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1:50:49ENYannis Pappas on Power, Death, and Why Love Is an ActionGuest Yannis Pappas · Host Lex FridmanThe comedian and History Hyenas co-host talks with Lex Fridman about mortality, con men, the Battle of Crete, and the hard currency of being stubbornly yourself.
2:09:58ENA 700-year clock and a trembling hand: Tyler Cowen’s war on mediocrityGuest Tyler Cowen · Host Lex FridmanOn Lex Fridman’s podcast, the George Mason economist treats nuclear war as a Poisson process, then spends two hours arguing that growth is back, weirdos built America, and rank-20 universities are the real police of conformity.
2:31:59ENBitcoin Is an Island of Sturdiness: Nic Carter on Money That Cannot Be TunedGuest Nic Carter · Host Lex FridmanLex Fridman talks with Castle Island Ventures partner Nic Carter about Bitcoin’s embedded values, the block size war, layered scaling, and why Satoshi’s exit still matters.
2:31:14ENAnonymity Is a Tool: How a Yale Freshman Built a Campus Where Students Could SpeakGuest Ryan Schiller · Host Lex FridmanRyan Schiller tells Lex Fridman how a silenced seminar, a Gallup number, and a Mac bought off YouTube advice became Librex, an anonymous discussion feed for verified college communities.
3:02:16ENBitcoin Holders Don't Want the Price to RiseGuest Anthony Pompliano · Host Lex FridmanAnthony Pompliano talks with Lex Fridman about war, sound money, and why more than 95 percent of his net worth sits in Bitcoin.
1:50:31ENHarvard Would Not Renew Him. Ronald Sullivan Would Not Resign.Guest Ronald Sullivan · Host Lex FridmanThe Harvard Law professor on why he took Harvey Weinstein’s case, what universities owe students, and why even the most hated defendant still gets a lawyer.
3:00:11ENAsk the Right Questions and Every Path Ends on the Middle FingerGuest Ryan Hall · Host Lex FridmanRyan Hall walks Lex Fridman through a finger game that always lands on the middle finger, then treats jiu-jitsu as a problem of systems, beliefs, and first principles.
1:53:41ENSilvio Micali: Money Is a Shared Belief, and a Blockchain Makes It Common KnowledgeGuest Silvio Micali · Host Lex FridmanThe Turing Award cryptographer and Algorand founder tells Lex Fridman why ledgers, lotteries, and one-way functions matter more than mining.
3:16:29ENSaagar Enjeti Thinks Washington Runs on Autopilot — and Nobody Is Playing ChessGuest Saagar Enjeti · Host Lex FridmanThe Rising co-host walks Lex Fridman through Hitler, the Oval Office, stimulus checks, conspiracy, Lenin, Shackleton, and why personnel is policy.
3:08:32ENNinety Minutes With the Door Shut: Cal Newport on Deep Work, Email, and a Life Built for the Worst CaseGuest Cal Newport · Host Lex FridmanThe Georgetown computer scientist talks with Lex Fridman about attention, digital minimalism, a world without email, and why relationships are the only honest worst-case analysis.
2:17:59ENThe Übermensch Is a Verb, and Violence Comes Factory-InstalledGuest Josh Barnett · Host Lex FridmanJosh Barnett talks with Lex Fridman about Nietzsche, anarchism, catch wrestling, and why the highest moments of his life have all been fights.
2:58:38ENSleep runs on two clocks — and worrying about it can be worse than a short nightGuest Andrew Huberman · Host Lex FridmanStanford neuroscientist Andrew Huberman tells Lex Fridman how adenosine and body temperature decide when you crash, why dreams work like overnight therapy, and what the chemistry of effort has to do with not quitting.
2:44:19ENSpeech Was a Bundle, and the Internet Unbundled ItGuest Eric Weinstein · Host Lex FridmanOn his fourth Lex Fridman Podcast appearance, Eric Weinstein talks through digital speech, reputation as a control tool, gauge-theoretic economics, and the unfinished physics he calls geometric unity.
2:39:15ENCraftsmanship, Graphs and Consciousness: Jim Keller on Building Computers That ThinkGuest Jim Keller · Host Lex FridmanLegendary chip architect Jim Keller talks with Lex Fridman about design philosophy, the future of AI hardware, the human mind and how to live well.
2:16:07ENAsk What Could Go Right: Jason Calacanis on Robinhood, Loyalty, and Two Checks for TeslaGuest Jason Calacanis · Host Lex FridmanThe angel investor and All-In co-host walks Lex Fridman from a Palo Alto dive bar to GameStop, Silicon Valley’s war on friction, and a friendship that kept a car company alive for twelve extra days.
3:03:38ENA Ten-Day Language That Still Runs the WebGuest Brendan Eich · Host Lex FridmanBrendan Eich tells Lex Fridman how JavaScript, Firefox, Mozilla, and Brave were built from rushed bets, open-source escape pods, and accidental tracking.
1:49:56ENA 21-Year-Old at a Party Called GameStop. He Was Right.Guest Richard Craib · Host Lex FridmanNumerai founder Richard Craib talks with Lex Fridman about WallStreetBets, crowdsourced machine learning, and why finance is a machine for pulling the future into the present.
1:44:32ENThe Philosopher’s Risk: Zev Weinstein on Stagnation, Truth, and the Courage to Change Your MindGuest Zev Weinstein · Host Lex FridmanZev Weinstein talks with Lex Fridman about why radical thought is both dangerous and necessary, and how truth, language, media, mathematics and mortality shape a meaningful life.
1:39:29ENElectric engines, 20-nanometer cones, and why Natalya Bailey would skip the first thousand on MarsGuest Natalya Bailey · Host Lex FridmanThe Accion Systems founder walks Lex Fridman from ion physics to orbital debris, chip-made thrusters, and the kind of culture that oozes out of a founder.
2:28:38ENLeave Them the Debt: Tim Dillon on Comedy, Censorship, and a Country That Feels ScrewedGuest Tim Dillon · Host Lex FridmanComedian Tim Dillon talks with Lex Fridman about unpaid graves, bad life advice, algorithmic gatekeepers, Alex Jones, and why so many people feel powerless.
1:18:35ENAn AI That Walks Among Us May Have to Know DepressionHost Lex FridmanIn a January 2021 AMA, Lex Fridman answers listeners on suffering machines, immigration, aliens, career pivots, and why happiness is a signal rather than a goal.
3:02:43ENHumanity Cannot Survive on the Right Person Showing Up at the Right TimeGuest Max Tegmark · Host Lex FridmanMIT physicist Max Tegmark tells Lex Fridman why AI should be as well understood as rockets, why 2020 was a warning on weapons and news, and why luck is a terrible long-term plan.
2:51:17ENOumuamua Wasn't Supposed to Exist. Avi Loeb Wants a Photograph Next Time.Guest Avi Loeb · Host Lex FridmanHarvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb tells Lex Fridman why the first interstellar visitor looks more like a lightsail than a rock — and why that question is still treated as unscientific.
2:17:42ENThe building block of life is a bead on a string, not the whole proteinGuest Dmitry Korkin · Host Lex FridmanDmitry Korkin tells Lex Fridman why protein domains, a triangular spike, and a conservative viral shell matter more than the AlphaFold headline, and why a Nobel laureate once answered a midnight forum post.
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