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Lex Fridman did a good hour and a half interview with BK if you're interested. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9upVbGSBFo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9upV

by rr808 2y ago

Lex Fridman did a good hour and a half interview with BK if you're interested. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9upVbGSBFo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9upVbGSBFo

deepspace 2y ago
The Computerphile YouTube channel also did many interviews with BK: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=computerphile+kernighan https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=computerphile+k... Sometimes, I feel extremely privileged to be living today. It's like a mathematician being able to interview Euler or a physicist interviewing Newton.
fuzztester 2y ago
checking it out. I didn't like his talks earlier (had only seen parts of a few), don't know why. but interestingly (to me), this one seems to be good, at least at the start, where I am now. as the real talk starts after the ads, looking at him, for some reason, I thought he looked like a sinister mafia don wearing a tie. :)
- kagakuninja 2y ago
  Lex seems to love prominent tech bros like Zuckerberg and Musk, and has also done a softball interview of Joe Rogan, in which Rogan was allowed to spew unsubstantiated alt-right statements. If you don't like any of those people, Lex might be a turn-off. His attitude seems to be that he will interview anyone without pre-judgement, and try to find common ground with them or something. "Woke" people like myself view that as enabling bad actors. I have listened to some great interviews from him, so it is a mixed bag.
  - Aaronstotle 2y ago
    I first found Lex because he would interview really interesting technical people, like Jim Keller. Like you, I found Lex off-putting in that he will platform anyone, and then will just say Love will prevail, I think its incredibly naive.
    - fuzztester 2y ago
      his demeanor looks naive to me. it might be a put-on thing, though.
    - rubytubido 2y ago
      > off-putting in that he will platform anyone Why? You are not interested to hear different opinions?
      - kagakuninja 2y ago
        1) I don't need to hear anything from Ivanka Trump ever, thank you. 2) Platforming dishonest hacks like Tucker Carlson does the nation a disservice, unless he is going to call out all the lies as they happen. While I have not listened to the Carlson interview, based on what I heard from Joe Rogan, I do not believe Friedman will significantly push back on right wing misinformation, for whatever reason.
  - alex_lav 2y ago
    > Rogan was allowed to spew unsubstantiated alt-right statements. So just normal JRE content
  - lanstin 2y ago
    The only one I've listened to was him interviewing Donald Knuth which was worth listening to, tho from time to time I got the impression of an interviewer that didn't quite know enough to do the interview. If you like podcasts of a very intelligent person interviewing very accomplished guest thinkers, Sean Carroll's Mindcast is slightly higher level: https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/ https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/ (tho I don't think Donald Knuth has been on that one, lots of other computer folks have).
    - fuzztester 2y ago
      that sounds interesting, will check it, thanks.
  - adamrezich 2y ago
    Why are we still using "alt-right" in 2024 to describe people who do not self-describe as such, just because they espouse beliefs outside the mainstream liberal orthodoxy? 2016 was a long time ago, and Richard Spencer has faded into irrelevant obscurity, so why do people still insist upon using this ill-defined and incendiary term?
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    - sgarland 2y ago
      How else do you want to define the modern GOP? Their policies and societal views are markedly different from Bush-era. It’s bewildering to think of Romney and Trump being in the same party.
      - rsdfvn1099 2y ago
        Obviously there is no official count but the consensus is there are 6 factions within the GOP. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factions_in_the_Republican_Party_(United_States) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factions_in_the_Republican_P...

by rr808 2y ago

Lex Fridman did a good hour and a half interview with BK if you're interested. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9upVbGSBFo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9upVbGSBFo

deepspace 2y ago

The Computerphile YouTube channel also did many interviews with BK: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=computerphile+kernighan https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=computerphile+k... Sometimes, I feel extremely privileged to be living today. It's like a mathematician being able to interview Euler or a physicist interviewing Newton.

fuzztester 2y ago

checking it out. I didn't like his talks earlier (had only seen parts of a few), don't know why. but interestingly (to me), this one seems to be good, at least at the start, where I am now. as the real talk starts after the ads, looking at him, for some reason, I thought he looked like a sinister mafia don wearing a tie. :)

kagakuninja 2y ago
Lex seems to love prominent tech bros like Zuckerberg and Musk, and has also done a softball interview of Joe Rogan, in which Rogan was allowed to spew unsubstantiated alt-right statements. If you don't like any of those people, Lex might be a turn-off. His attitude seems to be that he will interview anyone without pre-judgement, and try to find common ground with them or something. "Woke" people like myself view that as enabling bad actors. I have listened to some great interviews from him, so it is a mixed bag.
- Aaronstotle 2y ago
  I first found Lex because he would interview really interesting technical people, like Jim Keller. Like you, I found Lex off-putting in that he will platform anyone, and then will just say Love will prevail, I think its incredibly naive.
  - fuzztester 2y ago
    his demeanor looks naive to me. it might be a put-on thing, though.
  - rubytubido 2y ago
    > off-putting in that he will platform anyone Why? You are not interested to hear different opinions?
    - kagakuninja 2y ago
      1) I don't need to hear anything from Ivanka Trump ever, thank you. 2) Platforming dishonest hacks like Tucker Carlson does the nation a disservice, unless he is going to call out all the lies as they happen. While I have not listened to the Carlson interview, based on what I heard from Joe Rogan, I do not believe Friedman will significantly push back on right wing misinformation, for whatever reason.
- alex_lav 2y ago
  > Rogan was allowed to spew unsubstantiated alt-right statements. So just normal JRE content
- lanstin 2y ago
  The only one I've listened to was him interviewing Donald Knuth which was worth listening to, tho from time to time I got the impression of an interviewer that didn't quite know enough to do the interview. If you like podcasts of a very intelligent person interviewing very accomplished guest thinkers, Sean Carroll's Mindcast is slightly higher level: https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/ https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/ (tho I don't think Donald Knuth has been on that one, lots of other computer folks have).
  - fuzztester 2y ago
    that sounds interesting, will check it, thanks.
- adamrezich 2y ago
  Why are we still using "alt-right" in 2024 to describe people who do not self-describe as such, just because they espouse beliefs outside the mainstream liberal orthodoxy? 2016 was a long time ago, and Richard Spencer has faded into irrelevant obscurity, so why do people still insist upon using this ill-defined and incendiary term?
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  - sgarland 2y ago
    How else do you want to define the modern GOP? Their policies and societal views are markedly different from Bush-era. It’s bewildering to think of Romney and Trump being in the same party.
    - rsdfvn1099 2y ago
      Obviously there is no official count but the consensus is there are 6 factions within the GOP. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factions_in_the_Republican_Party_(United_States) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factions_in_the_Republican_P...