Here are the timestamps. Please check out our sponsors to support this podcast. 0:00 - Introduction & sponsor mentions: - Coinbase: coinbase.com/lex to get $5 in free Bitcoin - InsideTracker: insidetracker.com/lex and use code Lex25 to get 25% off - NetSuite: netsuite.com/lex to get free product tour - Ladder: ladderlife.com/lex - Sunbasket: sunbasket.com/lex and use code LEX to get $35 off 0:19 - Existentialism 20:27 - Nietzsche and nihilism 38:03 - Dostoevsky 53:30 - Camus and suicide 1:12:00 - The Big Lebowski 1:19:49 - Ayn Rand 1:29:57 - Evil 1:40:31 - Heidegger 1:52:11 - Hubert Dreyfus 1:58:04 - Moby Dick 2:09:19 - David Foster Wallace 2:29:31 - Can AI make art? 2:49:15 - Meaning of life

@davids1110

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Lex Much love from Chicago

@matinamin3008

2 жыл бұрын

Love from Tehran, thank u Lex❤️

@tiadiad

2 жыл бұрын

Loved this one. And "The Karamazov brothers" is my favorite novel.

@teddymokoana7203

2 жыл бұрын

Mr Kelly you are incredibly knowledgeable and engaging. this Africa so your parents prolly finna give you flack if you try go into philosophy, i think sitting them through one of your lectures would be an apt response. kewl i am done being formal now. i would give my pinky toe to sit through one of this gentleman’s lectures. WOW! until recently i struggled with keeping up w the complexity of Nietzsche’s writing. Sir, you are riveting. ljust realized i could voice the mental comments i always make when i listen to your conversations. ok. generally. 1. bro, you put me ON!!! you are an incredibly humble being dude. ridiculous!! “i see myself as the idiot” -> goes on to participate in the creation of technologies that are gonna change the world and the way we live life! i am a tool myself but also just getting out of being a lazy poop head. thank you for sharing you with the world Lex “Rothul”(is your nickname, colorful roots, details another time, it’s 6am in SA n i wna get swole) Fridman. you’re part of why i am learning to love learning again, seriously. you and my best mate(who introduced me to you, and thinking) changed my life. Jordan Peterson gets a LOT of clout, and he has compelling ideas and he be sounding hella smart, kodwa, YOU?????!!!! not just a compelling set of ideas, queries into the fields and experts of that you interview. dude you have a compelling warmth. you are not just someone who has a lotta smart shit to say(bro, you are not the idiot stop it lol). man, you are relatable. you are someone who’s comfort in himself, love for love, love for life, BREATHING, simple shite man, like how a cloudy morning and a sunny morning are all beautiful in their own way. not afraid to say “i’m not sure homie, but show me and i’ll try to understand and if i don’t i’ll keep asking” 2. hahahaha this guy is such a lecturer he be like “Good!” when you ask a good question. he kinda makes you look a tool but just because you’re literally the only student in his lecture and how could you not look a tool discussing a professional’s field as a novice in it(bust out the computer jives and some shades homie😎) best kind of lecturer. he’d probably give daps even if your question ate smelly bum(let’s be real some questions are straight stupid). nothing more refreshing than somebody who makes you feel “Good!” for your desire to learn from them, share their knowledge, help you form your own understanding of what they know, instead of making you out to be the village eejit🥲 3. soz, on my phone. i reiterate, your podcasts have CHANGED MY LIFE. and finally, in conclusion. i am stealing your suit swag soon as i can sorry i can’t support w money man imma bwoke bwoi but take some LOVE BIG BRAIN HOMIE!!!!! *HIGH FIVE* *BRO HUG W THE FIRM BUT BROTHERLY BACK PATS* (pardon my fan-girling, MONTHS of mental *HOLEE POOPOO MY BRAIN IS EXPLODING* comments) thank you so much again bro. you make the world better and i am certain MANY if not most if not each n erry one of em

@teddymokoana7203

2 жыл бұрын

sorry i kind of jump between referral to the conversation(i wanna say lecture cause of how much i learnt, feels a “Good!” fit. would give Mr(Prof?? Sir??{not as in you were knighted, as in you are an elder, i’m tryna be respectful}) Kelly a hug end of semester. hope he has a podcast. referral to my feelings regarding following your(Lex) podcasts over a year now. couldn’t help you understand with words.

Your questions keep getting better and better and it really shows that you take people's suggestions to heart. This podcast is awesome, you should be proud.

