Conversations about science, technology, history, philosophy and the nature of intelligence, consciousness, love, and power. Lex is an AI researcher at MIT and beyond.
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#248 – Norman Naimark: Genocide, Stalin, Hitler, Mao, and Absolute Power
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2021-12-13
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#247 – Jamie Metzl: Lab Leak Theory
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2021-12-08
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#246 – Peter Woit: Theories of Everything and Why String Theory is Not Even Wrong
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2021-12-03
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#245 – Tom Brands: Iowa Wrestling
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2021-11-30
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#244 – Robert Crews: Afghanistan, Taliban, Bin Laden, and War in the Middle East
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2021-11-28
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#243 – Kevin Systrom: Instagram
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2021-11-23
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#242 – Ben Askren: Wrestling and MMA
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2021-11-20
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#241 – Boris Sofman: Waymo, Cozmo, Self-Driving Cars, and the Future of Robotics
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2021-11-16
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#240 – Neal Stephenson: Sci-Fi, Space, Aliens, AI, VR & the Future of Humanity
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2021-11-11
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#239 – Niall Ferguson: History of Money, Power, War, and Truth
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2021-11-08
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#238 – Francis Collins: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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2021-11-05
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#237 – Steve Viscelli: Trucking and the Decline of the American Dream
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2021-11-03
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#236 – Jimmy Pedro: Judo and the Forging of Champions
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2021-10-31
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#235 – Michael Mina: Rapid COVID Testing
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2021-10-29
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#234 – Stephen Wolfram: Complexity and the Fabric of Reality
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2021-10-27
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#233 – Carl Hart: Heroin, Cocaine, MDMA, Alcohol & the Role of Drugs in Society
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2021-10-23
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#232 – Brian Greene: Quantum Gravity, Big Bang, Aliens, Life, Death, and Meaning
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2021-10-20
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#231 – Alex Gladstein: Bitcoin, Authoritarianism, and Human Rights
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2021-10-16
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#230 – Kelsi Sheren: War, Artillery, PTSD, and Love
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2021-10-14
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#229 – Richard Wrangham: Role of Violence, Sex, and Fire in Human Evolution
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2021-10-10
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