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

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FYI: Lex Fridman mentioned on multiple podcasts how much he admires Putin, and how one of his life goals is to interview him. Which apparently will happen soon. He also didn't condemn the invasion, just basically said that "war is bad", as if both sides are equally to blame.

>Lex Fridman mentioned on multiple podcasts how much he admires Putin I think that is a distortion of Lex's opinions.

Completely.

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

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What? Lex is my -favorite- interviewer. People say he's robotic and whatnot, but if you watch his face, eyes, and gestures...you can tell he thinks deeply about every single thing he is about to say. He is, unlike Rogan, generally knowledgeable enough already to make comments or ask questions. And he doesn't try to 'gotcha'. To me it's just watching two incredibly bright people speak casually, which I guess isn't eve…

Too high of a percentage of Lex’s podcasts are his feelings and when be starts to get ranty. I also hate when Joe does that but it’s WAY less often. Lex needs to learn the shut up and let his amazing guests direct the discussion. If knowledge is a barrier, then give me Sean Carroll with this guest list.

You might just be watching a little too much Lex... I'd get burnt out on just about anything if I watch enough of it.

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

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post #80
post #51

FYI: Lex Fridman mentioned on multiple podcasts how much he admires Putin, and how one of his life goals is to interview him. Which apparently will happen soon. He also didn't condemn the invasion, just basically said that "war is bad", as if both sides are equally to blame.

I don't think that's an honest characterization of what Lex actually said about Putin. I don't want to put words in his mouth, but my impression is that Lex has a fascination for the capacity of humans to do both good and evil, and I think it's obvious from this point alone why he would have a strong desire to speak to Putin face to face. I think there would be a lot of value in the world seeing him interview Putin.…

Also, note that it's possible for someone to have highly admirable traits, such as intelligence, and highly despicable traits, such as evil, at the same time. Therefore it's possible to both hate and admire someone, for different reasons. Or rather, to both admire and hate different aspects of a person at the same time.

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

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post #50

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

This is interesting. There was a time when I became aware of Eric Weinstein via Joe Rogan and Eric seemed to be pointing to things I'd recognized and couldn't name, and other things I hadn't recognized but could see when he pointed them out to me. It felt enlightening: here's a concealed underlying pattern that I have now unconcealed for you. Then after that, and after starting his own podcast, and after coming out w…

I always wonder if the Weinstein brothers can even be in the same room. Seems their egos may be too big to be together in an enclosed space.

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

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post #20

https://www.reddit.com/r/thefighterandthekid/comments/o3zpt9...

The problem I have with this is that both the reddit post, and all or most of the comments, all seem to levy non-specific criticism against Lex. Non-specific criticism is not helpful, and it borders on the ad hominem. I'd be much more interested in seeing debate and discussion of specific ideas.

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

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Then he got a postdoc at MIT.

you don't 'get a postdoc'. It's not a degree. It's a job you get that requires a PhD. It's a form a purgatory until you can get a real academic job. The goal of a post doc is to continue to do research work where you're the first position on publications to pad your CV to the point where it looks impressive enough when you're out giving job talks for tenure track positions. If you have a very strong PhD thesis, produ…

and that discredits him somehow?

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

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post #72

It's easy to poke fun at Mark because he's mega rich and can come off a little stiff, but he's pretty interesting to listen when he's speaking without a script. Here's Mark when he was 21 giving a lecture at Harvard's CS50: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFFs9UgOAlE

It's also possible for be interesting at one point in their life, and as the world around them changes together with their own mind changes, they fall into the category of not being interesting anymore. Or, similarly to many crazy world leaders, they can become "interesting" in the sense of how evil and crazy they sound when they talk about their ideas.

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

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Wow! He said he's going to interview putin! that made my heart skip.... Fuck zuck, i wanna watch that one.

I like Lex but his awe for Putin turns me off big time, Putin is intelligent (to leverage and maintain power), no doubt, but he’s a thug after all, a thug who became one of the world’s richest men by embezzlement pretty much.
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