Led Fridman

[yankees60]

i hear Led Zepman was talking to (Kan)ye recently. Any good?

This was the catalyst for me listening to Lex for the first time in way too long.

Kanye 'Ye' West | Lex Fridman Podcast #332
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AWLcxTGZPA
First time I ever saw him get angry, which he did every time K West said, 'The Jews."
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It was an entertaining interview.

Thanks! I’m going to check out the podcast.

EDIT: Yup, he still sounds like a moron with egomania and a Jesus complex.

ON the other hand .... to be the 9th richest black person in the world .... he must be a genius on various levels. But I felt badly for him every time he tried to take on Lex on an intellectual level. It was a gross mismatch.

[yankees60]

Since AI is not one of my interests this was not of great interest to me. However, if AI IS one of YOUR interests then you will definitely like it.




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdiD-9MMpb0

Andrej Karpathy: Tesla AI, Self-Driving, Optimus, Aliens, and AGI | Lex Fridman Podcast #333

[yankees60]

This one is excellent.

My local newspaper, the five Sunday news shows, Twitter .... all seem to have nothing about what is currently going on in Iran.

This was extremely informative. Not did it explain what is going on now and why but by way of explanation it went through an extensive history of Iran.

Highly recommended.




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYsYgzzsdT0

Abbas Amanat: Iran Protests, Mahsa Amini, History, CIA & Nuclear Weapons | Lex Fridman Podcast #334

[yankees60]

Another excellent and highly recommended one.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNhSCF9i8Qs

Fiona Hill: Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump | Lex Fridman Podcast #335

[yankees60]

I had heard of him but knew nothing about him.

I did like this interview with him. That led me to going to listen to a few of his shows. That was not as good an experience as listening to this interview.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AF8DOS4C2KM

Ben Shapiro: Politics, Kanye, Trump, Biden, Hitler, Extremism, and War | Lex Fridman Podcast #336

[yankees60]

Prior to listening to this I had never heard of Destiny.

But it turned out to be a stimulating listen. I went to his web site to listen to his streaming. Again not as good an experience as this interview.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqeuFiAUU4o

Destiny: Politics, Free Speech, Controversy, Sex, War, and Relationships | Lex Fridman Podcast #337

[yankees60]

I am halfway through this one.

At first it was quite depressing listening to how this person grew up. I'd never heard of him prior to this podcast. So it was quite astounding to hear how he'd grown up all the way to high school to find out that he'd achieved billionaire status. He grew up in a family of five where in the best year his mother and father combined made $32,000. Mostly they made a combined $20,000. The big deal for the family all year was on the last day of the year buying a cheese cake for $3.99 on sale that normally sold for $7.99. Going from that life to being a billionaire!!

There is a lot in this podcast that many hear would enjoy. Discussion of Trump being on / off Twitter (what did he say, do you think?), investing success how its making the least mistakes (when I'm buying, someone else had to have been selling that exact item I am buying ... in the future looking backwards, which of us made the mistake), going solar to beat the monopoly power of the utility companies, and on and on and on.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFQUDCgMjRc

Chamath Palihapitiya: Money, Success, Startups, Energy, Poker & Happiness | Lex Fridman Podcast #338

[yankees60]

I am halfway through this one.

At first it was quite depressing listening to how this person grew up. I'd never heard of him prior to this podcast. So it was quite astounding to hear how he'd grown up all the way to high school to find out that he'd achieved billionaire status. He grew up in a family of five where in the best year his mother and father combined made $32,000. Mostly they made a combined $20,000. The big deal for the family all year was on the last day of the year buying a cheese cake for $3.99 on sale that normally sold for $7.99. Going from that life to being a billionaire!!

There is a lot in this podcast that many hear would enjoy. Discussion of Trump being on / off Twitter (what did he say, do you think?), investing success how its making the least mistakes (when I'm buying, someone else had to have been selling that exact item I am buying ... in the future looking backwards, which of us made the mistake), going solar to beat the monopoly power of the utility companies, and on and on and on.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFQUDCgMjRc

Chamath Palihapitiya: Money, Success, Startups, Energy, Poker & Happiness | Lex Fridman Podcast #338

Continuing to listen and he is casually describing playing in a poker game where there was a $1 million pot! And, he had to make a ruling in his favor.