@citizenmatt1877

2 жыл бұрын

I wish I could give this comment 100 likes❣️

@lugas2267

2 жыл бұрын

his questions were always good

@thomasparg1981

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely, amazing podcast.

@soulofjimi

2 жыл бұрын

This is super interesting.. would love one focusing on British empiricism and pragmatism.. but, and as for the topics in this video, I can indulge the nonsensical side of philosophy for a few hours!! Just kidding! Super interesting..

@soulofjimi

2 жыл бұрын

@David K not exactly sure what you mean. I don’t know I found the less ideal and more kinda “practical” side of philosophy from Locke and Hume up through pierce and James (those empirical/pragmatic traditions) to really have lasting, positive imprints on modernity… but the ideal existential side is fun to wade through every now and then…. .. and in some sense I guess there is kind of a radical practicality to some aspects of the ideal/existential (continental) traditions..

One of my favorite Podcasts! Please have more philosophers on!

@cfneal1459

2 жыл бұрын

really? REALLY??? sigh 10:20 -- Personally, having divorced the "soft" sciences, I'd like to try "dating" the HARDER, more technical & truly scientific, IMHO, experts of what was originally called the "natural sciences" who try applying science for the benefit of all mankind, respect ALL life, and seek to honor the Creator by "thinking His thoughts after Him." MARANATHA!

@henrytoledo4103

Жыл бұрын

When I think of a Podcaster with Zero personality, I think of Lex Freidman. If a monotone voice and bland personality is your thing then here it is..

@Revedance2002

Жыл бұрын

@@henrytoledo4103 It's the thoughtfulness behind the questions to bring out the best of each interviewee that does it for me. There are many "colorful" personality types that have no depth or critical thought abilities. If I want humor or "colorful" personalities I can easily watch a comedic based podcaster- most of which would never have guests that appear here. Lex is a master when it comes to extracting critical ideas, deep thinkers & tying it all in with the underlying message of love for all & the pursuit of curiosity.

@cfneal1459

Жыл бұрын

@@henrytoledo4103 Sinners in the Hands of An Angry God

@Henry-kv7zl

Жыл бұрын

​@@henrytoledo4103 you strike me as especially lost

I’ve been watching Rogan podcasts and J Peterson lectures for 6+ years, about as long as I’ve been a single parent/mom . Your podcast is another one of those spaces that adds so much value to my life, and ultimately my son’s life via the content of your podcasts and those similar to yours, and at times they help tremendously with daily struggles. Your podcast really helps make me a better parent in many ways. Thanks to you and all of your guests!

@ndndndnnduwjqams

2 жыл бұрын

You are going to make me cry, this is a beautiful comment

@Will45_

11 ай бұрын

I think you're exaggerating and you're the same person regardless. Stop fishing for attention. You're still you.

@Xanaduum

11 ай бұрын

​@@Will45_ don't be a dick.

@freyasworn2600

11 ай бұрын

@@Will45_ maybe. But it doesn’t hurt to say thanks for content you appreciate lol

@doclime4792

11 ай бұрын

​@@Will45_ It causea me physical pain to hear Rogan and Peterson changed your life while watching an interview discussing figures like Dostoevsky, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Sartre and Fanon. If God isn't dead, he has abandoned us.

This was a phenomenally well-managed interview, Lex. This was the most well synchronized dance I have listened to you have thus far in in my consumption of your content

@ndmb6333

2 жыл бұрын

How is this well managed ?? it was more like lex interviewing his self

@Dziaji

2 жыл бұрын

He started great, and he keeps improving.

@Dziaji

2 жыл бұрын

It is well managed because he digs deep and doesn’t allow a platitude to go improperly explored. He also adds his own analogies to round out the ideas.

@88tongued

2 жыл бұрын

This really is. Each follow up question is right there. I'm rolling my eyes at Kelly and Lex's question picks it back up.

@thegrimfive8908

Жыл бұрын

@@Dziaji v:::h. Bv hvvbb: : ;ybh;v:vccc:cvcvvcvgfcvcccccv v"fccccvvçvbbnnnn

This guys a great teacher. Knows how to simplify complex thought while still retaining its complexity.

In the depth of winter I finally learned that, within me, there lay an invincible summer.

@luke31ish

2 жыл бұрын

Great comment! I'm writing this down.

