Elon Musk: SpaceX, Mars, Tesla Autopilot, Self-Driving, Robotics, and AI | Lex Fridman Podcast

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  • Опубликовано: 24 янв 2025

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  • @lexfridman
    @lexfridman  3 года назад +4387

    Here are the timestamps. To support this podcast, check out our sponsors below.
    0:00 - Introduction
    0:07 - Elon singing
    0:55 - SpaceX human spaceflight
    7:40 - Starship
    16:16 - Quitting is not in my nature
    17:51 - Thinking process
    27:25 - Humans on Mars
    32:55 - Colonizing Mars
    36:41 - Wormholes
    41:19 - Forms of government on Mars
    48:22 - Smart contracts
    49:52 - Dogecoin
    51:24 - Cryptocurrency and Money
    57:33 - Bitcoin vs Dogecoin
    1:00:16 - Satoshi Nakamoto
    1:02:38 - Tesla Autopilot
    1:05:44 - Tesla Self-Driving
    1:17:48 - Neural networks
    1:26:44 - When will Tesla solve self-driving?
    1:28:48 - Tesla FSD v11
    1:36:21 - Tesla Bot
    1:47:01 - History
    1:54:52 - Putin
    2:00:32 - Meme Review
    2:14:58 - Stand-up comedy
    2:16:31 - Rick and Morty
    2:18:10 - Advice for young people
    2:26:08 - Love
    2:29:01 - Meaning of life
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    • @ishtar0077
      @ishtar0077 3 года назад +71

      I love this podcast. Keep it going Lex

    • @objyashad1542
      @objyashad1542 3 года назад +16

      🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

    • @topdog5252
      @topdog5252 3 года назад +19

      Instantly click on this video

    • @Varcinius
      @Varcinius 3 года назад +31

      Looking forward to Elon Musk Round 4

    • @Wowreally42
      @Wowreally42 3 года назад +36

      thank you for these podcasts! They are such a great window into some incredible people and topics! You're awesome, Lex.

  • @Brentgilbertstudio
    @Brentgilbertstudio 3 года назад +20831

    This is the best conversation between two robots that I’ve ever witnessed.

    • @solareiusdeiu
      @solareiusdeiu 3 года назад +151

      turing test

    • @Paul-im3zo
      @Paul-im3zo 3 года назад +194

      You mean aliens ?

    • @BobBurnsweed
      @BobBurnsweed 3 года назад +114

      OMFG dude LMAO 😂😂

    • @vladanr74
      @vladanr74 3 года назад +68

      Brilliant 😊

    • @into_the_void
      @into_the_void 3 года назад +234

      2 sentient Ai programs .. who awoken within the matrix

  • @RealEngineering
    @RealEngineering 3 года назад +7192

    I find most interviews with Elon incredibly frustrating. Just shallow questions that don’t really do the man’s mind justice. This was great. Good job Lex.

    • @Landgraf43
      @Landgraf43 3 года назад +103

      I watch every video you upload keep up the amazing work. Incredibly informative videos!

    • @chiandet
      @chiandet 3 года назад +88

      Whatever you do, don't watch the BabylonBee interview.

    • @anishjv11
      @anishjv11 3 года назад +5

      This

    • @timothyharrison
      @timothyharrison 3 года назад +50

      @@chiandet Holy hell exactly. I was so frustrated by those jokers. I was impressed by Elon's patience.

    • @chiandet
      @chiandet 3 года назад +40

      @@timothyharrison Same, especially by the end when they un-ironically asked him if he would accept Jesus Christ as his lord and savior.

  • @CanadianPrepper
    @CanadianPrepper 3 года назад +2960

    This was Elons best interview well done Lexicon

    • @TWrecks09
      @TWrecks09 3 года назад +8

      Yoo awesome to see you here haha!

    • @richardbug3094
      @richardbug3094 3 года назад +3

      damn didn't know you would be here?

    • @BiscuitZombies
      @BiscuitZombies 3 года назад +36

      "Lexicon" lmao

    • @sam_s_
      @sam_s_ 3 года назад +9

      He is best on Babylon Bee.

    • @DogeMultiverse
      @DogeMultiverse 3 года назад +8

      every interview is elon's best interview

  • @Sales-ki7lx
    @Sales-ki7lx 3 месяца назад +35

    Catching the rocket with chopsticks actually worked haha

  • @zahubshahid7944
    @zahubshahid7944 3 года назад +683

    This is the most laid back and relaxed version of Elon I've seen on any podcast.

    • @omarb155
      @omarb155 3 года назад +24

      When Elon is is thinking his eyes dart back and forth.

    • @MrPloopi
      @MrPloopi 3 года назад +3

      @@omarb155 ehm no, that's what conmen do when they lie....

    • @davidkottman3440
      @davidkottman3440 3 года назад +25

      @@MrPloopi yes, because a con-man is 🤔 thinking up an answer... fortunately one can think without being devious

    • @atalexjoseph
      @atalexjoseph 3 года назад +4

      I think it is because the robot or alien that he is, he mimics the behaviour and the aura of the one who is in front of him. Lex is as laid back one can be while being productive. Elon just mimicked him 🤷‍♂️

    • @8adeight
      @8adeight 3 года назад +12

      Because Elon knows Lex is in his element. It's not a foreign place to Musk.

  • @Jenna_TLS
    @Jenna_TLS 3 года назад +3883

    Lex and Elon for two and a half hours. Dreams do come true!

    • @Voteckful
      @Voteckful 3 года назад +66

      If you cut out the pauses it goes to 30 minutes :D

    • @Rodrigo-tk2fm
      @Rodrigo-tk2fm 3 года назад +19

      Omg 😱
      The best of the best. It's delicious for my brain

    • @johannesklein7064
      @johannesklein7064 3 года назад +9

      Late Christmas presents

    • @averageyoutubeuser5537
      @averageyoutubeuser5537 3 года назад +23

      @@RogerM88 Would rather have tech giants have dreams like that rather than dreams of an oil dependent earth-only based human race that has stupidly high mortality rates in cars.

    • @BetaTestingUrGf
      @BetaTestingUrGf 3 года назад +2

      @@RogerM88 yeah. Its also impossible to fly.

  • @keithremedy
    @keithremedy 3 года назад +1350

    Dare I say that this is easily Elon’s best interview by far. I think this has a lot to do with the fact that it’s Lex on the other side of the table. Lex, you are getting better & better at this too💪🏽

    • @TheCBDemon
      @TheCBDemon 3 года назад +8

      Dare I say I smell poo on your chest? Get back in the gym Farkuad

    • @uncledc8455
      @uncledc8455 3 года назад +15

      I think him smoking with Joe is right up there too haha.

    • @starklife1
      @starklife1 3 года назад +3

      I think it's just two people we really love talking, a lot of what was said wasn't anything new to me but I don't think I cared cause it's two great inspiring people.

    • @kenadams5504
      @kenadams5504 3 года назад +2

      @@TheCBDemon he shall now retire to the Drawing Room for some Port.

    • @Yurivlc
      @Yurivlc 3 года назад +5

      Surely this is the best Elon's interview so far

  • @consensai
    @consensai 9 месяцев назад +6

    This was 2:31:47 of pure enjoyment. 23147 thanks to you and Elon for this mind blowing interview

  • @VEE3RDEYE
    @VEE3RDEYE 3 года назад +2107

    What a beautiful conversation between 2 Robots

  • @emergence8217
    @emergence8217 3 года назад +583

    Lex is the right person to be interviewing Elon.

    • @fifaboy9341
      @fifaboy9341 3 года назад +8

      Joe is way better

    • @mimo1983
      @mimo1983 3 года назад +1

      This is much better than the basic bees.

    • @goodlove9421
      @goodlove9421 3 года назад +2

      Have you seen
      Elon Musk meets Post Malone
      It’s SO funny!!

    • @manusartifex3185
      @manusartifex3185 3 года назад +21

      @@fifaboy9341 Joe ? He just asks chimp-level questions

    • @vegnagunL
      @vegnagunL 3 года назад +2

      Asking him for the third time if he is Satoshi is a bit much though. Also, most of the main points on blockchain are missing. (e.g., distributed trust, no central authority, solution to the non trivial byzantine generals problem).

  • @miteshraja4823
    @miteshraja4823 Год назад +11

    The Terminator and the T 1000 having a conversation.....amazing.

  • @world_of_engineering
    @world_of_engineering 3 года назад +1715

    Ok Lex, we have something to watch today, thanks!

