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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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kaesar14 wrote: post #31
VirusNewbie wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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, i…

Then I’m still frustrated that better interviewers don’t get to talk to these people.

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

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Post by redisman »

purple_ferret wrote: post #36
hatware wrote: post #13

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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?

He asks the same questions and gets the same answers for half of every interview. People are going to give you a variation of the same answer for 'what is the meaning of life,' and it gets old after a couple interviews. He's also fairly opinionated and repeats the same opinions over and over.

Yeah I used to listen to every episode but now I pretty much have stopped. Same with Rogan. I just keep getting dejavú. Didn’t I hear this exact line of conversation already 5 times? Camus is really cool and Twitter would be better with more love ..

And as others have said he has pet theories or opinions he always has to throw out there and almost never gets a response on. insert rant about aliens - yeah I guess that’s possible(?)

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

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Post by optimalsolver »

VirusNewbie wrote: post #32
kaesar14 wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Then I’m still frustrated that better interviewers don’t get to talk to these people.

But it would be a totally different conversation. Sean Carrol and Lex have both interviewed Wolfram, same discussion but done in a different way. I quite like that sometimes you get to hear Lex actually work through the implications or understanding of what the interviewee claims, rather than just being a listener.

Sean isn't just a listener. He'll directly challenge his guest (politely of course) on flaws in their arguments.

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

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Post by optimalsolver »

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'm also curious how Lex managed the get the calibre of guests he did right off the bat.

I understand he was some kind of MIT whizkid, but I don't know much about him beyond that.

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

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Post by briHass »

VirusNewbie wrote: post #32
kaesar14 wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Then I’m still frustrated that better interviewers don’t get to talk to these people.

But it would be a totally different conversation. Sean Carrol and Lex have both interviewed Wolfram, same discussion but done in a different way. I quite like that sometimes you get to hear Lex actually work through the implications or understanding of what the interviewee claims, rather than just being a listener.

But in that specific example (Wolfram on both podcasts), Carrol asked questions that clearly demonstrated a deep understanding of not only the subject matter (he is a theoretical physicist comfortable with advanced mathematics after all), but he also probed Wolfram on areas where his theory might be challenged. Lex did more of an 'everyman's' take on that conversation, which is fine, but certainly not at Carrol's level.

I did enjoy both, but mostly because Wolfram did most of the talking. Even with Lex's less-targeted/knowledgeable questions, Wolfram knew how to steer the answer to what he thought the actual question should have been.

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

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Post by infogulch »

0xbadc0de5 wrote: post #11

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.

"Very impressive performance. Now we can initiate the interview procedure."

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

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Post by dmarcos »

Ecstatify wrote: post #43

https://twitter.com/lexfridman/status/1496906468695724036 I’m not sure if he’s extremely naive or completely delusional.

He mentioned in the past several times he had the connections with Putin entourage. In current situation I imagine It will be really hard to pull off but who knows.

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

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Post by asguy »

redmen wrote: post #25
jarlab wrote: post #24

How does he even get all these people to come on his podcast?

Joe Rogan's fame. And Eric Weinstein before Eric went crazy

If you think Eric went crazy, he went crazy a long time before you heard of him. He's been pretty consistent.
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