@Gallowglass7

2 жыл бұрын

@@rajatchandra3209 its Camus quote

@doclime4792

11 ай бұрын

Insightful. Such positive and intelligent people in this comment section.

This is absolutely my fave so far. Like I’ve read many others say tonight here, this was much much needed. I think now more than ever we feel so alone and trapped inside ourselves and powerless to so much happening- yet if we choose to persist, there is still such a powerful inner demand to find something to hold on to that is “worth it” or meaningful for us despite how bleak this existence truly can be.

@perspicacity1396

2 жыл бұрын

Basically Eyn rand?

@lechsiz1642

2 жыл бұрын

I love the subject, but Fridman seemed rather unhappy most of the interview. Maybe he disapproved of the atheism?

@oldmanhendo7183

2 жыл бұрын

What do you guys think about god or an afterlife? I still want to believe that there is something after this life but I don’t really know what to believe anymore

@ciela9263

2 жыл бұрын

It’s only seems “bleak” because we don’t look within. Without self awareness via meditation, life is unconscious patterns running their course.

@dancingheart6224

2 жыл бұрын

I think that since the beginning of time, our purpose as humans was to survive (ex: cave people), and then we evolved, but ultimately, I think that our purpose, like any other animal, is to survive whatever challenges we face. Whether it is external forces (natural disasters, accessing food, physical health issues, etc.) or internal forces (depression, mental health issues, etc.). Maybe it seems meaningless because there are so many ways to survive and so many ways to die, but it's not so clearly laid out and planned how we are supposed to live our lives.

@45:38 I totally agree. I’m an Arab, from the very bosom of Arabia, and use English on a daily basis, given the cosmopolitan, multicultural milieu of 21st Arabia, which forces a person such as myself, to use English as a lingua franca when conversing with non-Arabs. I do feel that I’m a slightly different person when talking in English, in comparison to uttering sentences in Arabic for instance. The same applies when I speak Dutch (My Godmother is Dutch), or when I speak Spanish or Japanese. My state of mind, somehow alters how my mindset operates! I don’t know if that makes any sense, or I lack the proper wiring, that would enable me to eloquently articulate the disposition I notice about myself after a long conversation in any of these languages that I speak. Incidentally, the same goes for reading. When I speak English by way of example, I have a hopelessly standard American accent, that was probably mimicked subconsciously from all the American movies, comics, and video games I consumed as a millennial growing up in Arabia. Nonetheless, that Arsenal of popular culture, does not hold its ground, when I read books everyday, given the hopeless bibliophile that I am, as I start reading with a thick posh English accent, or someone who attended Eton or Harrow for some reason. I can switch easily to my speaking accent, but by default, my reading is always in that specific British accent for some reason. I don’t know 🤷‍♂️ but I always find it fascinating, and equally astonishing is how strong my memory is. Given the amount of reading I do, and the languages I speak, the database of which I unlock everyday.

@randomdude7345

2 жыл бұрын

In some parts of your comment you sound like an architect from matrix. Looks like you have some extraordinary talent for languages.

@khalidalali186

2 жыл бұрын

Awfully kind of you, thanks dude. A lot of work goes into it, and has gone into it throughout the past two decades and a half. It’s fascinating how I still learn new words that I have to look up everyday without fail, including words in my mother tongue Arabic. It’s like that Frank Zappa quote; “So many books, so little time.” I just know that I’ll never be able to encompass all that is Arabic, let alone the other languages, Even if I was handed a solid century, with all my physical and mental faculties intact. Nonetheless, maybe it’s that fragility that makes us go on. It’s that fact precisely, that makes one strive ever more, in the seemingly never-ending pursuit for knowledge. Because it lays beyond the confines of our grasp. We somehow continue our folly of a pursuit, in trying to apprehend that which will never be ours. On the other hand, our collective endeavors, is what makes the accumulation possible. Oh dear! I’ve been carried away with my thoughts once again. Do forgive me kind sir, and thanks again. I always found the Architect most pleasing 😅

Every time Lex interviews a new person, he enters another room, and he takes us with him. Let’s hope he never runs out of rooms!

I don't care how much of a fanboy I sound like. These podcasts are a gift to mankind! Thank you!

Your unshakeable optimism is so pure and beautiful, Lex. I share your capacity to find unreasonable levels of joy in small events, and it's something I really value about myself and hope I never lose. I hope you never lose it, either. Thanks for helping me understand existentialism a lot better than before, and for introducing me to Sean Kelly. I am embarking on a reading of the Great Books and wish I had him as a guide, but I'll check out the title he co-authored with his professor from Berkeley as it sounds like a good thing to read as I start this adventure!