    • @CoreyHart13
      @CoreyHart13 3 года назад +13

      Right! I go for a 2 to 3hr walk everyday at 2pm and usually throw on the latest Rogan, bur yesterday and today there were no new uploads...then BAM led uploads this and Rogan has a 3.5hr last minute Pod. Stacked for the evening now 👍

    • @chriss2412
      @chriss2412 3 года назад +4

      Something!?… more like THE thing. Thanks Lex and Elon

    • @stephenoni2019
      @stephenoni2019 3 года назад +3

      bruhhh straight up tho

    • @-M0LE
      @-M0LE 3 года назад +4

      @@CoreyHart13 imagine Rogan Elon and Lex in one interview
      World mind blown

    • @vaahtobileet
      @vaahtobileet 3 года назад

      @@-M0LE add in the Joker and you have a gamer roundtable

  • @brenden8587
    @brenden8587 3 года назад +2076

    I respect and appreciate Elons moments of pause to think and respond the way he wants, but damn there’s so many times I thought the podcast froze 🤣🤣🤣❤️

    • @systrex
      @systrex 3 года назад +86

      Glad I'm not the only one.

    • @johnmoran5667
      @johnmoran5667 3 года назад +71

      Yes, you can only imagine how much thought is happening.... a bit like Dr Strange going through the possibilities

    • @mkhosono1741
      @mkhosono1741 3 года назад +47

      Conman needed time to think about his bullshit.

    • @gaetanguimond1911
      @gaetanguimond1911 3 года назад +45

      He is like a computer, gathering data from all hard drive, then process them with ram memory and output an answer simplified so we can understand it ( what conputer generate on the screen for us to see. That itself was impressive. He also rarely seems to contredict or correct his output so well the all process was efficient.

    • @TakeAChanceBeHApppy
      @TakeAChanceBeHApppy 3 года назад +44

      When Elon thinks time stops :)))

  • @katadareTube
    @katadareTube 3 года назад +345

    I loved how Lex let the interview breathe. The moments of silence (where I had to check to see if the video was buffering or stopped) actually added gravitas to the question and subsequent thoughtful response. It was like Elon was playing out all of the probabilities of his responses before answering. Amazing to watch (and listen!) Way better than the WSJ interview… Keep up the great work!

    • @jacolineloewen6530
      @jacolineloewen6530 3 года назад +7

      Respect for Elon’s contribution to our world and history was missing from the WSJ interview.

    • @ericchild3363
      @ericchild3363 3 года назад +1

      @JT Raven What is your ideal? Everyone has an equal share of the pie? Which pie? The Stone Age pie, Dark Ages pie, today's pie or tomorrow's pie? If the latter, who will make it?

    • @arnaudjean1159
      @arnaudjean1159 3 года назад +2

      @JT Raven I'm from France I hear your point but there is also in the silicon valley lot of young people with good motivations .

    • @modularinspiration
      @modularinspiration 3 года назад

      Elon will often pause to process a question. His mind is doing 100mph at this point.

    • @DannySullivanMusic
      @DannySullivanMusic 3 года назад

      your comment is 10000% true!!

  • @Tourismmj
    @Tourismmj Год назад +13

    Thank you soooo much for the interview, Lex and Elon!!!! I am using this in my class of "AI Seminar" for my students💚💚💚💚

  • @rochbrz4105
    @rochbrz4105 3 года назад +1060

    I love how Lex gives Elon time to think before answering the question, and that Elon takes time to think before answering.
    We need more of that.

    • @andrewcanady6644
      @andrewcanady6644 3 года назад +17

      I concur.

    • @pranav3019
      @pranav3019 3 года назад +11

      Hear hear!

    • @rochbrz4105
      @rochbrz4105 3 года назад +9

      @@johnsmith1474 what would be your question?

    • @IdiocracySpace
      @IdiocracySpace 3 года назад +5

      Yeah the signature Elon “Long Pause” 😅. Would like Lex to ask Elon exactly what he’s thinking/processing when he’s going thru his own mind at that 5-10 second moment.

    • @Bhairav1256
      @Bhairav1256 3 года назад +1

      @@rochbrz4105 why cant you give back 🤑 💸💸💰💸💰💸?

  • @jimpayne9545
    @jimpayne9545 3 года назад +592

    Elon is such an extraordinarily busy person, so it means a lot for him to give 2.5 hours of his time to someone. It shows the level of respect that he has toward Lex -- respect that has been well earned.

    • @fukuuu
      @fukuuu 3 года назад +1

      Exactly!

    • @prof.crastinator
      @prof.crastinator 3 года назад +29

      Scamming people ain’t easy.

    • @paulmichaelfreedman8334
      @paulmichaelfreedman8334 3 года назад +8

      @@prof.crastinator Troglodyte.

    • @altshipstore
      @altshipstore 3 года назад +4

      Exactly... Elon Musk has respect for the Babylon Bee

    • @mooboo6603
      @mooboo6603 3 года назад +2

      I've often wondered about that. I think marketing is hugely
      Important and many entrepreneurs think they are their own best marketers - which they are.

  • @TheGunmanChannel
    @TheGunmanChannel 3 года назад +959

    I'm still waiting for Elon to conquer the universe so he can focus on less important things, like his own line of colognes called Elon's Musk.

    • @Leapdreams
      @Leapdreams 3 года назад +19

      This comment is so underrated 😂

    • @realtruth245
      @realtruth245 3 года назад +1

      Less important things? How could he do anything less important ?

    • @humandroid53
      @humandroid53 3 года назад +1

      🤣

    • @DjSuperK
      @DjSuperK 3 года назад +6

      No man should have that much power!

    • @cristianespinal9917
      @cristianespinal9917 3 года назад +10

      If he took the time to produce and sell flamethrowers, he can take the time to hook the boys up with some interplanetary-grade cologne.

  • @brettoday6480
    @brettoday6480 Год назад +17

    His source of strength? He’s a visionary there bud.. no offense but this man doesn’t think like the ordinary Joe ..He has a desire to change the world.. a truly gifted man I believe guided by a higher power to propel this world forward.

    • @haonyoass9556
      @haonyoass9556 5 месяцев назад +2

      Nope he’s an extremely rich man with killer marketing. I can’t wait until everyone sees him for who he truly is. Notice not a single one of the advances he has predicted his companies would make have come true. He’s been making these predictions since 2017 at least. And he keeps doing it and none of his followers bat an eye. I can say with certainty you’re getting played. At the very least, please just look into this. If you think I’m wrong in the end it’ll only make you sure of yourself. I can guarantee you’ll find the opposite though.

    • @teemoammo
      @teemoammo 2 месяца назад +2

      ​@@haonyoass9556someone is jealous

    • @p0mm3srud1
      @p0mm3srud1 Месяц назад

      more power to elon

  • @alimamman1676
    @alimamman1676 3 года назад +285

    Nothing is more sincere than a person taking time to ponder a question. It increases the probability that the answer will be useful…and mostly unique. Thanks Lex, thanks again Elon.

    • @smithy4813
      @smithy4813 3 года назад

      Well said that man……..If he is “just” a person that is 🤔🤔!!!!

    • @southerncalifornia42
      @southerncalifornia42 3 года назад +2

      👏🏻👏🏻🥂

  • @ichbindoofhihi1
    @ichbindoofhihi1 3 года назад +286

    Holy shit, imagine getting 2 and half hours of one of the busiest man on the planet for your podcast, man. Respect, you totally deserve it!

    • @Chadronius
      @Chadronius 3 года назад +5

      Busy shit posting

    • @tomyong31
      @tomyong31 3 года назад +3

      Imagine there are only two people in the world who can pull this off and you're one of them. The other one being Joe.

    • @brandonlopez9931
      @brandonlopez9931 3 года назад +2

      Babylon Bee did it too

    • @truthandjustice6838
      @truthandjustice6838 2 года назад

      Lex deserves it...but let's be honest, Elon never hesitates to give his time when asked.

  • @chingompiew1
    @chingompiew1 3 года назад +190

    With most other interviewers I feel that I've heard it all and I'm just listening to Elon say things he's said a 1000 times. Not with Lex. His questions really allowed Elon to go deeper and share his thoughts in ways that we would never hear from 99% of other interviews. Thank-you Lex. What a beautiful way to spend the first few hours after midnight on new years day (for me).

