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Lex Fridman· Nov 13, 2020Podcast · 2 speakersYaron Brook on Ayn Rand: Reason, Selfishness, and a Fading EnlightenmentGuest Yaron Brook · Host Lex FridmanThe Ayn Rand Institute's chairman walks Lex Fridman through Objectivism, from metaphysics and egoism to capitalism, anarchism, and why so many people still roll their eyes at Rand.
2:40:00ENLex Fridman· Nov 7, 2020Podcast · 2 speakersThe Light Never Broke the Speed Limit. Space Itself Stretched.Guest Alex Filippenko · Host Lex FridmanBerkeley astrophysicist Alex Filippenko talks dark energy, exploding stars, aliens, and how a 13.7-billion-year-old universe can be 45.7 billion light-years across.
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Jane Street· Nov 6, 2020Inside Jane Street’s Software Engineering InternshipYaron Minsky, Jeanne Van Briesen, Matt Else, Grace Zhang · Jane StreetThree former interns describe the real projects, mentorship and decisions that shaped their transition to full-time engineering.
3:26:04ENLex Fridman· Nov 2, 2020Podcast · 2 speakersIf Hitler Thought He Was Helping Germany, Was Alexander Worse?Guest Dan Carlin · Host Lex FridmanHardcore History host Dan Carlin talks with Lex Fridman about motives, force, strongmen, and why he would rather throw six weeks of tape away than ship something mediocre.
2:28:11ENLex Fridman· Nov 1, 2020Podcast · 2 speakersPeople Are Easy to Predict — and They Hate Being Told SoGuest Charles Isbell · Host Lex FridmanGeorgia Tech dean Charles Isbell talks with Lex Fridman about interactive AI, computing as a mindset, and race in America.
2:56:49ENLex Fridman· Oct 29, 2020Podcast · 2 speakersEric Weinstein: Genius Is Sitting in the Wrong ChairGuest Eric Weinstein · Host Lex FridmanOn his third Lex Fridman podcast, the mathematician moves from Eddie Van Halen and Leonard Cohen to Jeffrey Epstein, the Nobel committee, and why he paused The Portal.
2:39:45ENLex Fridman· Oct 25, 2020Podcast · 2 speakersThe obesity gene was never the obesity geneGuest Manolis Kellis · Host Lex FridmanManolis Kellis tells Lex Fridman how one nucleotide a million bases from FTO rewrote obesity biology, and why human genetics is now driving the study of disease.
3:12:55ENLex Fridman· Oct 21, 2020Podcast · 2 speakersThe IQ required to destroy the world drops by one point every yearGuest George Hotz · Host Lex FridmanGeorge Hotz on Fermi's paradox, hacking the simulation, and teaching cars to drive with neural nets.
2:46:57ENLex Fridman· Oct 18, 2020Podcast · 2 speakersProgramming Languages Are Bicycles for the MindGuest Chris Lattner · Host Lex FridmanChris Lattner talks with Lex Fridman about Swift, LLVM, RISC-V, and why the next leap in computing is as much a language problem as a silicon one.
44:34ENJane Street· Oct 14, 2020Chris Perl on Keeping Network Clocks in SyncYaron Minsky, Chris Perl · Jane StreetHow NTP, PTP and hardware timestamps work together to keep Jane Street’s clocks within a measurable error bound.
1:56:31ENLex Fridman· Oct 12, 2020Podcast · 2 speakersA Blank Wall Is Not More Conscious Than a PersonGuest Scott Aaronson · Host Lex FridmanScott Aaronson walks Lex Fridman through integrated information theory, Penrose’s uncomputable mind, GPT-3, P versus NP, and why silent support for open discourse has to get louder.
59:33ENJane Street· Oct 7, 2020Laurent Mazare on Python, OCaml and Machine LearningYaron Minsky, Laurent Mazare · Jane StreetA researcher compares exploratory notebooks with robust production systems, and explains how language interoperability and resource management connect the two.