@user-yq5fb9lw6g

3 ай бұрын

What are the great books?

Thank you for having an actual philosopher on a podcast. Finally.

Good professors are such good speakers, they construct a complex set of ideas in their minds and start unfolding bit by bit, sentence by sentence without losing track or deviating from the main point. That's marveling to my chaotic mind.

Before this podcast I was a listener, now I am a fan. This episode was insightful, provoking but also inviting, filled with references and clear explanations. I have never heard of Sean Kelly beforehand so thank you Lex for an entertaining episode 🏆

The Lex Fridman Podcast is a gift to the world. I feel grateful to be living in this time with this kind of content so easily and freely available to anyone with an internet connection and a device.

This conversation may turn out to have saved my life

@JuanGarcia-tb7ph

2 жыл бұрын

I recommend: Andrea Gibson- Madness Vase

This is one of those I’ll have to listen twice to really wrap my head around

Just came back here to say that I'm reading The Brothers Karamazov and having heard this conversation is making it that much more interesting.

I think being a prisoner of war and living under Nazi occupation in Paris deeply affected Sartre and made him hate weakness and conformity

@theeskatelife

2 жыл бұрын

yeah. he has an inferiority complex just like nietzsche which informs their philosophies.

@michaelsiegfried3878

2 жыл бұрын

There’s the nietzcschian haha, but I agree ☝️

@R_V_

2 жыл бұрын

Sartre has always hated bourgeois manners, since he had been a kid. And don't get me started on what he did during the war, as he benefitted of these troubled times to take a removed Jewish professor's chair, and published in pro-collaboration journals. Sartre is a pure opportunits who rewrote his own history to bootstrap his own legend. If you're looking for a good role model, have a look to his former friend Raymond Aron, or to Camus.

@R_V_

2 жыл бұрын

@New You'd better hate all weakness and some confirmity. More precisely, you should make a distinction between conformity and conformism. Conformism is the view that conformity is always good, in all places, at all times, in everything you do or think. Conformity can be useful in many places (as it reduces the interfacing complexity between you and the others), and detrimemtal in others ; wisdom is knowing when it's useful and when it's not. In a way, a strict anti-conformist is both a conformist (as he is obsessed with what others do, even if it's to do the contrary) and an antisocial personality (as he always choses to do what's the most costly for the rest of the world).

@AK-ne4og

2 жыл бұрын

@@R_V_ Bravo!!

I'm going trough a really bad time in my life, this certainly will help me. Thanks Lex!

@mb5030

2 жыл бұрын

You'll get through it

@linuxlewis6106

2 жыл бұрын

Hang tough buddy. The down moments are always followed by up moments, every time.

@ritornelloandrefrain

2 жыл бұрын

best wishes, Lucas

@SarahG266

2 жыл бұрын

Peace be with you

@lucasgraeff5391

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks my bros, this really means a lot to me!

I literally just finished Brothers Karamazov, and here we are... what a great coincidence

@BenetbenetLive

2 жыл бұрын

The void only gets darker the more you understand the situation, we are doomed.

This was... Phenomenal! The exchange of ideas, the connection of so many different concepts... Wonderful, Lex and Sean! Thank you for conversing and sharing. 💚

@voicelesslanguages

2 жыл бұрын

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@samuelvilz

2 жыл бұрын

@@voicelesslanguages ? :D

As a native bilingual person who did some translating and interpreting I'm the past, your proposed project sounds phenomenal and very much needed! I've enjoyed reading different translations of an original text across translators in one language or across two other languages. The effect is akin to stereopsis: having two slightly different takes on a text, when merged in the reader's mind, yields another dimension and a fuller approximation of the meaning in the source language.

@miyojewoltsnasonth2159

2 жыл бұрын

@Jack I'm a twat who would interpret "who did some translating and interpreting I'm the past" as "who did some translating and interpreting in the past." Because, in the end, I'm the one who is the _real_ past.

@nolongerthere

2 жыл бұрын

@@miyojewoltsnasonth2159 As long as you aren't the real auto-correct

Love these philosophy podcasts, thank you

I feel richer for having listened to this - high quality stuff! Nice one Lex.

