Lex Fridman Podcast

"I am not my atoms. You are not your molecules. We are part of the current moment of a billions-year-old lineage since the origin of life"

"It's not what you preach, it's what you tolerate. If there are no consequences for poor performance, that becomes the new standard."

"You're not oppressed if you know the definition of oppression."

"In life, and in the universe, it is much better to not be special, if it means we have company."

"The only thing certain about the future is that it's uncertain. So you best prepare yourself to deal with uncertainty"

"As the chances of civilization harming technology being in the wrong hands increases, so too should our mental bandwidth for counteracting these possibilities"

"You can never cross the ocean unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore"

"You should be optimistic in the process of finding potential solutions, not in your assessment of the situation. Your assessment should be extra clear on the challenges"

"If the universe hands you a hard problem, try to solve an easier one instead, and hope the simple version is close enough to the original problem that the universe doesn't object"

"Extending life should be more about improving the quality of life than increasing the number of years of life"

"Technologies tend to automate workers doing boring tasks, blockchains automate the intermediary. Instead of taxi drivers, blockchain puts Uber out of a job and lets the taxi drivers work with the customer directly"

"If you don't make mistakes, you're not working on hard enough problems. And that's a mistake."