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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 unsubsta

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...

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...