I have attempted to meditate many times in my life and prior to this CD the only success I've experienced is with live guided meditation. kzread.infoUgkxzpa8CIfZcihW4Z0F_ja0QF3W9KIatrsq This is the first CD I've used that cuts through my unmedicated ADHD and enables me to truly relax and experience a quiet and energizing interval. The instructors voice is very soothing and pleasant to listen to. I am easily able to sit successfully through the entire CD, and for quite some time after. I cannot adequately express how tremendously helpful this CD has been on my spiritual journey!! Two thumbs up and 10 stars!

tremendously openminded persons...big pleasure to watch and listen...thank you!

I absolutely Love Sean… his passion is infectious. I wish he were my Teacher and mentor of Philosophy.

Russians are a very deeply feeling people and have gone through much turmoil and losses over history. I had a friend from Russia at work and sensed he exptessed himself in a more emotive way but the others in this gvmt office were not very receptive, almost deprecatating because he had this emotion in his conversation. I can see how having the conversation speaking Russian interpeting meaning in English would be most interesting. He was a very honest sincere man I have met. He was never fake or trying to mislead others. He was himself where he came from his culture not trying to persuade or impress but was very real. His feelings would be hurt subtlely when people misinterpeted him. He was educated and very intelligent and I accepted and liked his way of expressing his views, impressions and personality. He made life richer knowing him. Deeply sincete man.

I can’t believe I spent three hours watching a video about existentialism, and it was great. I loved how clearly Sean Kelly spoke and I also loved how Lex Friedman kept returning to the story of Miles Davis and how he turned the wrong note into something wonderful. Excellent.

Enjoyed the frequent laughter of Sean,soo pleasing

One of the best episodes yet Lex

Best podcast and one of my favorites. Lex is more on questioning instead of arguing, it's the best condiment for a good podcast.

Thank you Lex! This was an amazing podcast, I listened to it on Spotify but I came over to KZread just so I could make a comment about how much I appreciate your podcast

This is the most amazing conversation on philosophy I have come across.

Lex is the best for thought provoking material. I never feel I'm wasting time by engaging. He's such an important member of the human race.

Lex, this was such a wonderful and moving conversation that I will be listening to again and again

@chelebeaqueen

Жыл бұрын

agreed! it's the kind of conversation that brings a feeling of comfort - it's a very compassionate exchange, like one doting fathers would have... very cozy. my Kindergarten teacher (ok, this goes back over 40 years ago haha) had a term that fits : it was 2-fold, yin-yang kind of term. 'cold pricklies' or 'warm fuzzies'? THIS was a warm fuzzies kind of deep talk. ❤️

In a sea of candidates, this is in contention for the best interview Lex has ever had on this channel.

Love Nietzsche's book On Music Love this guy for bringing up Herbie Hancock & Nietzsche in the same bit

@shawnsk7447

10 ай бұрын

Right? At first I thought I misheard.

Excellent dialogue - a conversation between two bright gentlemen who have a love of the big questions, philosophy and literature. Also Sean Kelly is so enthusiastic and passionate about the books and writers he teaches in his classes and writes about in his book(s).

@kennergauthier3461

2 жыл бұрын

imagine if lex busted out a meth pipe half-way through the interview.?.

I was so glad to see Lex mention that his love of life is largely genetic. You're lucky man, your very existence is joyous and that's probably one of the luckiest things you can have.

This remains my favorite podcast to return to when I want to learn. Keep it up Lex!

@kennergauthier3461

2 жыл бұрын

ride on, my savage, ride on....

This is truly a really great conversation. Thank you both!

This has to be one of the best interviews/podcasts that I've ever watched. Lex's ability to really understand his guest and offer great talking points or critiques combined with Sean's enthusiasm and lovely referential way of explaining concepts, made for something really special.

Just got off work and I’ve been sitting in my car sobbing, wondering what the point of all “this” is. I seem to keep edging closer and closer to being comfortable with suicide. Haven’t heard of the guest before, but the timing seems quite apt. Thanks again for all that you do, Lex.

@starwench

2 жыл бұрын

Hey hey hey. Don’t do it

@parimtm

2 жыл бұрын

I feel you🙂

@user-nr6sg8og9e

2 жыл бұрын

No matter how bad it seems, I promise you things will get better. I wish you the best of luck on your journey forward. Be strong and know that someone out there is thinking of you and wishing you the best

@ericmay8645

2 жыл бұрын

Right here with you bud. This shit doesn’t make any sense and it seems like it’s only getting worse. We just gotta keep pushing.

