The days that changed my life | George Hotz and Lex Fridman

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[@edasiminek]

1. Eliezer Yudkowsky singularity 2. Hutter prize AI is just a compression 3. Unqualified Reservations blog

[@pranukvs]

Thank you ! I was hearing those words but didn't know what they were saying exactly ! Lol

[@harbifm766766]

The day I understood politics culture and history , unqualified reservations

[@AnthonyPivovarov]

Bruh, you are golden, much love

[@lazypunk794]

Can someone post a link to that blog? Can't seem to find it edit : found his book, didn't know Mencius Moldbug == Curtis Yarvin

[@narsimkannan7578]

basically, a 4 min video compressed into 3 lines. nice.

[@siddheshmisale3904]

His answers are always precise.

[@tristanyoungquist7121]

Monarch Pass is the real deal. Beautiful on a clear day, but absolutely treacherous in bad weather. Glad you made it down safe, George.

[@randrewp]

You guys, stop criticizing Lex for his eye direction. He often has to close his eyes to concentrate on his train of thought, or look in another direction ... He is authentic .

[@ryanleemartin7758]

Thank you. I've been trying to say the same!

[@OddisProductions]

@@ryanleemartin7758 I'm just the same. Can't look at people faces when comming up with heavy computed answers, and close my eyes when scanning my brain for logical relevant abstractions. I get distracted by something in the their facial features past a few seconds and lose line of though if I don't break eye contact when answering. It's the downside of an hyperaware brain, it's never quiet. People who don't pick up on Lex's insane authenticity truely must live a life of misery where information fly waay over their head. This was reason number 1 why I sub'd to him. He is 1000% no nonsense guy with 0 excuses. That the kind of people you want to listen to in this short life.

[@elise9537]

@@OddisProductions I do the same. now I shut everything down when I want to concentrate on something. hyperfocus helps me figure stuff out easier. when I let my mind wonder I come out with solutions to certain issues. the best I ever felt was when alone unbothered by sounds and visual distractions.

[@darchendon7926]

The days that changed my life are the ones I spent reading Zen and the art of Motorcycle Maintenance Talk about seeing things differently, it's like being given the gift of tetrachromacy

[@TheJacklwilliams]

I need to revisit this. The first time through I was so mind blown it's ridiculous. A question of quality alone still resonates in my mind. I have to say upon reading it I could've never expected the contents thats for certain.

[@sherrilynnevonch4036]

The commercial at the beggining 😂

[@ogegadaniel4439]

The day that changed my life is the day i realized this podcast.

[@capteezferjani97]

its today for me

[@wonka4]

Existed *

[@wonka4]

@ Youre welcome. Yeah it bothers me too lol.

[@waymanharris1284]

I really, really like him!!! He's cool!

[@daverei1211]

I call them lightning in a bottle - I live for those days. They happen, at the least expected time where everything just crystallises. What prevents it is trying to hard to get it and allowing yourself to get sucked into the day to day clutter of other people and this disruptive self help world.

[@whackkerouac3062]

Big ups for admitting that Unqualified Reservations changed how you looked at things. This gets instant cred with me; will have to watch the full interview now

[@adelinaquijano1083]

too much struggle but I focus my present

[@manuelpena3988]

"Luck favors the prepared." - Louis Pasteur

[@stemblackswan3901]

Unqualified reservations... Thanks guys, here we go again 😁

[@73dines]

George looks like Mike Patton´s younger brother.

[@desmond2640]

What is “Unqualified Reservations” and why is it controversial?

