Lex Fridman

@lexfridman5.5M followers

Host of Lex Fridman Podcast. Interested in robots and humans.

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1Nov 8, '24Scientific American editor-in-chief is an embarrassment to science. Get politics out of science, engineering, STEM education. Science and engineering is about building cool shit, a52.3×40.6M41k4.3k1.2k
2Dec 31, '22I'm reading a book a week in 2023. Classics, sci-fi, nonfiction, or anything people highly recommend. I'll keep adjusting the list. Start on Monday, done by Sunday. Might make lowk51.8×40.2M90k7.4k25k
3Sep 3, '24Here's my conversation with @realDonaldTrump It's here on X in full, and is up everywhere else too. Links in comment. Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 1:09 - Psychology of winning a39.7×30.8M78k17k19k
4Oct 26, '24Legacy media is done. I'd love to see presidential candidates and political leaders of both parties regularly doing long-form podcasts moving forward. PS: I tried hard to get Kamal35.7×27.7M53k3.8k1k
5Jun 27, '23I did an impromptu training session with @elonmusk for a few hours yesterday. I'm extremely impressed with his strength, power, and skill, on the feet and on the ground. It was epi28.4×22M97k6k1.8k
6Mar 15, '25I had an epic 3-hour podcast conversation with @narendramodi, Prime Minister of India. It was one of the most powerful conversations of my life. It'll be out tomorrow.22.3×17.3M60k6k1.8k
7Dec 18, '22I'm going to have a heart attack. This is the greatest World Cup game I've ever seen.18.6×14.4M151k10k541
8Sep 28, '23Here's my conversation with Mark Zuckerberg, his 3rd time on the podcast, but this time we talked in the Metaverse as photorealistic avatars. This was one of the most incredible ex17.6×13.7M48k7.5k9.6k
9Dec 20, '22Sadly, I've been attacked a lot over past 2 days. For example, my Wikipedia page was edited to mostly remove my time at MIT. I'm a Research Scientist at MIT, working there since 2017.4×13.5M102k4.2k608
10Dec 28, '22Life has ~600,000 hours in it. Use each hour well. The ride will be over before you know it.14.1×10.9M69k8.3k1.7k
11Jan 1, '23A bunch of folks mocked me for including "basic" books in my reading list (Orwell, Camus, Hesse, Dostoevsky, etc.) I picked many books that I love and have re-read multiple times. 12.6×9.8M78k2.6k1k
12Dec 16, '22Thinking of doing a podcast with @elonmusk about Twitter. Should be a fun one 😎12.5×9.7M76k2.6k149
13Jan 3, '23Of all the reasons to get "canceled" for, a reading list is my favorite 🤣 Thank you for that ❤️ I'll continue reading & re-reading great books and sharing stuff I love with th11.6×9M61k2.4k373
14Jul 3, '23Had a great training session with @elonmusk, @GeorgesStPierre, and John Danaher last night. Everything about this was epic!10.7×8.3M53k2.6k538
15Dec 16, '22I hope that Twitter becomes a place for civil debates between people on the left and the right. Many folks will mock this idea. But I refuse to accept cynicism. I think social medi9.9×7.7M56k3.9k170
16Jan 4, '25I had a great conversation with Volodymyr Zelenskyy (@ZelenskyyUa). Podcast episode should be out Monday. 3+ hours.9.4×7.3M46k2.1k1.8k
17Jan 5, '23I was just called honey by a kind-hearted southern waitress, and have to say it's one of my favorite things in this life. Simple kindness.8.0×6.2M66k2.3k288
18Dec 27, '22My new year's resolutions for 2023: - write, edit, or delete 20,000 lines of code - publish 2 good technical papers - read a classic book a week - run 1,000 miles, do 24k pull-ups 7.2×5.6M51k1.6k1.2k
19Jan 18, '25I will be doing a podcast with Narendra Modi (@narendramodi), Prime Minister of India, at the end of February. I've never been to India, so I'm excited to finally visit and experie7.2×5.6M49k3.8k2.2k
20Jan 9, '23Too real 🤣6.8×5.3M70k5.9k881
21Jan 22, '25Elon Musk is not a Nazi. Y'all lost your minds 🤣6.8×5.3M88k4.5k1k
22Dec 17, '22Twitter is fun. I'm glad it exists. It's cool that millions of us humans are connected to each other. Together we're one weird and beautiful living, intelligent, conscious system s6.4×5M44k3k143
23Jan 27, '23I'm watching the sunset, and am struck with the realization that I'm sitting on a habitable planet looking at a normal star that gave us some energy and somehow led to the origin o6.4×5M47k3.5k637
24Dec 18, '22Argentina wins the World Cup!!!!!! Messi is the greatest of all time!! Legendary player. Legendary game. The greatest sporting event I've ever seen in my life. I love you all!!!!!!6.3×4.9M65k5.1k259
