – Programming competitions
(18:28) – Math is hard
(23:59) – Contact tracing that preserves privacy
(1:01:16) – Math Olympiad
(1:16:57) – Hard math problem
(1:24:14) – Is math discovered or invented?
(1:29:09) – Intelligence
(1:35:59) – Math education
(1:40:10) – How to learn math
(1:49:06) – Combinatorics
(1:52:13) – Voting trees
(2:02:36) – Stochastic coalescence
(2:12:23) – P=NP
(2:16:39) – Tolkien and WWII
(2:19:00) – Advice for young people
(2:21:05) – Meaning of life

#182 – John Danaher: The Path to Mastery in Jiu Jitsu, Grappling, Judo, and MMA May 09, 2021

John Danaher is a coach, scholar, and educator of jiu jitsu, submission grappling, judo, MMA, and the martial arts. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(07:02) – Fear of death
(17:18) – The path to greatness
(22:57) – Judo
(27:07) – Seoi nage judo throw
(39:21) – Fundamentals of jiu jitsu
(45:34) – Developing new techniques
(53:24) – Value of training with lower belts
(1:03:23) – Escaping bad positions
(1:10:18) – Submissions
(1:14:30) – Reinventing yourself in 5 years
(1:30:38) – Drilling
(1:49:10) – Leglock system
(2:08:44) – How hard is it to break a leg?
(2:12:52) – Greatest jiu jitsu player ever
(2:17:42) – Roger Gracie
(2:22:25) – Gordon Ryan
(2:27:16) – Georges St-Pierre
(2:36:26) – Superintelligent Robot vs Cyborg Gordon Ryan
(3:12:07) – Advice to white belts
(3:15:24) – What does it take to get a black belt
(3:16:09) – Best martial art for street fighting
(3:23:23) – Tie chokes
(3:27:44) – Austin
(3:32:23) – Meaning of life

#181 – Sergey Nazarov: Chainlink, Smart Contracts, and Oracle Networks May 01, 2021

Sergey Nazarov is the Co-Founder of Chainlink, a decentralized oracle network that provides data to smart contracts. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(07:56) – Hedgy
(08:22) – Digital vs physical world
(16:16) – Definitive truth
(20:31) – Decentralized finance
(29:00) – Smart contracts
(35:16) – Hybrid smart contracts and oracle networks
(52:02) – Applications of smart contracts
(1:10:08) – AI and smart contracts
(1:17:40) – What agreements can be turned into smart contracts?
(1:28:43) – Privacy
(1:39:01) – Trust
(1:54:36) – Bitcoin
(2:02:50) – Satoshi Nakamoto
(2:10:10) – Ethereum
(2:15:59) – Chainlink design decisions
(2:28:27) – Dogecoin
(2:32:44) – Book recommendations
(2:44:54) – Advice for young people
(2:56:58) – Meaning of life

#180 – Jeremi Suri: History of American Power Apr 30, 2021

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(14:33) – Power of charisma
(20:24) – US presidency
(31:10) – Aliens
(36:17) – Bill Clinton
(39:07) – Students of history
(43:58) – George Washington
(46:44) – Putin
(53:27) – FDR
(1:08:39) – Henry Kissinger
(1:18:32) – Realpolitik
(1:30:22) – What is a just war?
(1:36:27) – Cold war
(1:40:44) – Communism in the United States
(1:50:42) – Vaccines and the future of the human species
(1:55:57) – Book recommendations
(1:57:31) – Learning another language
(2:01:58) – Advice for young people
(2:08:10) – Grandmother
(2:11:03) – Meaning of life

#179 – Georges St-Pierre: The Science of Fighting Apr 26, 2021

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(08:09) – Love of winning
(11:01) – Suffering
(12:03) – Fasting
(22:01) – Carnivore
(28:30) – Fear
(36:02) – Strategy
(39:12) – Mind games
(42:54) – Mental games
(48:00) – Science of fighting
(1:11:39) – GOAT
(1:15:22) – A fight vs Khabib
(1:25:03) – Free will
(1:28:49) – Consciousness
(1:31:05) – AI
(1:41:13) – Aliens
(1:52:21) – Dreams
(1:57:55) – Father
(2:02:58) – Life and love
(2:17:07) – Advice for young people
(2:19:28) – How to learn
(2:22:55) – Bruce Lee
(2:26:04) – Tie choke
(2:32:49) – Best martial art for self-defense
(2:37:28) – Meaning of life

