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Mark Zuckerberg on the Lex Fridman Podcast [video]

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Re: Mark Zuckerberg on the Lex Fridman Podcast [video]

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Post by 0xbadc0de5 »

I laughed when Lex's first move was to ask Mark to complete a hardcopy CAPTCHA ("Please circle all the traffic lights"). Kudos to Mark for playing along.

Having not had an opportunity to hear Mark Zuckerberg speak in a (fairly) candid manner before now, I appreciate Lex's effort to get this out there.

Re: Mark Zuckerberg on the Lex Fridman Podcast [video]

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Post by redmen »

paulpauper wrote: post #6
kaesar14 wrote: post #4

It sucks that the Lex podcast has maybe the best guests of any podcast out there right now and he's such a terrible interviewer. Seriously, give me this guest list with Rogan on the other side any day of the week.

that's why he gets the best guests. He doesn't make it about him. It's like "here, I'm giving you a platform and I will interject only occasionally. "

That's a part of his facade. He is good at listening, which he has picked up from Rogan

Re: Mark Zuckerberg on the Lex Fridman Podcast [video]

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Post by hatware »

kaesar14 wrote: post #4

It sucks that the Lex podcast has maybe the best guests of any podcast out there right now and he's such a terrible interviewer. Seriously, give me this guest list with Rogan on the other side any day of the week.

Apples and oranges.

I think Lex is a fine interviewer considering his background, and short time podcasting. Can you provide examples of him being a terrible interviewer?

Re: Mark Zuckerberg on the Lex Fridman Podcast [video]

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Post by ushakov »

kaesar14 wrote: post #4

It sucks that the Lex podcast has maybe the best guests of any podcast out there right now and he's such a terrible interviewer. Seriously, give me this guest list with Rogan on the other side any day of the week.

why would anybody like Zuckerberg want to interview with Rogan? Lex is highly educated, well-spoken and knows about interview topics in depth

Re: Mark Zuckerberg on the Lex Fridman Podcast [video]

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Post by mhh__ »

mindcrime wrote: post #8
kaesar14 wrote: post #4

It sucks that the Lex podcast has maybe the best guests of any podcast out there right now and he's such a terrible interviewer. Seriously, give me this guest list with Rogan on the other side any day of the week.

Meh. What's Joe Rogan gonna ask somebody like Jim Keller or Yann Lecun? Does he know enough about either of their respective fields to even frame an interesting question beyond "do you smoke weed?" or "Should people get the COVID vaccine?", "who will be the next UFC lightweight champion?", etc. Don't get me wrong here: I am a huge Rogan fan. And some Fridman guests would, IMO, be great with Rogan as well (Zuck, for e…

Lex equally didn't have much to say to Jim Keller. There was a bit of back and forth but it just felt pointless (all programmers should know what a branch predictor is, especially ones about to interview Jim Keller!) Or a bit childish: at one I think Fridman asks him what his greatest achievement is in a slightly corny way, and Keller just remarks that he has children.

Re: Mark Zuckerberg on the Lex Fridman Podcast [video]

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Post by VirusNewbie »

kaesar14 wrote: post #4

It sucks that the Lex podcast has maybe the best guests of any podcast out there right now and he's such a terrible interviewer. Seriously, give me this guest list with Rogan on the other side any day of the week.

I used to get similarly frustrated at Lex’s interviewing style compared to say, Sean Carol’s (mindscape podcast). I realized that Lex isn’t really doing interviews; he’s having guests on to converse and shoot the shit with. He will regularly talk about his own ideas and bounce them off the guests, which is quite atypical.

However if you think of it as getting to listen to two friends just chatting or having a beer, it can make for interesting content. Shift your mindset and it might be more enjoyable.

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