    • @CharveL88
      @CharveL88 3 года назад +5

      Honestly, I was a bit disappointed that the practical questions didn't go deeper. I could've done without the "What is love" and esoteric stuff, which is mostly a waste of time. Save those for Peterson. It's hard enough to find interviews asking deeper engineering, science and production questions with Elon. All we get from the mainstream interviews is the vapid questions meant for people who've only heard of Elon and that he makes cars that magically drive themselves.
      I'm not ragging on Lex, just that I would've liked to hear more than cursory questions about the actually relevant stuff like Neuralink, Dojo, etc, and less grading memes. I don't care what Elon's favorite colour and lucky number is, or what his definition of "love" is.
      No, I don't even care what type of society Elon thinks people on mars will form. I'd rather hear what he thinks will be the major engineering challenges utilizing regolith to build infrastructure, or actual practical things like that. Leave the shallow question stuff to the vapid mainstream interviewers.
      The deep dive into Tesla's self driving software, is what should've happened with the other subjects, but it was still overall a great interview.

  • @SaidThoughts
    @SaidThoughts Год назад +8

    I give Elon credit. I do like that he can quote out of pocket things you'd never expect.
    I enjoy having knowledge someone else doesn't have, and being able to give information on the spot people didn't think I'd know.
    It must be a good feeling for Elon given he knows quite a lot. He knows a lot more than me that's for sure, but I'll steadily learn and even if I never go as far in life as he did. I can still learn, and share.

    • @andrewpastor7998
      @andrewpastor7998 Год назад +2

      Well said. Thank you for the insightful comment!

  • @kevinoconnor164
    @kevinoconnor164 3 года назад +913

    Elon is in a great mood in this. Love to see him this way.

    • @davidsoom1551
      @davidsoom1551 3 года назад +2

      Wait until his house of government tax burning falls. Check his mood then.

    • @ryankueter8396
      @ryankueter8396 2 года назад +1

      @@davidsoom1551 when

    • @davidsoom1551
      @davidsoom1551 2 года назад +2

      @@ryankueter8396 When it comes out that he can't fund Starlink V2 and the FAA makes him move Starship out of Boca Chica. And when regulators wake up and prohibits the killing beta test of his "Autopilot." on public streets and he loses the Solar City trial.

    • @davidsoom1551
      @davidsoom1551 2 года назад +1

      @@ryankueter8396 And when his Tesla buge stock bubble value pops.

    • @kwanmak9766
      @kwanmak9766 2 года назад +2

      @@davidsoom1551 Wow what the hell

  • @xvor_tex8577
    @xvor_tex8577 3 года назад +245

    I like how Elon Musk is way more comfortable in this one than the previous ones

    • @donettatrump2025
      @donettatrump2025 3 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/Hphwfq1wLJs/видео.html

    • @jacob_dmn
      @jacob_dmn 3 года назад +2

      Exactly!

    • @DannySullivanMusic
      @DannySullivanMusic 3 года назад +1

      you're without a doubt correct dude

    • @christianpackard8674
      @christianpackard8674 3 года назад +2

      i've noticed hes becoming much more comfortable

    • @patrikpass2962
      @patrikpass2962 3 года назад +1

      Elon has been accepted into the future fascist technocracy so he has nothing to worry about anymore.

  • @aqynbc
    @aqynbc 3 года назад +280

    I remember when they had their first interview. Elon was quite cold, but professional. 3rd time around, both enjoying each other's company. Great to see.

    • @utku3372
      @utku3372 3 года назад +34

      They are getting new updates

    • @TraditionalAnglican
      @TraditionalAnglican 3 года назад +5

      @@utku3372 - the two AGI’s are getting better at holding conversations.

    • @aqynbc
      @aqynbc 3 года назад +1

      @@utku3372 😂😂

    • @aqynbc
      @aqynbc 3 года назад +1

      @@TraditionalAnglican 😂

    • @yeetwchybaban
      @yeetwchybaban 3 года назад +1

      @@utku3372 loool

  • @ThomasButryn
    @ThomasButryn Год назад +6

    The discussion about full self driving was obsoletely fascinating! Great interview! I don't think people realize Tesla has changed their approach to FSD using photons and neural networks just like humans do. Amazing.

  • @Waael
    @Waael 3 года назад +1432

    Elon musk is appearing on the pod almost as often as Michael Malice does! Getting my popcorn ready this one is a banger!

    • @cryptoadvocate8876
      @cryptoadvocate8876 3 года назад +22

      Omg could you imagine how good a Michael Malice and Elon Musk podcast would be.

    • @NathanCline12-21
      @NathanCline12-21 3 года назад +21

      @Chip Thomas so do the company that made the device you made your comment with

    • @NathanCline12-21
      @NathanCline12-21 3 года назад +16

      @Chip Thomas whatever you have to do to rationalize your hypocrisy

    • @crackerdan8010
      @crackerdan8010 3 года назад +1

      Biggest conman on Earth
      ruclips.net/video/91lxr3UD8ys/видео.html

    • @NathanCline12-21
      @NathanCline12-21 3 года назад +9

      @Chip Thomasso are you

  • @brandonmay3094
    @brandonmay3094 3 года назад +326

    I recognize and appreciate how comfortable Elon is on here. Doing Gods work Lex

    • @krishanSharma.69.69f
      @krishanSharma.69.69f 3 года назад +5

      He is Jesus himself dude.

    • @jijigigifull
      @jijigigifull 3 года назад +1

      When 2 robots meet

    • @brandonmay3094
      @brandonmay3094 3 года назад +2

      @@jijigigifull *2 leaders meet

    • @jijigigifull
      @jijigigifull 3 года назад

      @@brandonmay3094 why you got be that guy brandon, why ?

    • @brandonmay3094
      @brandonmay3094 3 года назад

      @@jijigigifull because it’s time to fuck some shit up bud

  • @xflyingtiger
    @xflyingtiger 3 года назад +411

    Loved this interview. I was struck by Elon's advice for life, "Try and be useful." He went on to say that being useful was incredibly difficult. I believe being useful can be simply a state of mind. My daughter manages an AM/PM selling junk food and gasoline. But she is so important for so many people just going through their day. To some many people, filling their tank on the way to work and grabbing a quick cup of coffee and some donuts is such a vital part of their day. My daughter keeps a very clean well stocked store and she is polite and cheerful to everyone she meets. She actually attracts repeat customers. How do I know? Customers have told her so. She is, in short, useful. We all have purpose if we look for it

    • @Teal_Seal
      @Teal_Seal 3 года назад +45

      Your pride in her is sweet. ❤️ Lucky daughter!

    • @workoftheworldmedia6748
      @workoftheworldmedia6748 3 года назад

      😢

    • @TehZNCify
      @TehZNCify 3 года назад +23

      Sounds like you’re very proud of her. I bet she feels the same way about you! All the best

    • @noewell9870
      @noewell9870 3 года назад +3

      You speak about her, but not for yourself

    • @shield-u8f
      @shield-u8f 3 года назад +6

      Very good message!!

  • @alina.luna_
    @alina.luna_ 11 месяцев назад +1

    I love those moments when Elon is just sitting in silence and making calculations in his head to honestly answer the question. It’s fascinating to observe

  • @Z3NBluster
    @Z3NBluster 3 года назад +143

    I like that Elon has no qualms about being silent and deeply thinking through Lex's questions. This also shows Lex's skill in finding questions that even Elon has not previously considered. Keep up the good work Lex! You should drink with Elon next time!

    • @sagoluyorum_zaten
      @sagoluyorum_zaten 3 года назад +1

      elon thinks for five minutes after joe's stoner questions come on man :DD

    • @andrearussell8794
      @andrearussell8794 3 года назад

      I love it too, letting someone get there answer together, makes much more sense than answering half ass.

    •  3 года назад

      Like that too though I cannot believe Elon never thought through how long it will be to land on mars. But he might have had to reevaluate due to recent developments

    • @jameskari1786
      @jameskari1786 3 года назад +1

      I disagree with the premise but I enjoy constructive comments like these-

  • @Hemlocker
    @Hemlocker 3 года назад +492

    Lex: [esoteric question about literal rocket science]
    Elon: [in-depth answer, exploring multiple tangents]
    Lex: what is love?
    Elon: now you're asking really perplexing questions

    • @unabasofia
      @unabasofia 3 года назад +50

      Baby don't hurt me.

    • @alessandrobelottidev
      @alessandrobelottidev 3 года назад +17

      i love the fact that all sentences in the comment have the same max length

    • @GoblinSTEEZ
      @GoblinSTEEZ 3 года назад

      @@unabasofia thats the first thing that came to my head when he asked - then when elon said it i literally died lmao

    • @KingMAE_
      @KingMAE_ 3 года назад +1

      @@alessandrobelottidev so pleasing for my brain

    • @flimsyslohans9105
      @flimsyslohans9105 3 года назад +2

      Baby, dont hurt me, no more.

  • @thugradio6826
    @thugradio6826 3 года назад +832

    This upload feels like a late christmas present!