#178 – Michael Malice and Yaron Brook: Ayn Rand, Human Nature, and Anarchy Apr 24, 2021

Michael Malice is an anarchist. Yaron Brook is an objectivist. Both are podcasters and authors. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(09:43) – Desert island thought experiment
(15:00) – Communism
(18:30) – Immanuel Kant
(19:39) – Donald Hoffman
(30:10) – DMT elves
(38:52) – Humility
(55:45) – Jordan Peterson and religion
(1:05:23) – Ben Shapiro: facts don’t care about your feelings
(1:19:23) – Why Ayn Rand is controversial
(1:41:01) – Selfishness
(1:44:43) – Communism and fascism
(2:11:42) – Authoritarianism
(2:20:02) – Bitcoin
(2:46:13) – Anarchy debate
(3:44:08) – Dangers of communism
(3:49:47) – Favorite character in Ayn Rand s Atlas Shrugged
(3:58:25) – Advice for young people
(4:15:24) – Does love require sacrifice?
(4:23:12) – Back to the island

#177 – Risto Miikkulainen: Neuroevolution and Evolutionary Computation Apr 19, 2021

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(06:51) – If we re-ran Earth over 1 million times
(10:08) – Would aliens detect humans?
(12:46) – Evolution of intelligent life
(16:31) – Fear of death
(22:47) – Hyenas
(26:12) – Language
(29:43) – The magic of programming
(35:43) – Neuralink
(43:15) – Surprising discoveries by AI
(46:49) – How evolutionary computation works
(58:12) – Learning to walk
(1:01:25) – Robots and a theory of mind
(1:10:29) – Neuroevolution
(1:20:47) – Tesla Autopilot
(1:24:11) – Language and vision
(1:29:53) – Aliens communicating with humans
(1:35:29) – Would AI learn to lie to humans?
(1:42:03) – Artificial life
(1:46:56) – Cellular automata
(1:52:32) – Advice for young people
(1:57:09) – Meaning of life

#176 – Robert Breedlove: Philosophy of Bitcoin from First Principles Apr 17, 2021

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(08:46) – Sovereignty
(15:50) – Territorial imperative
(20:28) – Property
(26:33) – Anarchism
(29:11) – Inflation is theft
(33:35) – Volatility is truth
(38:14) – Taleb and Bitcoin
(42:22) – Life is information propagating through flesh
(53:21) – Intelligence
(57:34) – Space and time
(1:04:16) – Pragmatic truth
(1:15:14) – Creative destruction
(1:19:03) – Capitalism vs Communism
(1:31:46) – Jordan Peterson on religion
(1:36:03) – Inflation
(1:39:54) – What is money?
(1:53:30) – What is Bitcoin?
(2:04:36) – Bitcoin vs other cryptocurrencies
(2:12:47) – Can governments ban Bitcoin?
(2:25:29) – Bitcoin toxicity is tough love
(2:38:47) – Crypto scammers
(2:47:58) – Eric Weinstein and Bitcoin
(2:54:21) – Satoshi Nakamoto
(2:58:51) – Money is energy
(3:06:05) – Proof of stake vs proof of work
(3:08:45) – Morality
(3:23:30) – Collapse of the Soviet Union
(3:27:00) – Jordan Peterson and Bitcoin
(3:39:28) – Book recommendations
(3:58:49) – Advice for young people
(4:02:20) – Love

