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Eisenhower's warning about the military industrial complex. I think about these words often.
Lex Fridman· 2025-07-05 22:20
In 1946, Eisenhower said, "I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can. Only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity." Possibly my hatred of war blinds me so that I cannot comprehend the arguments they aduce. But in my opinion, there's no such thing as a preventative war. Although the suggestions repeatedly made, none has yet explained how war prevents war.Worse than this, no one has been able to explain away the fact that war creates the conditions that beget war. And finally, ...
Iran War Debate: Nuclear Weapons, Trump, Peace, Power & the Middle East | Lex Fridman Podcast #473
Lex Fridman· 2025-06-26 17:28
Debate on Iran war between Scott Horton and Mark Dubowitz. Scott Horton is the author and director of the Libertarian Institute, editorial director of Antiwar.com, host of The Scott Horton Show, and for the past three decades, a staunch critic of U.S. foreign policy and military interventionism. Mark Dubowitz is the chief executive of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, host of the Iran Breakdown podcast, and a leading expert on Iran and its nuclear program for over 20 years. This debate was recorded ...
Terence Tao on Grigori Perelman declining the Fields Medal
Lex Fridman· 2025-06-19 23:23
There's a funny story I read that when you won the Fields Medal, somebody from the internet wrote you and asked, you know, what are you going to do now that you've won this prestigious award and then you just quickly very humbly said that, you know, this a shiny metal is not going to solve any of the problems I'm currently working on. So, I'm just I'm going to keep I'm going to keep working on them. First of all, it's funny to me that you would answer an email in that context.It just shows your humility. Bu ...
Lex Fridman tests Google XR glasses
Lex Fridman· 2025-06-13 00:37
Still, how you doing. Good to meet you. Nice to meet you.So, um, as Max mentioned, got glasses here. We start with, um, the foundation of great glasses, something stylish, lightweight, wearable, and we say, how can we build great technology and experiences on top of that. One of the core tenants of the Android XR platform, this idea of a multimodal conversational device, see what you see, what you hear.So, we've got a camera, you've got speakers, multiple microphones for speaker isolation. I'll give you a c ...
Google CEO on Elon Musk, Tesla, and Waymo
Lex Fridman· 2025-06-10 20:51
The competition is heating up. You've been uh friendly with Elon even though technically is a competitor. What do you think about the robo taxi efforts that Tesla is doing.We don't compete with Tesla directly. We are not making cars etc. Right. We building L45 autonomy.We're building a Whimo driver which is general purpose and can be used in many settings. They're obviously working on making Tesla self-driving too. I've just assumed it's a de facto that Elon would succeed in whatever he does.So that is uh n ...
Lex Fridman tests Google Beam
Lex Fridman· 2025-06-06 23:04
- Hey, Lex. My name is Andrew, I lead the Google Beam team, and we're going to show you a demo today. - Whoa, okay. - Okay, Lex.Here we are. All right. - This is real already.Wow. - This is real. Good to see you.This is Google Beam. - So you can feel the depth of this. - Yeah, great to meet you.- Wow. Wow. So for people, probably can't even imagine what this looks like, there's a 3D version, it looks real.You look real. - Yeah, it looks real to me, it looks real to you. - It looks like you're coming out of ...
Oliver Anthony: Country Music, Blue-Collar America, Fame, Money, and Pain | Lex Fridman Podcast #469
Lex Fridman· 2025-05-19 19:47
Oliver Anthony is singer-songwriter who first gained worldwide fame with his viral hit Rich Men North of Richmond. He became a voice for many who are voiceless, with many of his songs speaking to the struggle of the working class in modern American life. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: https://lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep469-sb See below for timestamps, transcript, and to give feedback, submit questions, contact Lex, etc. *Transcript:* https://lexfridman.com/oliver-anthony-transcript *CONTAC ...
Robert Rodriguez: Sin City, Desperado, El Mariachi, Alita, and Filmmaking | Lex Fridman Podcast #465
Lex Fridman· 2025-04-16 18:52
Robert Rodriguez is a legendary filmmaker and creator of Sin City, El Mariachi, Desperado, Spy Kids, Machete, From Dusk Till Dawn, Alita: Battle Angel, The Faculty, and his newest venture Brass Knuckle Films. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: https://lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep465-sb See below for timestamps, transcript, and to give feedback, submit questions, contact Lex, etc. *Transcript:* https://lexfridman.com/robert-rodriguez-transcript *CONTACT LEX:* *Feedback* - give feedback to Lex: h ...
Douglas Murray: Putin, Zelenskyy, Trump, Israel, Netanyahu, Hamas & Gaza | Lex Fridman Podcast #463
Lex Fridman· 2025-03-30 20:12
Douglas Murray is the author of On Democracies and Death Cults, The War on The West, and The Madness of Crowds. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: https://lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep463-sb See below for timestamps, transcript, and to give feedback, submit questions, contact Lex, etc. *Transcript:* https://lexfridman.com/douglas-murray-2-transcript *CONTACT LEX:* *Feedback* - give feedback to Lex: https://lexfridman.com/survey *AMA* - submit questions, videos or call-in: https://lexfridman.com/ ...