This has definitely been one of the most varied and intriguing Lex podcasts I have listened to.



The guest just stated that Lex takes people who are from behind the rope and demystifies them. Clearly he is a fan of Lex.

[yankees60]

In the middle of listening to this one. Another excellent one.

Those here would appreciate it.

They make the point that carbon emissions could be be reduced in a far more efficient and effective way. That we don't concentrate on the things we can control on the ground such as zoning, allowing people to live in high risk areas that get subsidized by the government, and building more resistant structures.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Gk9gIpGvSE

Climate Change Debate: Bjørn Lomborg and Andrew Revkin | Lex Fridman Podcast #339

40,123 views Nov 18, 2022

Bjørn Lomborg is author of "False Alarm". Andrew Revkin is a climate journalist (21 years at NY Times).

EPISODE LINKS:
Andrew's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Revkin
Andrew's Substack: https://revkin.substack.com
Andrew's Linktree: https://linktr.ee/revkin
Bjørn's Twitter: https://twitter.com/BjornLomborg
Bjørn's Website: https://lomborg.com
Andrew's Books:
The Human Planet: https://amzn.to/3MRuLUY
The Burning Season: https://amzn.to/3Dmr5Hq
Bjørn's Books:
False Alarm: https://amzn.to/3Sqt5D4
How to Spend $75 Billion to Make the World a Better Place: https://amzn.to/3gwoIJ7

PODCAST INFO:
Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast
Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8
RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/
Full episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...
Clips playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...

OUTLINE:
0:00 - Introduction
1:51 - Politics of climate change
18:53 - Greta Thunberg
25:23 - Electric cars
32:45 - Economy
40:22 - Journalism
54:23 - Human emissions
1:12:11 - Worst-case climate change scenario
1:32:32 - Hurricanes
1:51:20 - Climate change vs Global warming
1:55:27 - Climate alarmism
2:10:17 - Economic models
2:41:44 - Climate change policies
2:57:46 - Nuclear energy
3:04:22 - Alex Epstein
3:14:52 - Public opinion on climate change
3:36:49 - US presidents
3:47:27 - Advice for young people
4:01:02 - Meaning of life

[Mountaineer]

In the middle of listening to this one. Another excellent one.

Those here would appreciate it.

They make the point that carbon emissions could be be reduced in a far more efficient and effective way. That we don't concentrate on the things we can control on the ground such as zoning, allowing people to live in high risk areas that get subsidized by the government, and building more resistant structures.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Gk9gIpGvSE

Climate Change Debate: Bjørn Lomborg and Andrew Revkin | Lex Fridman Podcast #339

40,123 views Nov 18, 2022

Bjørn Lomborg is author of "False Alarm". Andrew Revkin is a climate journalist (21 years at NY Times).

EPISODE LINKS:
Andrew's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Revkin
Andrew's Substack: https://revkin.substack.com
Andrew's Linktree: https://linktr.ee/revkin
Bjørn's Twitter: https://twitter.com/BjornLomborg
Bjørn's Website: https://lomborg.com
Andrew's Books:
The Human Planet: https://amzn.to/3MRuLUY
The Burning Season: https://amzn.to/3Dmr5Hq
Bjørn's Books:
False Alarm: https://amzn.to/3Sqt5D4
How to Spend $75 Billion to Make the World a Better Place: https://amzn.to/3gwoIJ7

PODCAST INFO:
Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast
Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8
RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/
Full episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...
Clips playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...

OUTLINE:
0:00 - Introduction
1:51 - Politics of climate change
18:53 - Greta Thunberg
25:23 - Electric cars
32:45 - Economy
40:22 - Journalism
54:23 - Human emissions
1:12:11 - Worst-case climate change scenario
1:32:32 - Hurricanes
1:51:20 - Climate change vs Global warming
1:55:27 - Climate alarmism
2:10:17 - Economic models
2:41:44 - Climate change policies
2:57:46 - Nuclear energy
3:04:22 - Alex Epstein
3:14:52 - Public opinion on climate change
3:36:49 - US presidents
3:47:27 - Advice for young people
4:01:02 - Meaning of life

It is fascinating to ponder that on one hand, the greenies want to have people eat more vegetables and less meat and thus reduce cow farts, while on the other hand, we spend billions to reduce a chemical vital to plant health - carbon dioxide.