#175 – Yannis Pappas: History and Comedy Apr 12, 2021

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(08:39) – Tim Dillon and absolute power
(16:00) – Mortality
(24:01) – Immortality
(31:47) – Dogs
(38:26) – Power
(43:46) – Hyenas
(49:00) – Nature is metal
(51:53) – Battle of Crete
(59:21) – History is written by the victors
(1:04:09) – History Hyenas podcast
(1:16:18) – Bernie Madoff
(1:19:23) – Jeffrey Epstein
(1:24:16) – Hitler
(1:26:24) – Conspiracy theories
(1:29:34) – Andrew Yang and New York City
(1:33:01) – Podcast with Lex’s dad
(1:36:09) – Andrew Yang and the prison-industrial complex
(1:41:57) – Queen Elizabeth
(1:49:04) – Advice for young people

#174 – Tyler Cowen: Economic Growth and the Fight Against Conformity and Mediocrity Apr 10, 2021

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(07:24) – Economics
(09:16) – Nuclear war
(16:03) – The American dream
(23:16) – Capitalism: pros and cons
(29:50) – Is competition good for the world?
(31:53) – Free market
(32:57) – Anarchy
(35:23) – Ayn Rand
(40:04) – The case for big business
(44:31) – Clubhouse
(49:35) – Loneliness
(51:47) – Eric Weinstein and economic growth
(56:08) – Communism
(58:58) – Putin
(1:04:29) – China
(1:09:21) – UBI
(1:13:17) – Disagreement with Eric Weinstein
(1:17:09) – Money, Bitcoin, and Ethereum
(1:25:20) – WallStreetBets
(1:29:16) – MIT
(1:36:44) – UFO sightings
(1:44:03) – Contemporary art is misunderstood
(1:51:06) – Mexican food is the best in the world
(1:55:56) – Jiro Dreams of Sushi
(1:59:59) – Book recommendations
(2:02:15) – Advice for young people
(2:05:53) – Love
(2:11:35) – Mortality
(2:13:25) – Meaning of life

#173 – Nic Carter: Bitcoin Core Values, Layered Scaling, and Blocksize Debates Apr 01, 2021

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(13:05) – Can humans fully understand reality?
(15:34) – The dollar system
(21:44) – Bitcoin
(23:19) – Opendime
(27:22) – Core values of Bitcoin
(35:51) – Who is Satoshi Nakamoto?
(41:39) – How Bitcoin works
(50:02) – Bitcoin blocksize wars
(1:02:27) – Layered scaling of Bitcoin
(1:07:25) – Lightning network
(1:10:25) – Schnorr/Taproot update to Bitcoin
(1:15:17) – Criticisms of Bitcoin
(1:25:04) – Bitcoin failure modes
(1:33:07) – Bitcoin vs Ethereum
(1:37:03) – Vitalik Buterin
(1:39:56) – Creative destruction
(1:44:51) – Future of Bitcoin
(1:48:38) – Tesla, Elon Musk, and Dogecoin
(1:56:44) – NFTs
(2:04:00) – Bitcoin maximalism
(2:10:37) – On writing
(2:16:37) – Writing a book on Bitcoin
(2:21:07) – Bitcoin resources
(2:23:57) – Book recommendations
(2:25:56) – Advice for young people
(2:29:13) – Meaning of life

#172 – Ryan Schiller: Librex and the Free Exchange of Ideas on College Campuses Mar 30, 2021

Ryan Schiller is the creator of Librex, an anonymous discussion feed for college communities. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(07:06) – Librex
(08:59) – Deep Fakes
(13:06) – Silencing of ideas
(24:01) – Building Librex
(33:47) – How Librex took over Dartmouth
(42:13) – Anonymity
(45:04) – Private vs public life
(54:32) – Building a sense of community
(59:14) – Refusing to sell user data
(1:06:05) – Moderation
(1:12:54) – Freedom of speech
(1:23:45) – Scaling
(1:28:02) – Yik Yak
(1:35:22) – AWS and Parler
(1:40:25) – Safe spaces
(1:43:22) – Jeffrey Epstein
(1:52:50) – Chess and poker
(2:03:29) – Advice for young people
(2:14:21) – Book recommendations
(2:20:16) – Mortality

