#368 – Eliezer Yudkowsky

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #368:

  1. Adaptation and Natural Selection: A Critique of Some Current Evolutionary Thought by George Christopher Williams
  2. Great Mambo Chicken And The Transhuman Condition: Science Slightly Over The Edge by Edward Regis
  3. Engines of Creation: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology by Eric Drexler

Eliezer Shlomo Yudkowsky is an American artificial intelligence researcher and writer on decision theory and ethics, best known for popularizing ideas related to friendly artificial intelligence. Wikipedia


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#367 – Sam Altman

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #367:

  1. Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich by Norman Ohler

Samuel H. Altman is an American entrepreneur, investor, and programmer. He is the CEO of OpenAI and the former president of Y Combinator. Altman is also the co-founder of Loopt and Worldcoin. Wikipedia

Other appearances: #419


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#366 – Shannon Curry

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #366:

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Dr. Shannon Curry is a clinical and forensic psychologist and Director of the Curry Psychology Group in Newport Beach, CA.


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#365 – Sam Harris

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #365:

  1. Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion by Paul Bloom
  2. Being There by Jerzy Kosinski
  3. Human Compatible: Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control by Stuart Russell
  4. WAR by Sebastian Junger

Samuel Benjamin Harris is an American philosopher, neuroscientist, author, and podcast host. His work touches on a range of topics, including rationality, religion, ethics, free will, neuroscience, meditation, psychedelics, philosophy of mind, politics, terrorism, and artificial intelligence. Wikipedia

Other appearances: #185


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#364 – Chris Voss

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #364:

  1. Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It by Chris Voss, Tahl Raz
  2. Beyond Winning: Negotiating to Create Value in Deals and Disputes by Robert H. Mnookin, Scott R. Peppet, Andrew S. Tulumello
  3. Man Without a Gun : One Diplomat’s Secret Struggle to Free the Hostages, Fight Terrorism, and End a War by Giandomenico Picco
  4. Breaking The Habit of Being Yourself: How to Lose Your Mind and Create a New One by Dr. Joe Dispenza

Christopher Voss is an American businessman, author, and academic. Voss is a former FBI hostage negotiator, the CEO of The Black Swan Group Ltd, a company registered in East Grinstead, England, and co-author of the book Never Split the Difference. Wikipedia


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#363 – Craig Jones, Nicky Rod, and Nicky Ryan

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #363 B-Team Jiu Jitsu: Craig Jones, Nicky Rod, and Nicky Ryan:

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Craig Benjamin Jones is an Australian grappler and Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt competitor and coach. An IBJJF world No-Gi Brazilian jiu-jitsu champion as a purple belt, Jones is a two-time ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship silver medallist and a three-time Polaris Pro Grappling champion. Wikipedia

Other appearances: #439

Nick Rodriguez is an American professional submission grappler, Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) practitioner and former amateur wrestler. Wikipedia

Nicky Ryan is a jiu-jitsu black belt under John Danaher and one of the main representatives of the Renzo Gracie Academy.


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#362 – Ginni Rometty

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #362:

  1. Good Power: Leading Positive Change in Our Lives, Work, and World by Ginni Rometty

Virginia Marie “Ginni” Rometty is an American business executive who served as executive chairman of IBM after stepping down as CEO on April 1, 2020. She previously served as chairman, president and CEO of IBM, becoming the first woman to head the company. Wikipedia


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#361 – Aaron Smith-Levin

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #361:

  1. Dianetics: The Modern Science Of Mental Health by L. Ron Hubbard
  2. A New Kind of Science by Stephen Wolfram
  3. Animal Farm by George Orwell
  4. A Billion Years: My Escape From a Life in the Highest Ranks of Scientology by Mike Rinder
  5. Blown for Good – Behind the Iron Curtain of Scientology by Marc Headley

Aaron Smith-Levin is a former Scientologist, Vice President of the Aftermath Foundation, and host of the Growing Up In Scientology YouTube channel.


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#360 – Tim Urban

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #360:

  1. What’s Our Problem?: A Self-Help Book for Societies by Tim Urban
  2. A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson
  3. Culture by Iain M. Banks
  4. Why We’re Polarized by Ezra Klein

Tim Urban is the author of the blog Wait But Why.

Other appearances: #264


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#359 – Andrew Strominger

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #359:

  1. A New Kind of Science by Stephen Wolfram
  2. Dreams of a Final Theory: The Scientist’s Search for the Ultimate Laws of Nature by Steven Weinberg

Andrew Eben Strominger is an American theoretical physicist who is the director of Harvard’s Center for the Fundamental Laws of Nature. He has made significant contributions to quantum gravity and string theory. Wikipedia


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