The climate is doing what it has always done - change. Next on the agenda: focus on reducing plate tectonics.

[yankees60]

It is fascinating to ponder that on one hand, the greenies want to have people eat more vegetables and less meat and thus reduce cow farts, while on the other hand, we spend billions to reduce a chemical vital to plant health - carbon dioxide.

The climate is doing what it has always done - change. Next on the agenda: focus on reducing plate tectonics.

They did point this out that due to all the excess carbon dioxide being produced that we are truly becoming a greener and greener planet with all the blooming plant growth.

[Smith1776]

As someone who has been fascinated by Ross Ulbricht and Silk Road, I found the Chris Tarbell interview fascinating. Definitely worth a listen.

[yankees60]

As someone who has been fascinated by Ross Ulbricht and Silk Road, I found the Chris Tarbell interview fascinating. Definitely worth a listen.

Yes, that was a good one.

I've been pre-occupied with a lot of no mind computer work which has allowed me to catch up on a lot of Lex's. I will give updates here at some point but have to wait until I'm free of having to do that no mind computer work.

[yankees60]

I am way, way, way behind in keeping this Topic updated with all the Lex's I have recently been hearing.

But I am in the middle of this one right and it is excellent and recommended.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mC43pZkpTec++


Michael Saylor: Bitcoin, Inflation, and the Future of Money | Lex Fridman Podcast #276


OUTLINE:
0:00 - Introduction
1:43 - Grading our understanding
14:01 - Inflation
33:37 - Government
54:47 - War and power
1:05:57 - Dematerializing information
1:37:18 - Digital energy and assets
1:48:56 - Oil barrel vs Bitcoin
1:58:16 - Layers of Bitcoin
2:15:27 - Bitcoin's role during wartime
2:20:11 - Jack Dorsey
2:36:31 - Bitcoin conflict of interest
2:43:13 - Satoshi Nakamoto
2:48:38 - Volatility
3:01:03 - Bitcoin price
3:13:19 - Twitter verification
3:22:16 - Second best crypto
3:27:58 - Dogecoin
3:32:31 - Elon Musk
3:38:00 - Advice for young people
3:49:27 - Mortality
3:52:32 - Meaning of life

[yankees60]

I could have put this here or in the Twitter files post.

But this attack on Lex is obviously a due to his closeness with Elon Musk.

I started reading the comments to what he wrote but after about 10 minutes of reading them (all of which were positive) I stopped as they seemed endless. Now I see that, so far, there have been 712 comments.

Lex is LOVED by many people.

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[yankees60]

Just starting to listen to this latest Lex.

If you have not yet listened to any Lex ... try listening to just the first 3:41 of this. It will give you an excellent taste of who is this Lex person and why so many of us around the world love him so:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNlfHgHJweQ

[stuper1]

That's a nice intro. Lex is a great guy. I scrolled down the Youtube page to read some of the comments. One person asked whether Lex could interview Thomas Sowell. That would be an awesome interview, which I would love to see. I hope he sees that comment and tries to make it happen. Sowell is in his early 90s, so maybe he isn't able to give interviews anymore. On the other hand, I posted a podcast interview yesterday with Jack Matlock who is about the same age, and he seemed very lucid and engaging, although a little hampered by poor hearing, which I can relate to being in my mid-50s and already suffering from hearing issues probably due to blasting my ears with a Walkman and other stereo equipment when I was younger.

[yankees60]

Superb! As soon as it ended I've started listening to it again. But I will stop it as soon as I start reading his book on the topic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvX-heRWFfA

Jeremi Suri: Civil War, Slavery, Freedom, and Democracy | Lex Fridman Podcast #354

478,940 views Jan 25, 2023
Jeremi Suri is a historian at UT Austin.