#171 – Anthony Pompliano: Bitcoin Mar 25, 2021

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(08:54) – Army
(16:35) – Iraq
(24:14) – Will there always be war?
(31:27) – Bitcoin maximalism
(39:56) – Money is a belief system
(42:27) – Bitcoin
(46:03) – Censorship
(50:35) – Bitcoin as main currency
(59:27) – Scarcity creates value
(1:01:08) – Money is time
(1:09:34) – Eric Weinstein vs Bitcoin Community
(1:23:23) – Ray Dalio
(1:40:31) – Bitclout
(1:43:43) – How to get Bitcoin
(1:54:28) – Investing
(2:05:05) – Volatility
(2:18:08) – Philosophy of the meme
(2:28:03) – Dogecoin
(2:37:33) – NFTs
(2:43:21) – Virtual reality
(2:48:17) – AI
(2:54:18) – Bitcoin resources
(2:58:44) – Book recommendations
(3:01:22) – Can money buy happiness?
(3:03:16) – Meaning of life

#170 – Ronald Sullivan: The Ideal of Justice in the Face of Controversy and Evil Mar 22, 2021

Ronald Sullivan is a law professor at Harvard and previously a lawyer for Harvey Weinstein and Aaron Hernandez. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(09:48) – Harvey Weinstein
(15:53) – Harvard succumbs to pressure
(27:08) – Safe spaces
(33:26) – Cancel culture
(36:23) – Evil
(40:33) – Hitler
(45:09) – Criminal justice system
(49:10) – Innocence
(51:39) – Racism in the judicial system
(1:03:41) – George Floyd
(1:06:06) – The trial of Derek Chauvin
(1:19:55) – O. J. Simpson
(1:24:29) – Aaron Hernandez
(1:36:10) – Book recommendations
(1:43:45) – Advice for young people
(1:45:53) – Death
(1:47:59) – Meaning of life

#169 – Ryan Hall: Solving Martial Arts from First Principles Mar 20, 2021

Ryan Hall is a martial artist, BJJ black belt, and MMA fighter undefeated in the UFC. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(08:28) – First principles approach to martial arts
(16:09) – Illusion of choice
(19:42) – Game theory
(28:04) – First fight
(32:20) – Defense
(41:03) – Waiting for a fight
(51:11) – Free will
(1:08:59) – Freedom and compassion
(1:18:01) – Social media
(1:24:21) – Leadership
(1:30:09) – How to get good at jiu jitsu
(1:50:23) – Learning how to learn
(1:58:29) – Questioning the foundations of jiu jitsu
(2:17:34) – Humans cannot fully comprehend reality
(2:21:45) – Artificial intelligence
(2:34:38) – Deadlines
(2:41:29) – Tie choke
(2:49:58) – Hardship
(2:54:20) – Love

#168 – Silvio Micali: Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Algorand, Bitcoin, and Ethereum Mar 15, 2021

Silvio Micali is a computer scientist at MIT, Turing award winner, and founder of Algorand. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(08:55) – Blockchain
(11:52) – Cryptocurrency
(14:42) – Money
(18:56) – Scarcity
(20:37) – Scalability, Security, and Decentralization
(24:03) – Algorand
(40:36) – Bitcoin
(43:39) – Ethereum
(45:10) – NFTs
(48:34) – Decentralization of power
(52:42) – Intelligent adaptation
(55:25) – Leaders
(58:31) – Freedom
(1:01:31) – Privacy
(1:04:15) – Bitcoin maximalism
(1:08:01) – Satoshi Nakamoto
(1:12:39) – One-way function
(1:16:52) – Pseudorandomness
(1:21:34) – Free will
(1:23:39) – Will quantum computers break cryptography?
(1:28:44) – Interactive proofs
(1:35:38) – Mechanism design
(1:43:04) – Favorite meal
(1:46:18) – Book recommendations
(1:53:15) – Advice for young people
(1:55:48) – Fear of death
(1:58:29) – Meaning of life

