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(00:00) – Introduction
(07:44) – Lab leak
(1:06:18) – Gain-of-function research
(1:15:49) – Anthony Fauci
(1:25:31) – Francis Collins
(1:30:13) – Joe Rogan, Brett Weinstein, and Sam Harris
(2:00:10) – Xi Jinping
(2:14:41) – Patient Zero
(2:27:55) – WHO
(2:51:45) – Government transparency
(3:13:45) – Likelihood of a cover-up
(3:15:34) – Future of reproduction
(3:51:12) – Jon Stewart
(3:56:31) – Joe Rogan and Sanjay Gupta
(4:21:36) – Ultramarathons
(4:31:38) – Chocolate
(4:39:51) – One Shared World
(4:54:54) – Hope for the future
#158 – Zev Weinstein: The Next Generation of Big Ideas and Brave Minds
#157 – Natalya Bailey: Rocket Engines and Electric Spacecraft Propulsion
#156 – Tim Dillon: Comedy, Power, Conspiracy Theories, and Freedom
Lex Fridman: Ask Me Anything – AMA January 2021
#155 – Max Tegmark: AI and Physics
#154 – Avi Loeb: Aliens, Black Holes, and the Mystery of the Oumuamua
#153 – Dmitry Korkin: Evolution of Proteins, Viruses, Life, and AI
#152 – Dan Gable: Olympic Wrestling, Mental Toughness & the Making of Champions
#151 – Dan Kokotov: Speech Recognition with AI and Humans
#150 – Michael Malice: The White Pill, Freedom, Hope, and Happiness Amidst Chaos
#149 – Diana Walsh Pasulka: Aliens, Technology, Religion, and the Nature of Belief
#148 – Charles Isbell and Michael Littman: Machine Learning and Education
#147 – Dmitri Dolgov: Waymo and the Future of Self-Driving Cars
#146 – Michael Mina: Rapid Testing, Viruses, and the Engineering Mindset
#145 – Matthew Johnson: Psychedelics
#144 – Michael Littman: Reinforcement Learning and the Future of AI
#143 – John Clarke: The Art of Fighting and the Pursuit of Excellence
#142 – Manolis Kellis: Meaning of Life, the Universe, and Everything
#141 – Erik Brynjolfsson: Economics of AI, Social Networks, and Technology
#140 – Lisa Feldman Barrett: Love, Evolution, and the Human Brain
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