[@cyberninjazero5659]

It was a blog by Curtis Yarvin who was going by the pen name Mencius Moldbug at the time of writing. It re-examined and reframed the way power works in the united states and the western world/democracies in general. It argued that "democracy" doesn't work as is typically understood and can not work in the way usually explained instead the pretense of democracies existence allows the actual ruling elite/aristocracy to completely avoid accountability. Yarvin further argues that even monarchs where far more accountable than politicians by sheer virtue of the fact that everyone knew who to blame in a monarchy. To put it in other words a king in the middle ages had to worry about being killed a modern politician has to worry about which golden parachute to use. Yarvin further argues that the Founding Fathers original plans for the office of President were more similar to an elected monarchy that could be kept in check and that if the president truly had full control over the executive branch (capability to fire who he wants and rearrange or demolish departments like the FBI at will) it would be in line with the original vision of the country. Yarvins work and followers would later be dubbed "Neo-Reaction" or NRX. Yarvin also regularly engages in thought experiments in his work "What if the country was ran like a company with shareholders deciding the CEO" which cause some to attack his work as ludicrous eventhough he is clear in his writing that these are thought experiments. If you are interested in quick introductions/summaries of his work I recommend the channel Aaron MacIntyre or the video "A Gentle Introduction to Mencius Moldbug" by the Distributist.

[@patrickjones3826]

Curtis Yarvin is a racist

[@JetLee1544]

Controversy because racist people love his ideas, e.g. he also said bullshit like: "alluding to the idea that Hitler's invasions were acts of self-defense, assumedly triggered in response to the U.S. propaganda efforts in dehumanizing the Germans."

[@c.deg.7982]

@@patrickjones3826 Cringe.

[@dustinseth1]

1) blog from 12-13 years ago 2) because it’s anti-progressive

[@brissance]

Respects to mr hotz

[@user-yn8rg2xv4w]

Lex 🥳👍

[@brissance]

Mr holtz is one of most intelligent persons in humanity.thanks Mr lex.

[@brunomattesco]

day 4 it's when you guys meet Santo Daime, or holy spirit whatever you believe

[@trejohnson7677]

That UR shit is hilarious, reminds me of my middle school musings 😂.

[@user-xm9if5tu2v]

2:15

[@j_j8758]

Wow

[@amandeep9930]

Why does he keep looking outside

Maybe he parked illegally lol

[@nmartoudis]

Helps him to think probably

[@elise9537]

yep helps you focus

[@kevinr8431]

What’s the deal with Lex always looking out the window as he talks? But I love the conversation with George.

[@thebgEntertainment1]

pondering about immense complexity and simplicity of life in itself

[@papusa9878]

Probably the monitor he's reading to ask each questio.

[@TheJacklwilliams]

@@papusa9878 Could very well be his notes

[@meeka4]

First like view and comment love you.

[@robertoromagnoli1352]

what the fuck is unqualified reservations, i need to know after all this hype

[@derekross6649]

Sounds like the guy needs to get into a fight. That will wake him up.

[@tomschneider7555]

These were the highlights of his life so far. I feel sorry for him.

[@johnpatrick7699]

lol i was expecting him to talk about stuff like what his day was like when he got his first million dollar when he was on his teens, or when he jet to South America to escape the lawsuits with Sony for the PS3, or that time he got arrested for weed.

[@nishita3084]

Its all about perception. He has had a wayyy more interesting life than the average person, but he doesn't see those events as life changing, at least not as life changing as compared to the days he mentioned

[@beetlejuus]

1. Discovering *Sokrates* 2. Discovering *Milton Friedman* 3. Discovering *God*

[@Dedicated_.1]

Milton Friedman is naive, others are good

[@elise9537]

I wouldnt put my trust in God :) ever took a good look at his humas creations.. you know the Bible says we are alike him ? thats scary movies :)

[@buzzsaw838]

The fact the Lex is looking out of the windows intimates a degree of disappointment with the level of response he is getting. He was hoping for something deeper from George bet he's not getting it. He makes more eye contact, the more he is engaged with his interviewee. Still, a good podcast though.

[@haisemjemal3767]

Nice catch

[@buzzsaw838]

@Bob Bobbity Wait. You just that with your chest.... was it kind of attempt at wit?

[@buzzsaw838]

@Bob Bobbity @Bob Bobbity Ouch.... picking at the typos. You're dusted

[@buzzsaw838]

@@tntdogs6910 Even if he did this throughout, he's doing it hella more here ya smug pseud. Great perception skills on your part there. Time to return to cat videos, dumbarse.

[@larslover6559]

4. Revelation that Jesus Christ is the truth

[@elise9537]

good thing they didnt have paternity tests back then :)