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Lex Fridman 'A Day in the Life' (Patreon)

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2022-06-15 05:23:17
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Hi everyone,

Just a heads up for the forthcoming episode we are using the video linked above and the longer interview with Jonathan Haidt that can be found here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0un-l1L8Zw

This should give us a good mix of guru-ish content and one of Lex's better interview episodes (plus a tech themed topic and a guru-ish guest).

If you have anything else you want us to consider then please comment or email with suggestions. We won't clip another full episode but can deal with isolated clips/events.

Also interested just in general about anyone's thoughts on the content!

That's all!

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A day in my life | Lex Fridman

An hour-by-hour breakdown of my daily routine. Support this podcast by supporting our sponsors: - Eight Sleep: https://eightsleep.com/lex - Athletic Greens: https://athleticgreens.com/lex - Public Goods: https://publicgoods.com/lex and use code LEX OUTLINE: 0:00 - Morning 1:17 - Mantra 5:22 - Deep Work Session 1 8:07 - Social media and guitar 9:53 - Exercise 13:03 - Shower 16:48 - Deep Work Session 2 19:30 - Eating 25:03 - Shallow Work Session 28:21 - Reading

Comments

Rasterisk

I’ve been wary of Lex for a while, without much to go on beyond his IDW-infused guest list, icky Michael Malice bromance, and apparent inability to push back on anyone ever. Another waver of the calm-soft-spoken-guy-just-asking-questions red flag, his recent Rogan appearance—complete with appalling thoughts on gun violence—helped clarify why he’s not usually the interviewee. Psyched for this one!

Nobody

Good TWIV episode to note below, but Prof Racaniello's pick of the week has perplexed me for sometime: 01:44:15 to 01:47:43 Keep your ears going for 01:46:35 on, inconsistent with hospitality commitment statement in Lex tensor keto YouTube. https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-796/

bron stoll-engelsen

Maybe tough one? Seems self aware and just kinda an odd human, but then yeah, the vibes are off putting? Looking forward to your breakdown! :) thanks for the stimulating convos, cheers

jill leslie

I always chalked up his unusual demeanor, idealized thoughts on love, emotional immaturity/gullibility and lifestyle to being on the spectrum. Seems like a sincere guy whose heart is in a good place and is genuinely trying to be the very best Lex he can be. Eccentric and kind.

Nick Wiebe

I remember watching that day in the life video and thinking, riiiiight :)

Tom

This is what I think should be considered for a fair shake at Lex Friedman. From my clearly subjective perspective: He's probably board line undiagnosed autistic in a way I'm not unfamiliar with: A few JRE episodes back he talked about Khabib and Mcgregor. He actually defended Mcgregor and thought Khabib was in the wrong for responding so harshly. As if it was Khabib who should understand that Mcgregor wouldn't be able to understand how personal he would take those attacks. While I disagree wholeheartedly with his conclusion, I understand the impulse to try and understand people who do horrible things. And think that maybe there is a different way I could have handled a situation where I wasn't in the wrong. If I were to guess it comes from Lex's own inability to communicate. I think this trait of his also manifests as his disgust towards elitism and looking down on others, even while selectively choosing who has fallen victim to these traits. He's a lot like the Liberal's he and his guests are always after. After the Russia invasion of Ukraine he released a long apology infront of one of his episodes that would be indistinguishable from an apology out of 'Wokeistan'. It was filled with sincere humility, and promises to in the future to "be more careful with his language"," 'Do the work' and listen to opposing views' and actually be better (whatever that means). I think he's very persuadable by people he idolizes and does not do well with conflict. He is very warped inside his own bubble. He's not a good interviewer. The right was furious with how he interviewed the Pfizer CEO, oddly enough the Pfizer CEO seemed pretty annoyed he was brining up fringe conspiracy theroies. I thought he had a very good intro to that interview where he explained why he interviewed the way he did. Last thing. I literally do not know how this man functions in daily life. As I said earlier, I see a lot of him in me. He is so indecisive. I've found ways to turn off this crippling trait but he seems to see it as a virtue. He once said he has trouble not reading every anonymous email he receives because what if the long ass Machine Learning paper he was sent by a no name really does unlock Artificial Intelligence like it claims to? If his actions truly match his rhetoric I would expect him to be dead right now due to not prioritizing basic nutrition and hygiene. Sorry for the run on sentences. I can't help it....And self conscious about it after you called someone else out on it during your last episode :)

MaxPlan

Youtube really pushes his content, sometimes I start watching a youtube video on how to grill burgers and the next recommended video is a Lex interview. It is kind of annoying that this is what youtube pushes to me.

Scott Stacey

I actually thought Haidt was the more interesting person to decode in that interview. I found he has quite a patronising/all knowing way about him. Almost, one might say, as if he thought himself a guru or some type.

Kat

I never heard of this fellow Lex Fridman. I don't know how well regarded he is in the field of AI or how he achieved his guru status, though 1.78M subscribers (if real) might qualify him. As far as his youtube videos go: - In the "Day in the Life", he really needs to work on his delivery. I'm not sure how excited I would ever get about him reading, but to me he came off like Eeyore in Winnie the Pooh. There were a few what seemed to me incoherent ramblings about Nazi Germany and how AI might save us, it didn't seem to amount to fear mongering. - The Jonathan Haidt interview was really interesting. Fridman interviews a lot of interesting people. In the Haidt interview, Haidt did most of the talking, he might make a good subject for decoding academia. Edit: I take back the implication that he might not deserve his guru status. He does. I don't take back he needs to improve his delivery.

Bronwyn Snefjella

I listen to a lot of Lex Fridman's interviews and like him - he's well intentioned and kind and when he's interviewing scientists and academics the interviews are good because he let's them talk - they are the talent. However, he is sort of naive and thus a vector for gurus. He's friends with Joe Rogan and Elon Musk and tends to put them on a pedestal. His commentors are also terrible and sychophantic. I do not think he's a guru, but I do think he's someone at risk of drinking the koolaid. I actually think one of his biggest problems is that he doesn't seem to sleep enough and his interviews suffer as it seems he's not really paying attention at times. I did notice in a recent interview (a very polarizing one based on the YT comments) with the "Bad Vegan" he interrupted and talked over her repeatedly and it was offputting and I haven't felt like watching him since. It's great when interviewers challenge guests but not so much when they are dismissive of them. I found it possibly reflective of some latent sexism and also a lack of knowledge about abusive relationships. Not that Bad vegan is a saint or does not bear some responsibility for defrauding investers but I though the more interesting story was missed in how Lex interviewed because he couldn't seem to distinguish between love making people do crazy things and abusive situations where people are actively being primed for manipulation.

Ryan Goss

Surprised to see so many folks coming to Lex's defense here in the comments. From what I've seen/heard of him, he absolutely is a guru - or at least, really wants to be one. The "day in the life" video linked was one of the first things I saw of his, and the comment section just heaping praise onto him for his "warrior-intellectual" persona made me cringe. He is incredibly self-aggrandizing, galaxy-brained, and deceitful in his credentials, among other things. Lex may not check all the boxes of the gurometer, but he very much rate highly on most of the rankings in my estimation. Excited for this one.

Lina Neild Robinson

I want to ask Lex if he’s ever tried a thing we used to call a ‘well-balanced diet’ in adequate portions. It’s old-school but you generally don’t need to go shopping for supplements.