2:23:38ENLex Fridman· Oct 4, 2020Podcast · 2 speakersThe Brain That Never Touches the WorldGuest Lisa Feldman Barrett · Host Lex FridmanNeuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett tells Lex Fridman why your skull is a dark box, why emotions are constructed like money, and why empathy is a metabolic bill.
3:23:56ENLex Fridman· Oct 2, 2020Podcast · 2 speakersThose Who Need Leaders Are Not Qualified to Choose ThemGuest Michael Malice · Host Lex FridmanAnarchist writer Michael Malice tells Lex Fridman how he defines love, why mockery is Batman’s job, and why anarchism is a relationship rather than a utopia.
1:10:27ENJane Street· Sep 30, 2020Greta Yorsh on Compiler Optimization and FeedbackYaron Minsky, Greta Yorsh · Jane StreetFrom formal verification and superoptimization to profile-guided code layout, a compiler engineer explains how performance work meets real users.
1:19:11ENLex Fridman· Sep 26, 2020Podcast · 2 speakersJoe Rogan Spent Seven Hours on an EllipticalGuest Joe Rogan · Host Lex FridmanIn a 2020 conversation with Lex Fridman, he talks through death, a country already at an eight, and the lock he built around a competitive demon that never left.
1:51:01ENLex Fridman· Sep 24, 2020Podcast · 2 speakersJames Gosling Built Java to Make Pointer Bugs Impossible. Chrome Still Has Them.Guest James Gosling · Host Lex FridmanIn a 2020 conversation with Lex Fridman, Java’s designer traces a line from a neglected PDP-8 to Emacs, the JVM, and a thirty-year war on memory errors.
1:02:18ENJane Street· Sep 23, 2020Brian Nigito on Multicast and the Architecture of MarketsYaron Minsky, Brian Nigito · Jane StreetWhy exchanges use ordered event streams, multicast and specialized networking to distribute market data quickly and fairly.
3:48:14ENLex Fridman· Sep 20, 2020Podcast · 2 speakersIf You Cannot Cause Harm, You Are Forever Subject to Those Who CanGuest Ryan Hall · Host Lex FridmanUFC fighter and jiu-jitsu black belt Ryan Hall talks with Lex Fridman about warriors, grace, coaching, and the thin social contract that keeps violence in check.
59:26ENJane Street· Sep 17, 2020Andy Ray on FPGAs, Hardware Design and HardcamlYaron Minsky, Andy Ray · Jane StreetJane Street’s hardware design lead explains why programmable circuits can improve performance and how software tooling makes them easier to build and test.
4:23:39ENLex Fridman· Sep 15, 2020Podcast · 2 speakersThe Universe's Rule Might Fit on a PostcardGuest Stephen Wolfram · Host Lex FridmanStephen Wolfram tells Lex Fridman how a short computational rule on a hypergraph could generate space, time, relativity, and quantum mechanics.
2:10:53ENLex Fridman· Sep 12, 2020Podcast · 2 speakersAll Your DNA Would Reach Jupiter a Hundred Times OverGuest Manolis Kellis · Host Lex FridmanManolis Kellis talks Lex Fridman through the epigenome, Neanderthals, Europa, midlife, and why "are you happy?" is the wrong question.
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All-In Podcast· Sep 9, 2020Podcast · 4 speakersAll-In E7: California, Gig Work and the SPAC BoomHost Jason Calacanis, Chamath Palihapitiya, David Sacks, David FriedbergFour investors debate California policy, police reform, markets and the 2020 election.
3:56:24ENLex Fridman· Sep 8, 2020Podcast · 2 speakersThe Tic-Tac Knew We Were ThereGuest David Fravor · Host Lex FridmanNavy commander David Fravor tells Lex Fridman what four Super Hornet aircrew saw off the USS Nimitz in 2004, why he does not buy a secret human aircraft, and how an unexplained object never made anyone's to-do list.Load moreShowing 24 of 4,483