25Nov 29, '24I would love to do a 3 hour podcast with @ZelenskyyUa I will come to Kyiv for it. Let's do it.6.2×4.8M66k2.3k1.2k
26Sep 3, '24This happened. Podcast out tomorrow (Tue) at 1pm EDT.6.1×4.8M93k5.1k2.1k
27Aug 28, '24I'm doing a podcast with @realDonaldTrump soon. Let me know if you have any questions/topic suggestions.5.8×4.5M68k3.6k1.3k
28Oct 25, '24I hope this election is not a close one, for everyone's sake. Go vote.5.8×4.5M86k4.5k560
29Feb 27, '23Some days I feel like a failure and I don't know what I'm doing. Today is one such day. Maybe everyone feels that way sometimes. I just want to say that I'm with you. ❤️5.7×4.4M45k2.2k637
30Feb 5, '23Humans are an API to ChatGPT. ChatGPT is an API to Python. Python is an API to C. C is an API to assembly. Assembly is an API to binary. Binary is an API to physics. Physics is an 5.6×4.4M45k6.4k3k
31Feb 21, '23I love the internet 🤣5.3×4.1M57k3.3k681
32Jan 27, '25Feeling lonely. Just one of those nights. I'm sitting outside 7 eleven at 2am like old times, listening to music, trying to figure out what it's all about. Silly brain is stuck fee5.0×3.9M51k1.7k2.7k
33Aug 15, '23Thank you for the birthday wishes! I got to celebrate it with amazing friends, including @elonmusk @joerogan and @hubermanlab, all who have brought so much fun, wisdom, and joy int4.9×3.8M41k1.1k535
34Mar 16, '25Here's my conversation with @narendramodi, Prime Minister of India. It was one of the most moving & powerful conversations and experiences of my life. This episode is fully dubbed 4.9×3.8M49k12k7.8k
35Mar 17, '23True 😔4.9×3.8M74k8.4k477
36Sep 29, '24I hope this election is a landslide.4.9×3.8M59k2.3k757
37Nov 15, '24Wokeism is dead. No more virtue signaling with pronouns, etc please. Just be kind to people.4.5×3.5M75k5.4k1.6k
38Mar 28, '23Keanu is right once again. Kindness is strength.4.5×3.5M55k5.6k601
40Mar 7, '23One of life's great mysteries 🤣4.1×3.2M63k5.6k803
41May 4, '23Lol true 🤣3.8×2.9M40k3.5k522
42Dec 4, '24I hope to interview both Zelenskyy and Putin, likely in January. For this, I will travel to both Kyiv and Moscow. My hope is to do my small part to understand their perspectives &a3.6×2.8M48k2.1k1.2k
44Nov 6, '24Looks like Trump is going to win, potential landslide. Leading in every swing state. Let that sink in. PS: Long-form podcasts FTW. I hope to see politicians from both sides doing 23.5×2.7M63k3.6k1.2k
45Feb 7, '23It feels great to be back to running 5-6 times a week. This pic is after 12 miles. A long run with a good audiobook takes me away from the madness of the online world, and reminds 3.4×2.6M41k762295
46Jan 28, '2299% of Zoom meetings could be replaced with an email.3.3×0131k9.5k466
47Apr 25, '22Elon Musk acquiring Twitter is a big win for free speech.3.3×0135k8.5k206
48Mar 14, '22It is becoming harder and harder to know what is true.3.1×0114k11k648
49Feb 5, '22I stand with Joe Rogan. It is not a coincidence that the attacks calling him racist come as pressure on Spotify to censor builds. Politicians and the media profit on division &3.1×0111k15k507
50Dec 3, '22The Twitter Files release is historic. This will strengthen our democracy.2.9×0113k8.8k654
51Feb 4, '22The White House pressuring Spotify to censor Joe Rogan is un-American. We are better than this.2.9×0106k12k273
52May 1, '22Human tendency to conform, especially when in large groups, is terrifying. Propaganda machines leverage this throughout human history. The way out is to think freely, detached from2.7×094k14k1.7k
53Feb 6, '25Everyone should be in favor of transparent, efficient government. Seems obvious.2.5×2M52k3.9k525
54Nov 12, '24I'm doing a podcast with Javier Milei (@JMilei) soon. 2+ hour conversation, in Spanish 😎 We'll subtitle & overdub it in English, so you can listen in either English or Spanish2.3×1.8M49k2.9k1.6k
55Jan 26, '22Spotify not caving under pressure to censor is admirable and important.2.3×095k6.5k240
56Nov 6, '22We're all human.2.3×081k8.5k840
57Oct 28, '22I'm excited for the future of Twitter.2.2×093k5k140
58Feb 24, '22I stayed up all night talking to people in Ukraine and Russia. I'll publish Mark Zuckerberg podcast another today. I will travel to Russia and Ukraine. I will speak to citizens and2.1×086k5.7k499
59Nov 18, '24I had a great 2-hour podcast conversation with Javier Milei (@JMilei), President of Argentina 🇦🇷. It'll be out tomorrow & available in both English and Spanish. Tremenda conv2.0×1.6M44k3.5k1.5k
60Jan 28, '25I applied for press pass to the White House. Fun side quest 🤣2.0×1.5M52k1.2k380
61Nov 2, '24Rest in peace, Peanut the Squirrel ❤2.0×1.5M41k2k296