@whispro4646

2 жыл бұрын

A simple way I’ve found meaning in life is trying to make the world a slightly better place no matter how small a difference

I remember a fellow Classics student in college who use comp sci to catalogue and sort the uses of certain words across like 100 different translations of the Odyssey. I was blown away at the application of comp sci in classics and linguistics and I bet Lex would love that.

These conversations bring so much value to those who are willing to listen. I am incapable of resisting the optimism that grows inside me as I watch two minds fearlessly engaged in deep conversations about meaningful subjects. To me, they are an antidote to the bleakness of existence. Thank you.

Lex your work has been inspiring, you are by far the best project that came out of Joe Rogan's circle/influence! Would be amazing to see you interview Mr. Thomas Sowell!

Who could dislike this? Wonderful guest, fascinating discussion. A joy to listen to. Thank you Lex.

Lex, I wanted to let you know how much this podcast helped me think through my own existential struggle with finding meaning in the seemingly meaninglessness of the probable simulation we find ourselves in. To find meaning in the meaningless, and to understand my struggle with life's purpose through my lense of a semi nihilist-simulationist has been a struggle lately as the world seems lost. I hope you read this comment and understand the value your mind and inquisitiveness brings to the world and those in need. Well done! This will be an episode I save and revisit! Keep up the great work my dude

@kenadams5504

2 жыл бұрын

If you wonder about meaning in life you could note a u tube video elon musk has about religion .when interviewed about what is the meaning of our existence,he has some interesting thoughts.If you imagine say a thousand years ago when Religion insisted that God made the universe/world ..then with astrophysics it seems the big bang theory created the universe /world.The debate before was about did God or someone create everything.Now it's about whether the other 20 billion earth's in our galaxy have life or intelligent life.The question itself changes as we know more...we learn to ask different/more pertinant questions.In Elon's video he applies this change of perspective to your enquiry about the meaning of life and hypotheses whether we will discover a more pertinent question to ask if we learn more about greater subjects encompassing your enquiry.

@Stazymandias

2 жыл бұрын

@@kenadams5504 what's the video title? Thanks!

@kenadams5504

2 жыл бұрын

@@Stazymandias "Elon Musk on Religion and God".

gotta say that Lex is a great interviewer.

From 41:00 to 42:52, the explanation of how Sartre & Dostoevsky are antipodes is so simple, and so elegant. Great interview, Lex. It's really a privilege to listen to Sean Kelly's brilliance.

This might be my favorite podcast of yours Lex! Totally engrossing from start to finish. I almost skipped it because it wasn’t about AI, neural networks, science, math or bio-hacking…or some combination thereof. I’m so glad I gave it a shot. You and Sean Kelly are in the zone together on this one! What a beautiful philosophical discussion! Great job on both sides of the desk! 👏👏 👏

I love Sean Kelly! What an AWESOME surprise seeing him here!

you can hear the spirit of Dreyfus alive and well in Sean's passion and its comforting to hear.

I'm SO much happier since giving up my cell phone. Goal: The learn to enjoy the passage of time .. with the least amount of stress possible .. and the most amount of laughter and joy from realizing how great it feels to GIVE to others and be grateful just to be alive to experience this amazing Life we've been blessed to be thrown into.

I need this right now :'( Thank you for all you do Lex

I'm in the middle of reading Brothers Karamazov right now for the first time. So far, its a fantastic read.

This podcast series is the best of all. No comparison. These will stand the test of time.

A lex Friedman discussion with a Harvard philosophy professor…what else could I ask for. Thank you !

Throughout my life I’ve had to go through things like homelessness, starvation, threatened to be murdered, attacked by humans and animals, car crashes, etc. Often on counter people who seem to be going through stress levels that were similar to mine and it would confuse me often when I try to help them and I realize that not only were the issues something like that they found someone attractive who didn’t find them attractive back but that also these people seem to be frustrated with the idea that someone could offer them advice on how to manage their anxiety. I wish I was smart like Lex so that I could articulate my experiences in a manner that allowed people to grow from what I’ve grown from.

@RhamaDashuri

5 ай бұрын

I can help you communicate your experiences to help others

I loved what you said about your advice to younger people when you were talking about David Wallace. That's why you're the best Lex. Excellent guest too, wow

Вас удивительно слушать. Потрясает масштабность вашей личности, когда философия и вопросы бытия вас волнуют не вопреки, а наряду с наукой, в которой вы видный деятель. Браво!