  • @georgehenry3384
    @georgehenry3384 Год назад +5

    Believe it or not, the standard for laws written in the early days of our nation is that laws had to be in plain English. Still required today but everyone ignores it. The concept of constraining the Federal Government was the House (elected by the people directly) and the Senate (elected by the states), between the people and the states could regulate the Federal Government. Plus the fact that the states funded the Federal Government, if the states did not like the direction of the Federal Government, they could withhold funding. The Federal Reserve Act of 1913 created a fiat central bank, IRS and bypassed the states and taxed the citizens directly, the constitutionality of all three is murky at best.

  • @dunkinvideos
    @dunkinvideos 3 года назад +487

    Love how relaxed and goofy Elon is with Lex, he must feel comfortable with our Lexbot 3000

    • @Texas_Takeover
      @Texas_Takeover 3 года назад +7

      Lexbot 3000 🤣🤣🤣

    • @urdbest3212
      @urdbest3212 3 года назад +1

      Many naive souls will buy into this B S .

    • @goytoy3558
      @goytoy3558 3 года назад

      @@urdbest3212 what do you mean?

    • @nuitech2190
      @nuitech2190 3 года назад +1

      Hahaha lexbot 3000 well done

    • @nuitech2190
      @nuitech2190 3 года назад

      @@keepmymindpreoccupied2892 who care about you’re watching or not?

  • @tdlaustralia7791
    @tdlaustralia7791 3 года назад +279

    He seems to open up to you a lot more. Probably because you give him time to think a question through before answering and you don't ask typical stupid questions. Great job man.

    • @Marksmal
      @Marksmal 3 года назад +6

      Lex does an amazing job interviewing Elon, Tim Dodd is also very good and gives Elon time to think and explain his answers in great detail

    • @timothyharrison
      @timothyharrison 3 года назад +9

      I loved those long pauses. Those never happen in common experience and I wish they would.

    • @jtfuller9462
      @jtfuller9462 3 года назад +3

      @@timothyharrison Amen, it shows great intelligence especially in this day an age. He speaks like an old wise man. Pull up a chair, listen and take notes.

    • @jtfuller9462
      @jtfuller9462 3 года назад +1

      @JT Raven we are all entitled to our own opinions.

  • @mariavasilenko5080
    @mariavasilenko5080 3 года назад +152

    My husband and I are listening to this (long-awaited!) interview while driving across California for our vacation. Our 3.5 y.o old has fallen asleep, and we can enjoy the episode together! Such a great holiday treat!
    Oh, and Elon’s pauses make us think whether sth is bad with our Internet connection, or he’s taking time to think. Apparently, the latter 😄 I wish I could learn how not to be afraid taking long pauses during the interviews and meetings😃

    • @trendingvideos2111
      @trendingvideos2111 3 года назад

      Probably fell asleep to Lex.

    • @whakjob
      @whakjob 3 года назад +5

      corporate communicaton is just over rated in my opinion. I struggle with "communication " coz I need time to process and think but its taken as a "fault" that needs to be fixed. will hopefully be leaving my job next year as I'm building passive income streams, I really think the corporate world should do a rethink on how human are viewed and treated.

    • @Emzzz78
      @Emzzz78 3 года назад +2

      Enjoy the beauty!! I hope you’re not going to get stuck on I-80 or hwy 50. We’re getting record snowfall

    • @puncrock2952
      @puncrock2952 3 года назад

      @@Emzzz78 *sigh* oh how I miss Truckee and moonlighting at Boreal

    • @jongwynne7434
      @jongwynne7434 3 года назад +1

      Is a Tesla driving you?

  • @myselflove-bf3uv
    @myselflove-bf3uv 10 месяцев назад +1

    I am from Fukushima and Soma-city that Elon donated is close to my grand parents hometown. I am so grateful and appreciative to know that Elon visited Fukushima and kindly donated. We did not know that fact until today. After 13 years later.. Thank you so much Elon and thank you for doing this Lex-san. Much love and respect from Japa🗾本当にありがとう!!

  • @hristomitkov
    @hristomitkov 3 года назад +322

    My vote for "The podcast of the 2021". Such a nice surprise for the holidays. Great timing, great topics and questions. Thank you, Lex! You are getting better and better, man! Oss!

    • @ecommasters3847
      @ecommasters3847 3 года назад +1

      What a time to be alive. Thankyou Lex for this wonderful interview. Please keep these going for years to come, they inspire and are a beacon of knowledge and hope for our times. Thanks again for all your work in this space.

  • @refusetolose05
    @refusetolose05 3 года назад +532

    The difference in how he handles these interviews is a completely different level than his first one on JRE. Glad to see the growth.

    • @xLightcrystalx
      @xLightcrystalx 3 года назад +67

      I love lex but I wanna see musk on JRE again.

    • @TechnoBro999
      @TechnoBro999 3 года назад +29

      Joe should follow lex’s example and get rid of the 5 minutes of ads every 15 minutes on his spotify. I cant he arsed to deal w that

    • @slowberries
      @slowberries 3 года назад +17

      Rogan thinks the boring company tunneled from LA to Vegas. Plonker.

    • @brandonmay3094
      @brandonmay3094 3 года назад +29

      @Chip Thomas we all fuck over each other everywhere. Welcome to diversity and freedom

    • @laohu1514
      @laohu1514 3 года назад +2

      ruclips.net/video/c-FGwDDc-s8/видео.html

  • @donfields1234
    @donfields1234 3 года назад +233

    Having someone like Lex interview Elon is amazing, 2 people that can actually communicate at a "similar" level. Try getting mass media to even listen to a sentence of this and their heads will explode. Excellent interview.

    • @mauriceschaeffer5070
      @mauriceschaeffer5070 3 года назад +1

      @@kevooooo how?

    • @programmer1840
      @programmer1840 3 года назад +3

      @@mauriceschaeffer5070 Ignore the troll. If people can't give any sort of reasoning for their claim then they're not worth listening to.

    • @donfields1234
      @donfields1234 3 года назад +1

      @JT Raven blabber

  • @raypersaud6512
    @raypersaud6512 Год назад +2

    Shout out to Lex. Elon keep doing what you’re doing, it’s people like you that gives humanity hope. Your name will be written in the history books where our grandkids will read about it. You are the Tesla and Einstein in today’s generation.

  • @ginocontestabile8775
    @ginocontestabile8775 3 года назад +217

    Let's just take a moment to appreciate the wonderful life of opportunities we live today.
    I am sitting near the chimney in a 500 people village in center-south Italy. If the Internet didn't exist the only thing I could have done was probably to be a farmer and sell harvests on local markets, speaking italian dialect with no clue about how the world works.
    Now I do speak and understand English. I am a computer Scientist and software engineer. I studied physics and I am aware that the life we live today is not magic. The way we control information and excite electromagnetic fields and build on top of that protocols and abstractions and digital circuits and compilers and operating systems and browsers and media and content it just a marvellous engineering effort by the most awesome species ever existed in the universe as far as I know.
    I am so grateful for being born in the 21st century and have the possibility to learn so much from some of the smartest and thoughtful people in the world.
    Thanks Elon, thanks Lex.

    • @whakjob
      @whakjob 3 года назад +16

      Amazing story young man, I'm so happy for you but its 4 am and I'm also somehow craving Pizza after reading

    • @KokoMbella
      @KokoMbella 3 года назад +11

      Maybe one day earth will be our small village 🙂

    • @greggrant4614
      @greggrant4614 3 года назад +1

      An awesome species for sure, living in an awesome time, regardless of the existence of any or many other awesome species.

    • @3poli
      @3poli 3 года назад +1

      Couldn't have said it better

    • @patrickcasey1150
      @patrickcasey1150 3 года назад +9

      Excellent sentiment. I'm always trying to get this point across to my slightly bored science students - if we had the proper perspective then we'd be constantly stunned by the progress our species has made so far.

  • @jaycho6747
    @jaycho6747 Год назад +559

    10-15 years ago, you wouldn’t even have dreamed one of the most powerful, richest, smartest, most influential people could have a simple conversation in front of your screen like this and drop so much valuable information.

    • @chi-chiechegoyen6004
      @chi-chiechegoyen6004 Год назад +9

      well said Jay Cho

    • @anav587
      @anav587 Год назад +7

      Pretty sure you could watch interviews of Bill gates

    • @peaceidk6497
      @peaceidk6497 Год назад +17

      @@anav587 Not to this degreee, and convinience.