#167 – Saagar Enjeti: Politics, History, and Power Mar 14, 2021

Saagar Enjeti is a DC-based political correspondent and podcaster. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(10:19) – Hitler
(14:39) – Evil
(15:58) – Donald Trump
(26:29) – Teddy Roosevelt
(31:51) – Nazi Germany
(36:47) – The balance of power in US government
(40:43) – Bureaucracy
(49:17) – Money
(51:32) – UFOs
(55:36) – Jeffrey Epstein
(1:08:57) – Left and Right
(1:19:40) – How to fix politics
(1:45:07) – Political predictions
(1:58:21) – Journalism
(2:09:16) – Joe Rogan
(2:16:43) – Lyndon Johnson
(2:18:02) – World War I
(2:22:53) – Dan Carlin
(2:29:47) – How Stalin came to power
(2:35:15) – Putin
(2:41:25) – Lenin and Stalin
(2:44:55) – Book recommendations
(2:52:23) – Antarctica and Mars
(2:59:37) – Born to Run
(3:02:05) – Texas

#166 – Cal Newport: Deep Work, Focus, Productivity, Email, and Social Media Mar 05, 2021

Cal Newport is a computer scientist who also writes about productivity. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(08:24) – Deep work
(13:10) – Focus
(18:52) – Time blocking
(25:47) – Deadlines
(35:22) – Do less, do better, know why
(38:04) – Clubhouse
(52:07) – Burnout
(58:34) – Boredom
(1:06:19) – Quit social media for 30 days
(1:16:13) – Social media
(1:41:21) – How email destroyed our productivity at work
(1:51:07) – How we fix email
(1:58:09) – Over-optimization
(2:02:23) – When to use email and when not to
(2:10:06) – Podcasting
(2:14:42) – Alan Turing proving the impossible
(2:18:41) – Fragility of math in the face of randomness
(2:27:30) – Neural networks
(2:36:16) – What will the P=NP proof look like?
(2:39:55) – Is math discovered or invented?
(2:44:02) – Book publishing
(2:54:09) – Love
(2:57:30) – Death
(3:00:26) – Meaning of life

#165 – Josh Barnett: Philosophy of Violence, Power, and the Martial Arts Mar 01, 2021

Josh Barnett is an MMA fighter, catch wrestler, and a scholar of violence. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(08:29) – Nietzsche
(13:47) – Good and Evil
(28:59) – Joe Rogan library
(30:57) – Catch wrestling
(41:03) – Anarchy
(59:32) – Hitler and Stalin
(1:16:34) – Karl Gotch
(1:24:59) – Mike Tyson
(1:33:20) – Violent victory
(1:41:29) – Fedor Emelionenko
(1:43:50) – Greatest MMA fighters of all time
(1:53:47) – Early UFCs
(1:58:32) – Advice for young people
(2:02:24) – The value of competition
(2:05:02) – Blade Runner
(2:15:54) – Meaning of life

#164 – Andrew Huberman: Sleep, Dreams, Creativity & the Limits of the Human Mind Feb 28, 2021

Andrew Huberman is a neuroscientist at Stanford. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(07:03) – Why do humans need sleep?
(13:59) – Temperature
(16:48) – Optimal temperature for sleep
(21:51) – Sleep anxiety
(27:55) – 8 hours of sleep
(30:31) – Nap
(36:18) – Goggins Challenge
(51:41) – Breathing while running
(56:30) – Anger
(59:46) – Testosterone makes effort feel good
(1:05:02) – Fasting
(1:13:07) – Keto
(1:15:58) – Meat
(1:21:38) – Nutrition
(1:23:03) – Dreams
(1:31:11) – REM sleep
(1:37:13) – Psychedelics
(1:48:36) – DMT
(1:53:11) – Creativity
(1:56:45) – Pushing the limits of the human mind
(2:01:55) – Neuroplasticity
(2:06:31) – Neuroscience and AI
(2:11:14) – Eye tracking
(2:20:28) – New podcast on neuroscience
(2:34:59) – Clubhouse
(2:47:08) – Elon Musk