The very best conversation so far. I love Ayn Rand, didn't discover her until my late seventies. She acknowledges how much the world owes to Aristotle.

Your talks are becoming my new addiction. Really well done.

Speaking about the first part, I think the difference between Heidegger and Sartre is crucial. Sartre's self is nothing but its choices, whereas to Heidegger there is always a surplus to it (what is not chosen by us; what is withdrawn from signification, partly revealed by care, found outside of us within people and the world (like Derrida's difference and surplus/trace); what is being not becoming, attending not just choosing). That is, Heidegger has what is an excess to us, what is not-self and not our choices --as part of ourselves too (indeed he critiques/deconstructs the privileging of presence over absence); our thrownness and finitude, our world and others, our withdrawn being pre-reflection; Dasein.

I am someone from India. Because of some of my own choices and because of some I was thrown into - I don't think I'll ever have the opportunity to study in Stanford and to listen to someone like this talk about philosophy or life. Thanks to the internet and Lex Fridman - I can enjoy and cherish this conversation.

One of my favorite stories is Don Quixote. I was told by Spanish friend that there were many things in the book lost in translation. When he tried to explain it, he couldn't. What came out of the conversation was that knowing the language wasn't enough, there are deep connections between the language and the culture, and the culture informs so much of the understanding you get from the sub-text that you would really need to submerse one's self in more than just the language to get the full meaning behind the deeper ideas buried in these stories.

Lex really asked the perfect questions in this session. Both of them we're operating on the same level of understanding, but Lex just needed the enlightening clarifications. I can tell Sean Kelly was having a great time and was happy to talk with someone who was keen to learning philosophy in an exciting way.

I had no idea Lex Fridman was so well versed in philosophy. I'm crazy impressed! And I really really enjoyed this conversation. :)

Wow. Way over my head. Will have to listen to it several times over. Anyone else find the "good" reponse patronizing? Made me feel like I was in 1st grade again 😂

@seasidesue816

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I’m on my second listening. Forty seven more times might help, I won’t get there, but it’s fun trying.

my favorite conversations u have are abt philosophy. just a coalition of ponderings next to each other. fascinating to listen to

Lex was so in his elements in this talk!!! Every second was interesting and engaging!!!!

Just beautiful! Many thanks for this illuminating conversation!

Lex you are the modern conversational journalist. Sublime

One of the best podcasts for sure

1:06:30 , I used to think this too. Unfortunately, I found out the hard way that depression completely kills your will to check out other rooms. Which sucks, because what you're saying is true. Other rooms could hold the meaning and happiness you've been looking for. Gathering the strength & support to check them is what's hard.

I found Lex Friedman to be insightful and profound in this interview - more philosophical than Sean Kelly on several occasions. Professor Kelly, who reminds us he teaches and it’s at Harvard, gave in my opinion a trite interpretation of Sartre focusing on ‘Hell is other people’ - ignoring the context of this oft repeated catch phrase, that it occurs in a play set in the afterlife. The three characters can no longer change anything about their previous lives, so each can be judged for who they are. The journalist Garcin for example, who would like to present himself as a courageous rebel turns out to have been a cowardly deserter. Since his life is finished he has no freedom to redefine himself in terms of new possibilities. Sartre calls death “the triumph of the point of view of the other” who is now the “guardian” of my life, as it is summed up in a way over which I have no control- hence it’s Hell. In life we overflow any definition of ourselves since freedom characterizes our essence: “we are and we are not,” he says to emphasize this extreme fluidity, which has further existential implications, since not only others, but even I myself cannot know who I am. This ambiguity of human existence goes back to Kierkegaard who says in Either/Or that complete transparency to oneself is impossible since we live forward in time but comprehend backwards. Our existence in time must be taken seriously, like a boat going down a river, choices must be made in real time, otherwise the current carries us anyway, so that not to choose is a choice. In this vein, Heidegger calls humans “Dasein” to indicate a being-there in time. Being and Time (1927), his 600 page tome, a wealth of ideas for much of later Existentialism ( not his early support of Nazism), emphasizes our thrownness into the world, our existence always as future oriented, and ultimately our “being-unto-death” as ontological descriptions of who we are. Death accepted as part of life, and our relation to it as a key to whether our being becomes authentic or not, have been crucial in psychological therapies. And of course Albert Camus: he cannot be reduced to a pessimist for the Myth of Sisyphus (1941), “the workman of today” he says, engaged in menial tasks, is comparable to Sisyphus confronting an absurd task. And all of us who question an “indifferent universe” for answers. And suicide is a legitimate question to deal with. I’m sorry Prof. Kelly kept postponing discussing this essay because he says he considered it too heavy for 18 year olds. Actually in light of the current statistics of increased suicide rates among teens Camus was way ahead of his time to realize its relevance. Despite his condition Sisyphus thrives, he’s even “happy.” His scorn of his fate, his defiance allow him not to give in to despair. The question was asked: by such narrow means? Sean Kelly said he has an essay on being “alive” as a counter position. But Camus is a lyrical pagan, his celebrations of the sea and the sun, the radiant Mediterranean light and the haunting Algerian landscape and its people “awaken in us the real love in this world: ephemeral and noble.” His incredibly poignant descriptions of the beauty of this world are unmatched in literature, it is the music of Miles Davis in words! And the lonely rebel Sisyphus with his rock is joined in The Plague (1947) with fellow mortals in their joint struggle against death and suffering. I was happy to have Fridman end the discussion with a wonderful quote from Camus, that even in the midst of winter he could find in him “an invincible summer.”