    • @anav587
      @anav587 Год назад +4

      @@peaceidk6497 yes, fair

    • @coleshelton6469
      @coleshelton6469 Год назад +7

      @@anav587 why him I wonder

  • @19quiz76
    @19quiz76 3 года назад +120

    I think I’ve seen the lion’s share of Elon interviews, and for the last couple of years it’s been sort of like watching an old movie again and again. 80% of the questions he’s been asked have been uninformed or at best old news.
    This interview, on the other hand, is monumental in the storytelling of Elon; the questions are qualified, relevant, humble, challenging, respectful and full of love. You, dear Lex, are a giant! Thank you for this gem of a conversation 🙏🏻❤️

    • @steveseeger
      @steveseeger 3 года назад

      Or 90% typical interviews hitting on the same talking points. This was 50% or maybe a bit less and in most cases expanded on talking points to some degree with new depth.

  • @transsib
    @transsib 8 месяцев назад +1

    Lex, your Elon podcasts were a huge factor why I bought a Tesla as well as Tesla stocks. Elon is by far the most impressive and inspirational person I am aware of!
    You seem like a great guy, love listening to you and your thoughtful conversations!

  • @chancemack
    @chancemack 3 года назад +327

    Lex has been going insane with the guest he’s brought on recently.

    • @Kyroncaunt
      @Kyroncaunt 3 года назад

      Doge is climbing hahaha

    • @JK360noscope
      @JK360noscope 3 года назад +4

      I mean that's since day 1

    • @carpo719
      @carpo719 3 года назад

      @JT Raven I have seen this somewhere before.... :D

    • @concernedamerican1
      @concernedamerican1 3 года назад

      It's not possible to penetrate the firmament or what you con artists call the van Allen radiation belts... Quit waisting our money for your hypnosis

    • @concernedamerican1
      @concernedamerican1 3 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/6rXujSkC73M/видео.html

  • @MrChrisdavie
    @MrChrisdavie 2 года назад +413

    I love how relaxed Elon was during this interview.

  • @brianmcleod5474
    @brianmcleod5474 3 года назад +135

    You can just tell how comfortable Elon is talking with Lex. Absolutely amazing podcast,very informative and thought provoking.

    • @conversationcorner1837
      @conversationcorner1837 3 года назад +1

      I guess that's what happens when you find someone who can relate to you at that wavelength.
      Most people don't seem to be interested in Space Rockets or payment systems.

  • @shahidapakistani2217
    @shahidapakistani2217 Год назад +1

    This the the best conversation I have heard between two brilliant minds that exposes the reality of our economic environment. Elon Musk is amazing in the way he sees things - great insight.

  • @ObieR
    @ObieR 3 года назад +493

    I’m 30 seconds in and I can already tell this is gonna be fun

    • @justinherrmann84
      @justinherrmann84 3 года назад +9

      Then lex is like time to get serious hahaha

    • @Mr.Buttermaker
      @Mr.Buttermaker 3 года назад

      🤣

    • @erickp4005
      @erickp4005 3 года назад

      U nailed it!

    • @tpjmadrigal12
      @tpjmadrigal12 3 года назад +10

      Elon,when he is comfortable around one of his own.

    • @ichi_go
      @ichi_go 3 года назад +1

      30 seconds in and Elon is already acting like a dork. Great job guys🤙🏻

  • @mmariner2178
    @mmariner2178 3 года назад +248

    I love Elon's quotes "Put in a hard day's work and try to be useful to humankind ... create more than you consume ..." and "learn a little about a lot of things ... read about a broad range of topics" as advice for our next generation!!!

    • @Ample17
      @Ample17 3 года назад +6

      What a man Elon is. Truly inspiring.

    • @pond.3509
      @pond.3509 3 года назад +2

      Got you eating out of the palm of his hand lol. He's not doing all this for mankind lol he's a business man who doesn't pay taxes. Get smart.

    • @titan2984
      @titan2984 3 года назад +8

      @@pond.3509 You don't even know how taxes work and you are telling others to get smart.....so lame 🤦

    • @Ample17
      @Ample17 3 года назад +15

      @@pond.3509 Dude he is literally paying more taxes this year then every person in the us has ever payed before, what are you talking about.
      And there is nothing wrong about being a "businessman" we employ people like you, who are to afraid to take some risks for themselves ;)

    • @ravenomega2443
      @ravenomega2443 3 года назад +7

      @@pond.3509 Are you one of those people that believe anyone with more money than you is evil? That's who you are isn't it? You're one of those aren't you?

  • @recca7
    @recca7 3 года назад +158

    One of the few interviewers that can keep up with Elon or can at least elicit more thought provoking/technical conversation, thank you Lex🙏

    • @fatawu0098
      @fatawu0098 3 года назад

      There wasn't many amazing things said, not to shit on this interview it was great.

    • @kenadams5504
      @kenadams5504 3 года назад

      I'd say Brian Greene is probably smarter .

  • @joshycrossy
    @joshycrossy Год назад +1

    Ah two of my favourite people talking. Love this. Thanks 🙏

  • @myrobotisgas
    @myrobotisgas 3 года назад +310

    "Quitting is not in my nature, fuck that we're getting it done" wow, words to live by

    • @danielvalleduarte
      @danielvalleduarte 3 года назад +6

      Famous last words for the Man Who Stole the World

    • @josephKillinas
      @josephKillinas 3 года назад

      @@danielvalleduarte what exactly did he steal? I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume I am taking you out of context.

    • @alexbeaulieu2287
      @alexbeaulieu2287 3 года назад +3

      Let’s go bby that got me fired up apply that shit to anything you want to do in life

    • @B_B-420
      @B_B-420 3 года назад

      Let's see if he quits on China, after his companies end up like this video itself. Banned. As the entirety of RUclips is banned in China. The only reason China lets him operate in the country currently is because they want him to build them a bunch of multi-billion dollar factories, like the one in Shanghai. Then they can just nationalize them all, and get a bunch of free factories for companies controlled by the CCP.

    • @benton-benton
      @benton-benton 3 года назад

      @@johnsmith1474 Robots do that kind of thing.

  • @northfloridareptiles3904
    @northfloridareptiles3904 3 года назад +36

    Lex, one of the best things about your interviews with Elon is your ability to ask him the kinda questions that he normally doesn’t get asked in interviews. Because of your expertise in AI, engineering, robotics, you can really ask the kinda questions most interviewers aren’t able to and it gives Elon the chance to expand on these complex things publicly.

    • @MCRuCr
      @MCRuCr 3 года назад +1

      oh yes that is really great for us engineering/science nerds to get the answers we seek

  • @Werdna12345
    @Werdna12345 3 года назад +436

    I had no idea Lex Fridman was an instructor at MIT teaching machine learning for self driving. He was incredibly disciplined in asking interesting questions but avoiding PhD level discussion

    • @rodschmidt8952
      @rodschmidt8952 3 года назад +3

      he didn't ask about self driving at all

    • @youknowthedrill99
      @youknowthedrill99 3 года назад +2

      A true skill

    • @Becomingajackel
      @Becomingajackel 3 года назад +13

      @@rodschmidt8952 there's literally like a 12 min scetion labeled tesla self-driving

    • @kaibe5241
      @kaibe5241 3 года назад +1

      @@rodschmidt8952 lol...

    • @icenine135
      @icenine135 3 года назад +3

      Why have a PhD discussion of Elon doesn't have a PhD.

  • @vowmick-tirtho
    @vowmick-tirtho Год назад +1

    Anyone here who listen to the full podcast at a time like me?❤

  • @mallon201
    @mallon201 3 года назад +81

    I just love the Musk pauses, less nonsense would be spoken if more of us practised this trait.

    • @krishanSharma.69.69f
      @krishanSharma.69.69f 3 года назад

      ...

    • @KQwest98
      @KQwest98 3 года назад +1

      Like a bot

    • @cf7792
      @cf7792 3 года назад

      It’s the time his internal software takes to analyze the problem and try to provide the best answer to the problem 🤖

  • @edwardclayden7743
    @edwardclayden7743 Год назад +350

    I am so happy that this is available to general public and I am able to view it for free. Every podcast of yours is a gem and I can't express my gratitude enough for all of your work.

    • @GuxTheArtist
      @GuxTheArtist Год назад +8

      what's your point? You crave for listening to rich people telling how they waste billions of dollars after luxury fantasies of theirs, disregarding any real need of surrounding mankind and issue of the planet we all live on?

    • @helensmusings
      @helensmusings Год назад +12

      Or maybe he's appreciative of hard work and enjoyed the content so expressed that with gratitude.

    • @TaunyaMillet-m8v
      @TaunyaMillet-m8v Год назад

      It should generally be a free version so that all the people can learn. Some if them might be able to pay money in the Future.