#163 – Eric Weinstein: Difficult Conversations, Freedom of Speech, and Physics Feb 23, 2021

Eric Weinstein is a mathematical physicist and podcaster. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(07:27) – Aliens and physics
(11:12) – Breaking the frame of conversation
(12:56) – Time travel across multiple dimensions
(19:07) – Is the government in possession of alien spacecraft?
(25:31) – Freedom of speech
(36:49) – Elon Musk
(38:07) – Idealism of every era
(41:26) – Non-locality of free speech in the Internet age
(47:03) – Glenn Beck
(48:57) – Joe Rogan
(53:41) – Freedom and fear
(55:14) – Jeffrey Epstein
(58:53) – Aaron Swartz
(1:04:29) – Jeffrey Epstein and Geometric Unity
(1:24:04) – Cancel culture
(1:26:06) – Alex Jones
(1:35:01) – Curtis Yarvin
(1:39:40) – Michael Malice
(1:42:00) – Intellectual Dark Web
(1:48:52) – Innovation
(2:02:10) – Economics
(2:09:29) – Cryptocurrency
(2:15:37) – Geometric Unity paper
(2:32:42) – David Goggins challenge
(2:34:05) – Father and son

#162 – Jim Keller: The Future of Computing, AI, Life, and Consciousness Feb 18, 2021

Jim Keller is a legendary microprocessor engineer, previously at AMD, Apple, Tesla, Intel, and now Tenstorrent. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(07:02) – Good design is both science and engineering
(13:03) – Javascript
(17:09) – RISC vs CISC
(21:09) – What makes a great processor?
(22:38) – Intel vs ARM
(24:27) – Steve Jobs and Apple
(27:05) – Elon Musk and Steve Jobs
(32:50) – Father
(36:33) – Perfection
(42:48) – Modular design
(48:22) – Moore’s law
(55:20) – Hardware for deep learning
(1:02:14) – Making neural networks fast at scale
(1:09:51) – Andrej Karpathy and Chris Lattner
(1:14:05) – How GPUs work
(1:18:12) – Tesla Autopilot, NVIDIA, and Mobileye
(1:22:52) – Andrej Karpathy and Software 2.0
(1:29:13) – Tesla Dojo
(1:31:49) – Neural networks will understand physics better than humans
(1:34:02) – Re-engineering the human brain
(1:38:56) – Infinite fun and the Culture Series by Iain Banks
(1:40:50) – Neuralink
(1:46:13) – Dreams
(1:50:06) – Ideas
(2:00:19) – Aliens
(2:05:16) – Jordan Peterson
(2:10:13) – Viruses
(2:13:22) – WallStreetBets and Robinhood
(2:21:25) – Advice for young people
(2:23:15) – Human condition
(2:25:43) – Fear is a cage
(2:30:34) – Love
(2:36:57) – Regrets

#161 – Jason Calacanis: Startups, Angel Investing, Capitalism, and Friendship Feb 15, 2021

Jason Calacanis is an angel investor, entrepreneur, and co-host of All-In Podcast and This Week in Startups. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(06:52) – WallStreetBets and Robinhood
(17:58) – How does the WallStreetBets saga end?
(21:09) – Capitalism
(26:30) – Ideas vs Execution
(27:38) – Learning to learn
(33:06) – Risk-aversion
(39:07) – Robinhood
(47:33) – Parler and AWS
(49:59) – Social networks
(56:33) – Leadership
(1:01:21) – Work-life balance
(1:09:44) – Great leaders lead by example
(1:17:30) – Advice for startup founders
(1:21:57) – Clubhouse
(1:22:42) – When will we fully re-open the economy
(1:33:20) – Augmented reality
(1:36:48) – When should a startup raise money?
(1:43:44) – David Goggins
(1:45:40) – Disagreement with Chamath Palihapitiya
(1:58:52) – Story about Elon Musk’s darkest moments
(2:07:08) – Friendship

#160 – Brendan Eich: JavaScript, Firefox, Mozilla, and Brave Feb 12, 2021

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