EPISODE LINKS:
Jeremi's Twitter: https://twitter.com/jeremisuri
This is Democracy podcast: https://podcasts.la.utexas.edu/this-i...
Jeremi's Website: https://jeremisuri.net
Jeremi's Books:
1. Civil War by Other Means: https://amzn.to/3hRa3cT
2. The Impossible Presidency: https://amzn.to/3hTn5X8
3. Henry Kissinger: https://amzn.to/3WqkBOY

OUTLINE:
0:00 - Introduction
0:27 - Revolutions and governments
18:06 - American Civil War
27:18 - Lincoln and election of 1860
31:08 - Slavery
44:17 - Freedom of speech
56:00 - Death toll of the Civil War
59:19 - Ulysses S. Grant
1:01:27 - Ku Klux Klan
1:13:10 - Robert E. Lee
1:20:53 - Abraham Lincoln
1:36:01 - If the south won
1:44:37 - Hypocrisy of the Founders
1:50:39 - John Wilkes Booth
1:53:54 - White supremacy
1:59:17 - Disputed elections
2:09:38 - Politics
2:18:03 - Donald Trump and Joe Biden
2:30:48 - January 6th
2:55:46 - Hope for the future

[yankees60]

On a topic we discussed recently. And, for Lex it is an extremely short one -- less than 20 minutes. I am now on my third "listen" as I've been constantly doing other things on this computer while "listening".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOWnf1BpkGs

Autism Explained | Karl Deisseroth and Lex Fridman

[dualstow]

On a topic we discussed recently. And, for Lex it is an extremely short one -- less than 20 minutes. I am now on my third "listen" as I've been constantly doing other things on this computer while "listening".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOWnf1BpkGs

Autism Explained | Karl Deisseroth and Lex Fridman

Thanks. Searching the forum for “autism” via google,

Code: Select all

 autism site:gyroscopicinvesting.com 

I see I had missed jalanlong’s post in 2021 - Public School Issue thread. (currently the top search result)

It almost seems like Led is diagnosing himself as being on the spectrum.

it is an extremely short one -- less than 20 minutes.

Well it’s just a clip. You can see #274 with Karl Deisseroth is 3⅓ hrs. Maybe it’s just an excerpt from that.

[yankees60]

On a topic we discussed recently. And, for Lex it is an extremely short one -- less than 20 minutes. I am now on my third "listen" as I've been constantly doing other things on this computer while "listening".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOWnf1BpkGs

Autism Explained | Karl Deisseroth and Lex Fridman

Thanks. Searching the forum for “autism” via google,

Code: Select all

 autism site:gyroscopicinvesting.com 

I see I had missed jalanlong’s post in 2021 - Public School Issue thread. (currently the top search result)

It almost seems like Led is diagnosing himself as being on the spectrum.

it is an extremely short one -- less than 20 minutes.

Well it’s just a clip. You can see #274 with Karl Deisseroth is 3⅓ hrs. Maybe it’s just an excerpt from that.

We had been more specifically (recently) been discussing Aspergers (which is part of that spectrum). Several people here took the same test I took for it and revealed their scores.

[dualstow]

Interesting. I’ll find it. I may have posted about it already, but I recently finished the book, ‘In a Different Key’ which is a history of autism (2016). There’s a PBS special based on it, but I found the book very readable and my eyes sometimes glaze over watching documentaries.


‘The Dems Set Some of the Darnedest Precedents’ , boglerdude — viewtopic.php?p=248091#p248091
(an old 2016 thread, just a few posts — https://gyroscopicinvesting.com/forum/v ... 3&p=145425 )

[yankees60]

Interesting. I’ll find it. I may have posted about it already, but I recently finished the book, ‘In a Different Key’ which is a history of autism (2016). There’s a PBS special based on it, but I found the book very readable and my eyes sometimes glaze over watching documentaries.


‘The Dems Set Some of the Darnedest Precedents’ , boglerdude — viewtopic.php?p=248091#p248091
(an old 2016 thread, just a few posts — https://gyroscopicinvesting.com/forum/v ... 3&p=145425 )

This was the start of it:

viewtopic.php?f=15&t=12905#p248095

[dualstow]

Yep. I agree with Maddy. It merits its own thread, so I made one —
viewtopic.php?f=9&t=12932

[dualstow]

I really like Led’s interview with Douglas Murray.