    • @DC-pw6mo
      @DC-pw6mo Год назад +2

      Yes I am so glad it’s still free. Soooo annoying all these paid subscriptions popping up. No bueno …most people can’t afford groceries 😮

    • @tmerk4292
      @tmerk4292 Год назад

      ​@@GuxTheArtist😂 is that what he's doing?

  • @LOVESKATE42
    @LOVESKATE42 3 года назад +194

    I love the way you navigate conversations Lex, you're base simplicity makes conversations almost seamless. I see your ability to throttle the conversations and allow the listener/guest to consolidate their energy to respond as accurately as possible. It's a beautiful skill to witness!

    • @Chris-vr8cd
      @Chris-vr8cd 3 года назад +12

      The timestamps do wonders too. I can skip ahead if I get bored of the subject then come back to it later when my mind is different. I feel Lex is pioneering sort of this "timestamp based" style of poscasting.

    • @abaikor
      @abaikor 3 года назад +2

      @@Chris-vr8cd well said

  • @Khoisanboogie
    @Khoisanboogie 11 месяцев назад +1

    I must have been living under a rock as I've never watched a lex fridman podcast before, but this was great content.

  • @Syncopia
    @Syncopia 3 года назад +161

    Getting Musk to be in the same place for nearly 3 hours is an incredible feat. Keeping engaged with him for that same amount of time is beyond impressive.

    • @Humanaut.
      @Humanaut. 3 года назад +4

      Yeah - also imagine how valuable 1 hour of musks time is.
      But obviously this is a win win for both of them.

    • @zdravkogeorgiev7201
      @zdravkogeorgiev7201 3 года назад +3

      Because he has a short attention span?

    • @TheBruceKeller
      @TheBruceKeller 3 года назад +6

      @@zdravkogeorgiev7201 Because he runs like 4 companies and one of them is one of the largest and fasted growing in the world. He was pretty famous for sleeping at the production line etc. Also his time would just be extremely valuable because one of his hours is probably like a lifetime of work for someone in terms of pay.

  • @zeldaguy32
    @zeldaguy32 3 года назад +69

    "You can't erase history. You can just become better in the future." ~ Lex "That's Beautiful Man" Fridman
    If most of us tried to be a little better each day, our future will be gold.

    • @Jay-ru3hx
      @Jay-ru3hx 3 года назад +1

      When I read you comment, I initially agreed. Then I realized that "better" is subjective. Some people think the world would be "better" without humans. I wish things could be so simple where we could at least agree that "better" is objectively better.

    • @zeldaguy32
      @zeldaguy32 3 года назад

      @@Jay-ru3hx Good point. I'll think about it and might post another reply.

    • @Zevelyon
      @Zevelyon 3 года назад

      @JT Raven I had to scroll for an uncomfortably long time in order to find a comment offering your dose of reality. Thank you for showing me I'm still not alone. His comments about nuclear radiation drove me nuts too. Probably a bad analogy to compare cancerous radiation that drifts in the air and spreads through the plants and animals we eat for upwards of hundreds-thousands of years depending on the type of reactor to sunlight. Pretty sure most people understand the difference between charged particles and photons. People treat the guy like he's the most down to earth dude, but its all-conformity pressure mixing with a nation of pussies. Granted, if I had to pick a favorite billionaire it'd be Musk. But that's like picking a favorite Bond villain.

  • @csvvv
    @csvvv 3 года назад +251

    This is the only interview-based podcast that I've found actually useful. I don't really understand how people survive in this space just by being empathic. Lex has depth on what he brings to the table and clearly it's not because he comes from a software development background, but because he tries to be something else and better. Keep going with the good work.

    • @flojotube
      @flojotube 3 года назад +3

      I guess you stopped watching BEFORE the tremendous “meme review” let down occurred. The greatest waste of an opportunity in RUclips history.

    • @terencegreen3399
      @terencegreen3399 3 года назад

      @@flojotube 100%

    • @malcolmxbegovic3995
      @malcolmxbegovic3995 3 года назад +1

      hello. I have been living in turkey . I am learning english and have no friends to practice . If you help me about this I will be always appreciate

    • @willkennedy8192
      @willkennedy8192 3 года назад

      Lex is great. You would likely enjoy the Huberman Lab podcast too.

    • @bryanhollis1451
      @bryanhollis1451 3 года назад +1

      p

  • @darakshaparveen69
    @darakshaparveen69 3 месяца назад

    Don't you tired, take a break bcz got habitual to listen to you, it's like lori i mean sleeping story
    Apko sunkr mjhe neend aa jati h.. 💤😴

  • @ChuongNguyenPlus
    @ChuongNguyenPlus 3 года назад +205

    Great podcast to end the year 2021. Listening to this 2h30m conversation feels like as a 5min. But it packs information of a thick book. Thanks a lot Elon Musk and Lex Fridman.

  • @lucianofang
    @lucianofang 3 года назад +27

    I cannot thank you enough for giving Elon time to think after you ask a question. I’m so tired of these interviewers not knowing what to do with more than 3 seconds of silence and then just filling the empty space with random words.

  • @franktfrisby
    @franktfrisby 3 года назад +231

    What’s nice about lex interviews compared to others with Elon is Lex ask real questions and dive deep. That’s why I appreciate this podcast.

    • @mahadev4552
      @mahadev4552 3 года назад +8

      Yeah true he is actually taking advantage of interviewing Elon unlike the BabylonBees interview where they just ask random stupid questions

    • @NikWeber.
      @NikWeber. 3 года назад +7

      Yes! Totally agree 👍🏻 Many interviewers just orbit around themselves and don't give the often amazing guests not enough space to really articulate, position and characterize themselves. And so many interviewers just plainly ask stupid questions...

    • @wstoettinger
      @wstoettinger 3 года назад +2

      agree! Rob would definitely do a good job too!

    • @TheVenusBoy
      @TheVenusBoy 3 года назад +4

      Yup he’s always asking questions that really matters, not some entertainment bullshit

    • @w3w3w3
      @w3w3w3 3 года назад +1

      He did not ask the tough questions though...

  • @horrorbiz72
    @horrorbiz72 Год назад +3

    Another great episode Lex!

  • @manimavuso
    @manimavuso 3 года назад +86

    I absolutely love it when Elon does the thing where he pauses for 30secs before answering a question - it shows that humans need time to process information, as opposed to providing snap reactions

    • @durshurrikun150
      @durshurrikun150 3 года назад +2

      Yeah, he's thinking a way to bullshit up a response to appear a genius to scientifically illiterate neckbeards.
      When he's left alone, he reveals his scientific illiteracy.

    • @db8229
      @db8229 3 года назад +1

      @JT Raven you think having universal everything will diminish carbon and waste production?? (I hope you want to apply these universal principles globally right...wouldn't be bigoted would you?...spoiler alert, do all that for everyone on planet, while trying to protect environmentand and your standard of living will go to 0)? 😆

    • @Nick-kb2jc
      @Nick-kb2jc 3 года назад +1

      When I was younger I used to think that not having an answer immediately made me seem dumb.

    • @cooperpayne
      @cooperpayne 3 года назад

      @JT Raven good thing it's not up to you to decide how others are allowed to help humanity

  • @xXxno6xXx
    @xXxno6xXx 3 года назад +265

    Love how humble and down to mars both of them are

    • @rodjacksn
      @rodjacksn 3 года назад +3

      Hey hey funnyman, that IS funny 🤣😂 !!!

    • @WowPlusWow
      @WowPlusWow 3 года назад +3

      Yeah, right, Elon is so humble lmao. Foh.

    • @alamadakaratihy9312
      @alamadakaratihy9312 2 года назад

      LmaOOO 🪐

  • @em_althani
    @em_althani 3 года назад +54

    Elon Musk just tweeted about how great your questions were Lex. Great interview!

    • @elektrotehnik94
      @elektrotehnik94 3 года назад

      23:04 Jim Keller is the brother-in-law of Canadian author and clinical psychologist Jordan Peterson
      Source, Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Keller_(engineer)

  • @stevemuzira9155
    @stevemuzira9155 Год назад +1

    I love the long silent pauses before certain answers…that is a man who is actually using his brain to think!

  • @adambednarczyk24
    @adambednarczyk24 3 года назад +71

    It's interesting to see the differences in dialogue between Elon with Rogan & Elon with Lex. Both are great interviewers in their own right, but you can see that Lex is in a better position to understand the complexities of what Elon is breaking down from a technical standpoint. It's clear Elon really enjoys this interview- Lex speaks his language.

    • @pinuuturner7777
      @pinuuturner7777 3 года назад +3

      Yes I agree. I love Joe but Lex understands Elon better it seems.