This is Epic Lex! Just hooked to this channel

The fact that the Lex Fridman Podcast has 1.5 million subscribers on KZread alone is enough to restore my faith in humanity in times of trepidation 🙏🦅🗻

This is the best timing for this podcast about philosophy, it's my way now to have some rest from a whole week of classes and projects, thank you Lex.

I can think of some meaning already: - Avoidance of pain. - maximization of positive emotion. - treating other people like how you want to be treated.

This is a great discussion between two great thinkers. Sean Kelly also sounds like someone you'd be honoured to have as a friend.

Without a doubt my favorite guest you've had. Wonderful stuff Lex

Now that I've discovered this man, I have no choice but to listen to 1-3 podcasts per day until I'm all caught up whilst also making my way through all of his shorter videos. It's just what I need to do. Edit: comment #1111✨

An absolutely great episode! It’s amazing how our understanding and norms are so dependent on the current technological culture. Maybe optimization shouldn’t be our end goal. Loved how Sean challenged our understanding. Please interview more philosophers and historians.

Hi, Lex. There's a fragment of a conversation where you discuss the peculiarities of translating Dostoevsky into English. You lamented the fact that you couldn't find more comprehensive works. Actually, Russian linguists have already done research on this topic. These are not books, but dissertations/thesis. For example, T.V. Vasilchenko has a thesis entitled "F.M. Dostoevsky's novel The Brothers Karamazov in English-language translations" - Роман Ф.М. Достоевского "Братья Карамазовы" в англоязычных переводах. It is about 200 pages long, and as I understand, it covers exactly the topic you mentioned in the video. Thank you for your videos! Greetings from Russia!

i could listen to this guy forever

Loved this one and I think about the points of this conversation all the time. Thank you.

I was born in Slovakia and lived there until I was 8. I think the way we grow up in Europe/Russia is a bit different. At around 1:03 you talk about enjoying simple things like nature. I have always had that curiosity since I was a kid. I remember walks in the winter to and from school just observing what was around me. It might be the way we were raised to appreciate our surroundings and make the best of it.

Really didn’t think I’d like this podcast but it’s become my go to. Engrossing , intelligent stuff.

Great conversation. Spent the whole time waiting for the inevitable final question. Who better to ask. He did not disappoint.

* jumps to the Dostoevsky timestamp * * loves the guy * * decides to listen to the whole thing * * sees that it's 3h long * * sees the other timestamps * * inner joyful giggling *

finally a conversation I can at least understand! haha. Thanks, very interesting. I was really waiting for something philosophical.

I need this conversation right now

Lex (and Sean) - this was stellar. You need to have a Sean Kelly interview #2

I found this conversation deeply inspiring, and it gave me a new lease on life, and many new perspectives, thank you both!

I see, far in the future, a wise old Lex sitting across from a young AI searching for meaning and having the AI interview him, with a gentleness and inquisitiveness that is the full circle of a life long Turing test.

@kennergauthier3461

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HFS...Mind blown!!!

@saltyzu8412

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Just in time for Halloween. I just got the heebies from reading your comment

@Lx30000

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Awesome image

@cooperpayne

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@@saltyzu8412 the Herbert Jerberts?

Lex, I am always so humbled by listening to your conversations. I found this one particularly valuable after a long and difficult week. Especially the part on Camus. Thank you.