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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 lern_too_spel »

graphpercolator wrote: post #113
type0 wrote: post #97

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He is also one of the most boring interviewers on youtubes, he's great to listen if you have insomnia and want to fall asleep. To be fair Lex deserves some lenience because English isn't his native language, but I'm still surprised that his podcast got so popular that it has.

To me, he does a great job of letting the ideas of the guest be the main focus. I don't want to hear him tell jokes or try to be a comedian.

He agrees with whatever the guest says, no matter how stupid whatever the guest said is. This makes the interviews unbearably boring to me. The interviewer should challenge the guest, so we can learn something from the interview.

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

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Post by brailsafe »

ausbah wrote: post #73
Ecstatify wrote: post #43

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

dude has a wonderful habit of blocking anyone he deems remotely "negative" on Twitter

Why wouldn't you? I unfollow every person on Instagram who remotely causes me mild irritation. It ain't worth fuck all. You're doing something wrong if you actively seek out negativity.

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

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Post by qiskit »

silisili wrote: post #146
qiskit wrote: post #145

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> 1 - Zuck really, really is all in on the metaverse thing. I was never sure if it was his idea, or he sees a trend, etc, but now I'm convinced it's all his idea. It's not just zuck. Microsoft, google, apple, etc are all focused on it. Nadella and others have called it the next internet. So the entire tech industry is betting big on it. Microsoft just spend billions of Activision in preparation for the metaverse. htt…

> Are you right now crying uncontrollably because we are talking about bullying, suicides, etc. Well, no. But if I had created a product and learned it was being used to torment children until they killed themselves, then yes, I absolutely would feel gutted and likely cry. Perhaps I'm too empathetic to be a CEO, which is fitting I guess - I'll never be one.

> But if I had created a product and learned it was being used to torment children until they killed themselves, then yes, I absolutely would feel gutted and likely cry.

Using that logic, everyone who created anything would be crying all day. Is it just facebook that's the problem? What about smartphones? What about the creators of Netscape? What about tim berners-lee. Facebook is a product used by billions of people. What do you want? Is it just facebook or the internet?

> Perhaps I'm too empathetic to be a CEO, which is fitting I guess - I'll never be one.

For how empathetic you are, you don't seem to feel any empathy for zuckerburg.

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

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Post by mark_l_watson »

silisili wrote: post #115

Having finally watched the whole thing, just writing some thoughts below...for those who maybe didn't or can't watch. 1 - Zuck really, really is all in on the metaverse thing. I was never sure if it was his idea, or he sees a trend, etc, but now I'm convinced it's all his idea. I find it odd but interesting someone with essentially unlimited real life resources seeks such escape. 1.5 - I think he also overestimates i…

Nice comments and summary. I almost watched the whole thing, skipped 20 minutes a half hour in. The only product that Facebook/Meta has that I really like is the Oculus technology. I love the Oculus and some of the content. I do wish them luck with the metaverse.

I think VR is a healthy activity, in small doses. I can get up from my desk feeling tired, and 5 minutes playing ping pong against a robot is refreshing, similar in effect to walking outside for 5 minutes.

I think using VR as a productivity tool for such as software development, shared white-boarding, etc. is a long way off.

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

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Post by karmakaze »

silisili wrote: post #139
strich wrote: post #138

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> Also saying people will spend as much on virtual clothes as real clothes feels offbase, but maybe I'm wrong. As a gamedev I can absolutely believe this. You don't have to spend much time googling the breakdown of consumer spend in the games industry to see that this is absolutely, sadly, true. But they don't need to spend all their time in those metaverse to do that.

Isn't the cost different? Asking in earnest, it's been years since I've been big into gaming. I remember xbox avatars charging a couple dollars for an outfit, whereas a typical casual outfit for me would be 50 to 70 dollars

I don't know how true this is, but read that Rogue (StarCraft 2 player), wins tournaments for the prize money.. so he can spend it in MapleStory. And that he doesn't practice as much as other pros. Mind-boggling if true, since he's in the world champion semi-finals[0] being played tomorrow for his 2nd favourite game.

[0] https://liquipedia.net/starcraft2/IEM_Katowice/2022#Playoffs...

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

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Post by invisiblerobot »

qiskit wrote: post #143
robbedpeter wrote: post #114

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I'm wondering if he's somehow going to get Putin to sit down and talk. If anyone could, it seems to be Lex Fridman. Zelensky seems more likely.

Wouldn't surprise me if he had God on his podcast one day. I understand why people go on JRE, it's a huge platform. What's surprising is the quality of guests Fridman gets on his podcast, even when the podcast was relatively small. Who is this guy?

It's not surprising once you watch

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

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Post by trts »

TrapLord_Rhodo wrote: post #33

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

If you listen to a lot of his podcasts, this is actually his way of willing the circumstance into being, or that's been my interpretation. He used to talk about it as something he aspires to, but more recently has been referencing as something like an inevitable intersection along his trajectory.

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

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Post by kaesar14 »

Buldak wrote: post #150
W0lf wrote: post #71

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Thanks for pointing this out as I share the same opinion regarding Lex. For me personally it‘s that his behavior during his podcasts doesn’t match up to the intellectual shallowness of his questions and thinkings which drives me a bit crazy, e.g. a deep concerned look, a long pause and then.. an obvious statement or something along this line

Yes, I've been somewhat baffled by the suggestion that Lex is some kind of boy genius. I find many of his questions incredibly inane (asking "What is the most beautiful idea in mathematics?" over and over again). I keep watching because the guests are great, but I don't think much of Lex's ability to really engage with their ideas.

Ah I totally agre. “what is love?” “how does math express love?”, “how do we get AI to understand love?”. It’s fucking annoying.

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

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Post by [deleted] »

briHass wrote: post #39
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 hate to admit it, but I tend to agree. In my opinion, Lex has actually gotten worse as he has done more interviews. Now, he seems to feel comfortable taking up huge chunks of the conversation with incoherent non-sequiturs. He tends to do better when the topic is math/AI related (due to his knowledge) and does worse the farther the topic is from that narrow focus. Rogan started off bad, but he became an excellent in…

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

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Post by [deleted] »

tartoran wrote: post #90
TrapLord_Rhodo wrote: post #33

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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