    • @frededwards4904
      @frededwards4904 3 года назад

      @JT Raven me thinks you don’t really care about reality. You only care about how you don’t like the reality you live in and think it must be someone else’s fault that you don’t. Reality doesn’t care about your vision of utopia and I can assure you that if we were all to follow your prescriptions we would end up a lot worse off. Not trying to convince you, only making a statement of my belief as you took the opportunity to do.

  • @phillipgregory9671
    @phillipgregory9671 2 года назад +692

    "I dont care about optimism or pessimism.we're gonna get it done." Great quote

    • @kevinpham8761
      @kevinpham8761 2 года назад +2

      Have you seen this clip of Lex Fridman & Mark Zuckerberg?!
      ruclips.net/video/Rrh5KHYqdc8/видео.html
      It’s hilarious!! 😂 🤖

    • @Pluto60
      @Pluto60 2 года назад +6

      💗💗💗💗🛰🔋just get it done ✅
      I love ❤️ this type of working attitude 🥰❤️

    • @Pluto60
      @Pluto60 2 года назад +3

      @Justus Racers I like that working ethics 😷😊💗💗💗😂

    • @beetlejuice4357
      @beetlejuice4357 2 года назад +4

      @Justus Racers Get er done. lmao. I favorite quote is when talking about the car in space, "it looks so fake it must be real." RIP to all who are fooled by this fool of a man.

    • @phillipgregory9671
      @phillipgregory9671 2 года назад +4

      @@jiiig8667 no you just don't like him.there is no way to get that from that.

  • @NoVACorpsGaming
    @NoVACorpsGaming 3 года назад +149

    So awesome that Elon is chilled out and having fun with Lex, such a different energy to other interviews. You rock, Lex. Can’t wait to see what you do in 2022.

    • @VoxelLoop
      @VoxelLoop 3 года назад +10

      I think it's because Elon can nerd out with Lex, with some other interviewers he spends 80% of his time trying to dumb down what he's saying so the interviewer understands it. :)
      Same vibe as when EverydayAstronaut did an interview with him.

  • @dawsonpage2647
    @dawsonpage2647 Год назад +1

    I love the interviewer’s questions! They are broad but focused. Nice job man

  • @Doppel5129
    @Doppel5129 3 года назад +63

    Hey Elon, I‘m german and i thank you a lot for giving me the chance to work in the new tesla gigafactory here in germany. I will do my best to study on the side and help change something big ❤️ Someday i‘ll shake hands with you and we do even more for this world and to safe her 💪🏽

    • @radikalnormal3913
      @radikalnormal3913 2 года назад +3

      Puh eine ganz schöne Schleimspur, die du durch das Internet ziehst

    • @NuclearSunshineSB
      @NuclearSunshineSB 2 года назад

      @@radikalnormal3913 Wenn man nix nettes zu sagen hat, sollte man vielleicht einfach nichts sagen

    • @davidcollin1436
      @davidcollin1436 2 года назад

      @@radikalnormal3913 how edgy and brave for a useless eater.

  • @JesseSabo
    @JesseSabo 2 года назад +157

    I love it that he holds himself personally responsible for all of the engineering decisions at SpaceX. The volume of stuff you need to know in order to advise the top rocket scientists in the world working on the hardest engineering problems is exceptional.

    • @AdamDeRidder
      @AdamDeRidder 2 года назад +1

      7:00 This comment

    • @AdamDeRidder
      @AdamDeRidder 2 года назад +2

      I agree with what Elon said. It sounds very genuine. However, I contrast this to his cavelier thoughts on the safety of Teslas in a previous interview with Lex where he brushed off the ability of people to trick the driving software with simple blocks as if those flaws were just minor bugs and where he mocked Cadillac's slow and careful pace. He ignores the fact that auto-driving failures can and do cost drivers' lives - drivers that did not sign up for a dangerous mission like his astronauts did.

    • @quinntolchin3080
      @quinntolchin3080 2 года назад +6

      @@AdamDeRidder the difference is it’s those peoples choice to trick the car… he’s not making it unsafe for them, rather them for themselves

    • @EPICFXANDSAMPLES
      @EPICFXANDSAMPLES 2 года назад

      haha he doesn't he is a liar and fraud.

    • @nickmassie501
      @nickmassie501 2 года назад

      @@AdamDeRidder And that would probably still be less then user error.

  • @mercedesg450
    @mercedesg450 3 года назад +41

    I feel like I’m too dumb for most of this conversation, but still enjoyed it! I learned Elon Musk loves humanity and I believe him. I’m grateful to exist at the same time as these two powerful and loving souls. ✨✨✨💗💗💗

    • @Inertia888
      @Inertia888 3 года назад +5

      The last ten minutes, I would say, were the most valuable.

    • @concernedindian144
      @concernedindian144 3 года назад +2

      Amazing how elon musk thinks he is above humanity.

    • @tripsenderz2181
      @tripsenderz2181 3 года назад

      @JT Raven I guess you missed the part where he described perfectly your mindset and how stupid it is at 2:23:25

  • @bookofbrah
    @bookofbrah Год назад +4

    Just love it! So so many good insights, deep and true quotes for life & mindset and a lot of good and interesting perspectives for the future. Thank you Lex for this podcast and your well chosen questions 🙂greetings and cheers from germany!

  • @BKFC
    @BKFC 3 года назад +168

    Great podcast and show!

    • @benaskrensfriend4945
      @benaskrensfriend4945 3 года назад +2

      Thank you

    • @brokenfunny1419
      @brokenfunny1419 3 года назад +4

      Elon Musk + Lex Fridman= Joe Rogan fans which = mma fans which also = BKFC fans lmao

    • @oliverpiper1882
      @oliverpiper1882 3 года назад +4

      🤣 this is the last account I thought I'd see commenting on here

    • @richardbug3094
      @richardbug3094 3 года назад

      unexpected surprise?

    • @sdosborn07
      @sdosborn07 3 года назад

      ww3 next 12 months.

  • @MylesGInvestments
    @MylesGInvestments 3 года назад +208

    Great Interview Lex, Thank you! And thanks Elon!

  • @EVMacD
    @EVMacD 3 года назад +90

    I’ve never seen Elon take so much time to answer the questions posed. He must have been put at ease in this interview. Awesome video. Epic I think…

    • @petrkurkowski3685
      @petrkurkowski3685 3 года назад +2

      Well put Vaughn!

    • @loydchristmas23
      @loydchristmas23 3 года назад +6

      He was the same way in the first Rogan interview.

    • @jedicouncilelonmusk
      @jedicouncilelonmusk 3 года назад +1

      I agree. a potent epic

    • @raphaeljacovani4540
      @raphaeljacovani4540 3 года назад +2

      @@joshisajedi2461 hahahah me too! I decided to take a shower and when I came back Elon was just about to open his mouth and respond.

  • @jonlivingstone
    @jonlivingstone 9 месяцев назад +1

    Such a beautiful comparison to the 🍋 interview ❤

  • @humanfromconception1195
    @humanfromconception1195 3 года назад +349

    Mr. Musk has been generous with his time in these interviews. Very interesting, thanks Lex.

    • @flickwtchr
      @flickwtchr 2 года назад +5

      Generous? Musk? Now that's funny.

    • @mehg8407
      @mehg8407 2 года назад +3

      It is almost as if all Musk does is go on interviews to hype up tech that does not and will not ever exist to boost investements....as if.

    • @freddie_connor9202
      @freddie_connor9202 2 года назад +28

      @@flickwtchr i’d say it’s pretty generous that arguably the busiest man in the world spends time to do podcasts, something many other of the top 0.01% would never. On top of this he pays record amounts of taxes.

    • @nonya5887
      @nonya5887 2 года назад +1

      @@freddie_connor9202 as he should and as he should. He's paid to be there he does this to benefit himself. Hype up this tech crap that won't happen in his life time that's for sure. There will not be communities on mars in his lifetime or at all I should say.

    • @freddie_connor9202
      @freddie_connor9202 2 года назад +3

      @@nonya5887 that’s what he said… his goal is to act as the catalyst for human planetary expansion

  • @jasonsangwin4006
    @jasonsangwin4006 3 года назад +432

    It's incredible that AI has become this good now, these 2 robots are so lifelike.

    • @BanterRanterr
      @BanterRanterr 3 года назад

      🤖

    • @dmurray2978
      @dmurray2978 3 года назад +6

      Stole other top comment, such creativity

    • @maciejjamrozy
      @maciejjamrozy 3 года назад

      Brilliant :D

    • @funkaddictions
      @funkaddictions 3 года назад +6

      @@nathanlewis42 That''s because they even recreated the aspbergers. It''s and incredible piece of software.

