What is real? | Neal Stephenson and Lex Fridman

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Neal Stephenson is a sci-fi writer (Snow Crash, Cryptonomicon, and new book Termination Shock), former Chief Futurist at Magic Leap and first employee of Blue Origin.
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[@RaneBowen]

Lex and his robot both turn their heads as the door slams shut. "Lex Machina"

[@bright1180]

When Lex asked him about love was he trying to get at the notion that two people can share consensus about something based upon their learned experience or shared meaning of it, but that this may not necessarily reflect reality?

[@librarian1837]

infinite thanks to LEX for working hard. You got my love always

[@808goblin9]

I was instantly thinking of immanuel kant when i read the title

[@jhun84419]

Perhaps love is a frequency that we don't quite understand. And maybe not made too? Pure luck if 2 simultaneously find the right station??

[@SouthernOregonOrgani]

All I know, is Loooove Huuuurts!

[@wking8]

My favorite author ever. The man challenges you

[@pipgarden]

"Isn't that the basis of love? When a door slams you both look." Yeah, try that as a chat up line in a bar. Now this may go some way to explaining why Lex is single.

[@LucicPower]

He's also extremely light in the loafers

[@echofox3842]

Omg.. I'm not obsessed with you, but I am something... I don't know anything for sure except that love is the only thing that matters. When I am dead and gone.. will I have shown love? Will I have known it? And I hope to have had a lovers love that was deeply and truly requited. ~echo

[@landspide]

The one thing that is certain, is that there is no certainty.

[@YinzerYan]

Great job Lexy Boy

[@N1otAn1otherN1ame]

"Door slams"..."Robot turns its head"..."Human turns his/her head" = The definition of love. Oh, wait...

[@hellacooook]

emotions/music/feelings are real, numbers are not fully understood ie what are actual values at the quantum level and beyond infinity?

[@eurongreyjoy2]

they(emotions/music/feelings referring to the purely subjective) aren't real but the actions they might inspire us to take "are"

[@iliveinthekingdomofpain7692]

These clips are too short as stand alone entities. There should be a more coherent, intuitive link to the primary source of the presented knowledge, aka, greater interview. One is immersed in the waters of greater perception then suddenly the water is drained out of the the pool. The swimmer is left naked wondering, why did I jump into the illusion of deeper cognitive understanding. Just an observation about form and function. Keep up the good work.

[@dan17bg]

Lex when he started to talk about love l灬º‿º灬l♡ 👉🏻 👈🏻

[@leoniciolopezgomez7731]

Modern women aren't caple of love, they are definitely caple of receiving it just not giving it.

[@pedroaravena1306]

Malena and I went to Starbucks today

[@SouthernOregonOrgani]

did u get a pumpkin spice latte?

[@malenaventurini]

@@SouthernOregonOrgani We don’t have that in Brazil

[@SouthernOregonOrgani]

@@malenaventurini oh wow, i was not expecting the person he was talking about to reply back. i take it you guys have a channel?

[@babydragon2047]

Book recommendation - The Connected Thread by Pietro Saldi available on amazon

[@jevvf3246]

Nope. Don't use amazon.

[@babydragon2047]

@@jevvf3246 reminds me of a chinese proverb about a finger and the moon✌

[@jevvf3246]

@@babydragon2047 reminds me of a Trojan horse. Recommend the book, but don't recommend amazon.

[@babydragon2047]

@@jevvf3246 Well the books only available on amazon it's self published

[@atyler111]

Ontological mathematics explains reality. Understanding ont math in 2021 is more powerful than understanding bitcoin in 2009.

[@Lukeeeeo]

Does it explain the fact that you are conscious?

[@atyler111]

@@Lukeeeeo yup

[@Matthew-jr9sf]

So does LSD...

[@Lukeeeeo]

@@atyler111 nop