Lex Fridman has a PhD and his father Alexander Fridman is a highly respected researcher in the field of plasma physics. The whole vibe of Lex's show is him talk

Lex Fridman has a PhD and his father Alexander Fridman is a highly respected researcher in the field of plasma physics. The whole vibe of Lex's show is him talking to his father, which I think is why a lot of older men like to go on. They know they will be treated respectfully and be allowed to tell things the way they see them. Nassim Taleb seems kind of clueless. His Twitter feed is incomprehensible. The physicist Richard Feynman said "if you can't say something simply you don't understand it. Taleb doesn't seem to be able to say anything simply.