#405 – Jeff Bezos: Amazon and Blue Origin

12/14/23 • 140 min

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Jeff Bezos is the founder of Amazon and Blue Origin.

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OUTLINE:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(08:53) – Texas ranch and childhood
(12:31) – Space exploration and rocket engineering
(25:05) – Physics
(34:39) – New Glenn rocket
(1:17:28) – Lunar program
(1:27:24) – Amazon
(1:44:45) – Principles
(2:03:25) – Productivity
(2:14:03) – Future of humanity

Jeff Bezos is the founder of Amazon and Blue Origin.

Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/jeff-bezos-transcript

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#404 – Lee Cronin: Controversial Nature Paper on Evolution of Life and Universe

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(00:00) – Introduction
(09:37) – Assembly theory paper
(30:06) – Assembly equation
(43:19) – Discovering alien life
(1:01:38) – Evolution of life on Earth
(1:09:34) – Response to criticism
(1:27:12) – Kolmogorov complexity
(1:39:02) – Nature review process
(1:59:56) – Time and free will
(2:06:21) – Communication with aliens
(2:28:19) – Cellular automata
(2:32:48) – AGI
(2:49:36) – Nuclear weapons
(2:55:22) – Chem Machina
(3:08:16) – GPT for electron density
(3:17:46) – God

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#406 – Teddy Atlas: Mike Tyson, Cus D’Amato, Boxing, Loyalty, Fear & Greatness

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(00:00) – Introduction
(09:47) – Lessons from father
(19:53) – Scar story
(40:31) – Cus D’Amato
(50:43) – Mike Tyson
(2:08:39) – Forgiveness