    • @concernedamerican1
      @concernedamerican1 3 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/zdnEpXNiDf8/видео.html

  • @makamakaaa
    @makamakaaa 3 года назад +63

    I love the long pauses from Elon. Definition of think before you speak.

    • @Azuli1980
      @Azuli1980 3 года назад +4

      I love that kind of silence…

    • @rajanacharya1135
      @rajanacharya1135 3 года назад +2

      On the funny side, what else would you expect from the chief engineer of a rocket company? 😅😅

    • @Sam-Gazer
      @Sam-Gazer 3 года назад +5

      CPU processing ..

    • @hallio111
      @hallio111 3 года назад

      love it too. We Germans would love him for getting interviewed by Markus Lanz!

    • @Lexartm
      @Lexartm 2 года назад

      @@hallio111 "Us Germans" certiantly do not...

  • @Upsidedownfoodpyramid
    @Upsidedownfoodpyramid 2 месяца назад +1

    I live in an area with snow and ice. My lane change and variable cruise control sensors, cameras all get blocked. Sometimes you can’t see where your lane is. Navigation Maps are not accurate and sometimes have wrong speed.
    How do you plan on dealing with these challenges?
    I hit a deer lately, does it help reduce the chance of hitting people, cars t-boning and or animals etc etc that jump in your path?

    • @kjshy
      @kjshy 2 месяца назад

      I think you must feel privileged to think that Elon Musk needs to solve your problem. Why is that his job? Solve your own problem.

  • @rohithdsouza8
    @rohithdsouza8 3 года назад +160

    A short summary:
    - Finishing high stress situations sucessfully you feel more relief than elation
    - Most difficult problem regarding starship is engine production, right from the materials to design you have to have the best of everything to make the best engine
    - Mindset of Elon: When something is important enough, you have to get it done. there’s no factor of motivation or anything in order to work on something
    - Thinking in terms of first principles can be applied to any walk of life, just have an axiomatic base that you believe in and then you reason up from there to cross check your conclusion with the axiomatic truth.
    - Another mental model of thinking is to take a thing and scale it to a very large or a very small number and see how do things change ( you can use it to scale a product large and see if its still expensive by which you can arrive at an conclusion to work on the design of the product or not)
    - it's important to think of these things like probabilities, not certainties, there's a probability that something bad will happen on earth. Hence, its best that we work towards making life a multi planetary species
    - Probably in mars, direct democracy over representational democracy works best!
    - Helpful to think money in terms of information theory, with fiat currency the error in the database keeps increasing as government tries to print more money, cryptocurrency is an attempt to reduce this error created by the government.
    - Bitcoin is useful as a store of wealth but not as a day to day currency. Dogecoin could be used as a day to day currency as a fixed number of hash string gets generated every year and inflation reduces over time.
    - It is possible that satoshi nakamoto is Nick Szabo
    - Replacing processed images by raw photon inputs from camera and switching more traditional code over the neural network (as it does seem have to hit its global maximum on vector space creation)
    - Lot of bare-metal coding C/C++ is required for tesla self driving traditonally more on the control part after input has processed
    - Human robots are a thing, might replace manual un-interesting work.
    - History is a good way to learn and understand about the nature of civilization and indiviuals
    - Advice to young people: Try to be useful, ask youself are you contributing more than you consume? To have a net positive contribution to the society would be the right thing to aim for.
    - Reading a condensed version of the Britannica encyclopedia can be useful. Just read,read as much as you can.
    - Having a growth of the pie mindset, over thinking in terms of zero-sum game is useful. Usually many people think in terms of zero sum game, but that is rarely the case as the pie gets bigger as more people get involved
    - Whats the meaning of life? The answer is the universe, now its just a matter of asking the right questions. Elons foundation of philosophy is that he is curious about the nature of the universe. But we will not live forever, hence expanding the scope and scale of consciousness is fundamentally a good thing.

    • @subhras1269
      @subhras1269 3 года назад +8

      Thanks a bunch

    • @carterstockham948
      @carterstockham948 3 года назад +15

      The amount of information condensed into this comment is so impressive

    • @drumlessons833
      @drumlessons833 3 года назад +6

      @@KaizenB It gives the viewer a nice summary of what is covered and helps let people know what to expect. I was hoping for Lex to hold Elon accountable for all the people he helped kill and the coups he helped orchestrate in order to capture precious minerals and resources abroad, but it seems like he's being interviewed as a celebrity, not a grossly powerful super-billionaire.

    • @juliemariemcintyre
      @juliemariemcintyre 3 года назад

      @@drumlessons833 probably bc they are buds

    • @bigrob9877
      @bigrob9877 3 года назад +4

      Wow!! Great breakdown of opinion and fact. You should have a your own podcast!! Great content 🙏

  • @bengee0ne
    @bengee0ne 3 года назад +77

    Elon mentionning the fuel problems the German had during WW2 reminded me that the Nazis putting their hands on all the fuel they could find in occupy France was one of the reason for french engineer Louis Breguet to create an electric car back in 1941. My grand father had one, I remember seeing it as a kid. I think a few hundred models only were produced. It could go around 50km/hour and travel 100km distance on a charge, and I think it took 24 hours to recharge the battery... no Tesla super charger back then. LOL

    • @kenwaltson7113
      @kenwaltson7113 3 года назад

      Look into wood gasification

    • @kumarshiv8475
      @kumarshiv8475 3 года назад

      @JT Raven Full of archaic bloatware

    • @davidcollin1436
      @davidcollin1436 2 года назад

      Electric cars were produced at least 30 years before the French tried.

  • @Bethlehemification
    @Bethlehemification 2 года назад +266

    Lex I have only recently learned of your podcasts and have so enjoyed every interview I’ve listened to. You certainly have a gift. Every interview is so relaxed and even keeled, you get a chance to really see your guests let down and enjoy themselves. Very well done.

    • @multiarray2320
      @multiarray2320 2 года назад +2

      poison?

    • @shandimartin7447
      @shandimartin7447 Год назад

      Such a weird reply.. 🙄🙄 I totally agree. He's chill, comical, intelligent..And relatable, he shuts down offensive language and ask important questions, plus I love that he's kinda obsessed with love. The man is truly gifted.

  • @andrewpastor7998
    @andrewpastor7998 Год назад

    I recognized how Elon takes a long, thoughtful pause before answering some questions. He understands that his wording could immediately affect his shareholders adversely depending on how interpreted. Accuracy, intent and context are very important.

  • @jasondicioccio880
    @jasondicioccio880 3 года назад +39

    This is the best Elon interview I've seen by a wide margin. He actually looked like he enjoyed the conversation and wanted to be there. The chemistry was great!

  • @FatHeadDave
    @FatHeadDave 3 года назад +329

    I'm so happy to see Elon in such a good mood! He seems to be happy in life at the minute, good for him!

    • @raresmircea
      @raresmircea 3 года назад +5

      Why would he be in a bad mood tho

    • @MusicMan483
      @MusicMan483 3 года назад +10

      wouldnt you be happy if youre the richest person in the world and named time person of the year

    • @taylor92493
      @taylor92493 3 года назад +8

      @Johannes I’ve never wanted to be on time magazine. So I don’t think that would make me happy. I thought richest in the world was reserved to those who keep their finances private, being the publicly richest person in the world doesn’t sound nearly as fun.

    • @franksmith4863
      @franksmith4863 3 года назад +3

      Why would you care how musk feels?

    • @changit0l3urrit0
      @changit0l3urrit0 3 года назад +1

      It is surprising in the fact that he's no longer with Grimesz.

  • @JamesBond-qv2ht
    @JamesBond-qv2ht 3 года назад +80

    2.5 hours of my time very well spent. Thank you both.

    • @CARSON441
      @CARSON441 3 года назад

      Can anyone point to any aspect of what Elon says or does that cause such animosity in Joe Biden?

    • @JamesBond-qv2ht
      @JamesBond-qv2ht 3 года назад

      @@CARSON441 Elon isn’t a crook, he isn’t “woke”, and he doesn’t support unions. Joetato is a disgrace in every way possible.

    • @JamesBond-qv2ht
      @JamesBond-qv2ht 3 года назад

      @@CARSON441 oh, and Elon doesn’t buy Hunter’s “art”.

  • @hadzi666
    @hadzi666 2 месяца назад +3

    Two years ago dude said they probably won't succed to land booster on chopsticks first time, and now here we are, two years later, they did it. THEY DID IT ON THE FIRST TRY. Amazing stuff.