Author Archives: Lex Fridman

#179 – Georges St-Pierre: The Science of Fighting

Georges St-Pierre is a martial artist. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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OUTLINE:
Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
(00:00) – Introduction
(08:09) – 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

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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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Yaron’s Website: https://yaronbrookshow.com/

OUTLINE:
Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
(00:00) – Introduction
(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

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Risto Miikkulainen is a computer scientist at UT Austin. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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EPISODE LINKS:
Risto’s Website: https://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/risto/

OUTLINE:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(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

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Robert Breedlove is a decentralized finance entrepreneur, philosopher, and podcaster. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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EPISODE LINKS:
Robert’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22
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OUTLINE:
Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
(00:00) – Introduction
(08:46) – 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

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Yannis Pappas is a comedian and podcaster. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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EPISODE LINKS:
Yannis’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/yannispappas
Long Days Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCywn6iboO1P8U7fotfllocw
Stand Up Special: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R156F0uXhzk

OUTLINE:
Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
(00:00) – Introduction
(08:39) – 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

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Tyler Cowen is an economist, writer, and podcaster. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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EPISODE LINKS:
Tyler’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/tylercowen
Tyler’s Blog: https://marginalrevolution.com/
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Big Business (Book): https://amzn.to/2OBPbaK
Tyler’s Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyler_Cowen

OUTLINE:
Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
(00:00) – Introduction
(07:24) – 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

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Nic Carter is a financial researcher, investor, writer, and podcaster on topics of decentralized finance. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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Nic’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/nic__carter
Nic’s Website: https://niccarter.info/
Nic’s Blog: https://medium.com/@nic__carter
Nic’s Podcast: https://onthebrink-podcast.com/

OUTLINE:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(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

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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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Librex App: https://librexapp.com/

OUTLINE:
Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
(00:00) – Introduction
(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

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Anthony Pompliano is an entrepreneur, investor, writer, and podcaster on topics of decentralized finance. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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Anthony’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/APompliano
Anthony’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AnthonyPompliano
Anthony’s Website: https://anthonypompliano.com/
Pomp Letter: https://pomp.substack.com/
Pomp Podcast: https://anthonypompliano.com/podcast/

OUTLINE:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(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

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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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Ronald’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/profronsullivan
Ronald’s Website: https://hls.harvard.edu/faculty/directory/10870/Sullivan
Ronald’s Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_S._Sullivan_Jr.
Ronald’s NY Times Article: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/24/opinion/harvard-ronald-sullivan.html

OUTLINE:
Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
(00:00) – Introduction
(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