62Nov 10, '24Keep warmongers out of government.1.9×1.5M44k3.2k333
63Jul 11, '25US government needs to release the Epstein list, and be fully transparent about everything related to this case. And don't treat the public like we're idiots. Otherwise trust is co1.9×1.4M45k4.3k697
64Jan 29, '22I wish more young people dreamed about being inventors, engineers, scientists, and entrepreneurs than influencers.1.8×065k8.1k711
65Oct 4, '22Elon buying Twitter is good for the world.1.8×068k4.9k152
66Jun 1, '22Johnny Depp wins. I hope this sends a strong message to companies and the media not to rush to judgement.1.8×072k5.5k189
67Mar 24, '21School should inspire not just educate.1.7×063k8.6k295
68Jan 8, '21Social media & the press are currently incentivized to drastically exaggerate narratives of division. This in turn creates more division & the downward spiral continues. I 1.7×059k8.7k637
69Dec 26, '21Don't cancel history. Learn from it.1.7×062k8.5k784
70Oct 9, '22Humans killed by sharks every year: 6-10 Sharks killed by humans every year: 100+ million Most people think the first number is much higher, and don't think about the second number1.7×065k6k603
71May 27, '22My takeaways from Johnny Depp vs Amber Heard trial: 1. Fame is one hell of a drug (for some). 2. Psychiatrists & lawyers come in drastically varying levels of skill. 3. Lying t1.7×070k3.5k683
72Nov 14, '24I would like to announce that I will not be announcing that I'm leaving X.1.7×1.3M45k1.5k222
73Sep 23, '22I send my love to the Iranian people who are standing up for their freedom.1.6×051k9.7k92
74May 21, '2011 * 11 = 121 111 * 111 = 12321 1111 * 1111 = 1234321 11111 * 11111 = 123454321 111111 * 111111 = 12345654321 1111111 * 1111111 = 1234567654321 11111111 * 11111111 = 123456787654321.6×060k6.4k1.1k
75Dec 15, '22I have over 200 chrome tabs open, and I refuse to close them even though my returning to any of them has a probability of exactly 0%1.6×058k4.4k715
76Aug 2, '20According to the Internet, everyone is either Marxist, fascist, racist, sexist, or a pedophile.1.5×060k4.6k418
77Dec 10, '22If you look for a reason to hate a person, eventually you'll find it. If you look for a reason to celebrate a person, eventually you'll find it. The former leads to resentment and 1.5×048k7.4k1.3k
78Nov 3, '22We can disagree and still like each other. Let's not conflate disagreement with disdain or hate. Debate with friends is essential for progress.1.5×050k6.9k511
79Mar 26, '21One day a human child born on a distant planet will have to be taught about a place called Earth from where humankind originated.1.4×056k4.4k370
80Nov 21, '22Twitter is getting wild.1.4×059k2.2k95
81Nov 13, '22To anyone criticizing me, I may not respond directly, but I read it, take it seriously, and work hard to improve. Thank you both for the love and the criticism.1.4×056k1.9k402
82Dec 9, '22Twitter Files release is most beneficial to humanity not because of what it revealed, but because it promotes a culture of transparency. Transparency is good for everyone long-term1.3×051k4.7k192
83Dec 27, '20Can you?1.3×053k3.1k403
85Feb 17, '22School should teach HOW to think more than WHAT to think.1.2×043k5.6k342
86Oct 10, '22Satoshi Nakamoto should win the Nobel Prize.1.2×042k5.2k191
87Nov 26, '22We're making history 🤣1.2×047k3.6k371
88Oct 28, '22Twitter team should be about great engineering not activism.1.2×047k2.9k171
89Jun 7, '22Web design should be simple.1.2×044k4k909
90Nov 18, '22I'd like to talk to Trump on podcast. Make it a tough, raw, honest conversation. Maybe it'll help Twitter decide if to bring him back.1.2×043k2k145
91Nov 21, '22"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about."1.2×042k5.1k460
92Jul 6, '21Earth is a computer built to evolve increasingly intelligent neural networks.1.1×044k3.3k576
93Feb 14, '21Vladimir Putin, Elon Musk, and me as moderator & translator would be a good conversation. @elonmusk @KremlinRussia_E let's make it happen.1.1×046k2.3k180
94May 26, '201961: First human in space 1969: First human on the moon 2000: First human long-term stay aboard the ISS 2020: First SpaceX flight with humans on-board Tomorrow (May 27) a new chap1.1×042k4.9k149
96Oct 13I've been traveling the world a bit. One of the most incredible experiences was getting to visit Taiwan w/ @JensenHuang. It was wild 🤯.. huge crowds of engineers, insanely good st1.0×802k12k1.1k3.7k
98Nov 27, '21History has a dark sense of humor.1.0×044k1.5k212
99Jan 28, '21The internet always wins in the end.1.0×040k2.7k104

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