#272 – Brett Johnson: US Most Wanted Cybercriminal

Mohammed El-Kurd is a Palestinian writer and poet. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Factor: https://factormeals.com/lex50 and use code lex50 to get 50% off first box – SimpliSafe: https://simplisafe.com/lex to get free security camera plus 20% off – BetterHelp: https://betterhelp.com/lex to get 10% off – Babbel: https://babbel.com/lexpod and use code Lexpod to get 55% off – House of Macadamias: https://houseofmacadamias.com/lex and use code LEX to get 20% off your first order Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/mohammed-el-kurd-transcript EPISODE LINKS: Mohammed’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/m7mdkurd Mohammed’s Instagram: https://instagram.com/mohammedelkurd Mohammed’s Website: https://mohammedelkurd.com Rifqa (book): https://amzn.to/3Oqippl Books Mentioned: The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine (book): https://amzn.to/3K7ZtsE PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/lexfridman YouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/lexclips SUPPORT & CONNECT: – Check out the sponsors above, it’s the best way to support this podcast – Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman – Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman – Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman – LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman – Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman – Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman OUTLINE: Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) – Introduction (10:41) – Palestine (35:09) – Hate (48:40) – Antisemitism (56:37) – Peace in the Middle East (1:03:34) – West Bank (1:13:43) – Hamas (1:23:31) – Two-state solution (1:39:21) – Jerusalem (1:46:04) – Role of the US (1:47:54) – Ghassan Kanafani (1:58:39) – 2024 Elections (1:59:48) – Poetry (2:09:08) – Language (2:17:36) – Hope

24 Jul 20232h 23min

Yuval Noah Harari is a historian, philosopher, and author of Sapiens, Homo Deus, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, and Unstoppable Us. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – MasterClass: https://masterclass.com/lex to get 15% off – Eight Sleep: https://www.eightsleep.com/lex to get special savings – ExpressVPN: https://expressvpn.com/lexpod to get 3 months free – InsideTracker: https://insidetracker.com/lex to get 20% off – AG1: https://drinkag1.com/lex to get 1 month supply of fish oil Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/yuval-noah-harari-transcript EPISODE LINKS: Yuval’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/harari_yuval Yuval’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yuval_noah_harari Yuval’s Website: https://www.ynharari.com Sapiens (book): https://amzn.to/3NQB9wt Homo Deus (book): https://amzn.to/44MzwXu 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (book): https://amzn.to/3Dfkz4D Unstoppable Us (book): https://amzn.to/3NYyBg5 PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/lexfridman YouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/lexclips SUPPORT & CONNECT: – Check out the sponsors above, it’s the best way to support this podcast – Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman – Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman – Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman – LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman – Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman – Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman OUTLINE: Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) – Introduction (08:36) – Intelligence (27:31) – Origin of humans (37:53) – Suffering (58:35) – Hitler (1:17:07) – Benjamin Netanyahu (1:35:30) – Peace in Ukraine (1:52:20) – Conspiracy theories (2:06:59) – AI safety (2:21:16) – How to think (2:31:00) – Advice for young people (2:33:41) – Love (2:43:50) – Mortality (2:48:14) – Meaning of life

17 Jul 20232h 52min

Benjamin Netanyahu is the Prime Minister of Israel. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Numerai: https://numer.ai/lex – BetterHelp: https://betterhelp.com/lex to get 10% off – NetSuite: http://netsuite.com/lex to get free product tour – Shopify: https://shopify.com/lex to get $1 per month trial Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/benjamin-netanyahu-transcript EPISODE LINKS: Netanyahu’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/netanyahu Netanyahu’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/b.netanyahu Netanyahu’s Website: https://www.netanyahu.org.il Bibi: My Story (book): https://amzn.to/3XJd6UR A Durable Peace (book): https://amzn.to/3pIofbX Fighting Terrorism (book): https://amzn.to/3XNp6on PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/lexfridman YouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/lexclips SUPPORT & CONNECT: – Check out the sponsors above, it’s the best way to support this podcast – Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman – Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman – Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman – LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman – Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman – Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman OUTLINE: Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) – Introduction (08:22) – Hate (14:02) – Judicial reform and protests (22:38) – AI (32:40) – Competition (39:21) – Power and corruption (46:32) – Peace (1:01:05) – War in Ukraine (1:05:01) – Abraham Accords (1:09:02) – History (1:13:48) – Survival

12 Jul 20231h 17min

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is an activist, lawyer, author, and candidate for the President of the Unites States. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – House of Macadamias: https://houseofmacadamias.com/lex and use code LEX to get 20% off your first order – Eight Sleep: https://www.eightsleep.com/lex to get special savings – InsideTracker: https://insidetracker.com/lex to get 20% off – AG1: https://drinkag1.com/lex to get 1 month supply of fish oil TRANSCRIPT: https://lexfridman.com/robert-f-kennedy-jr-transcript/ EPISODE LINKS: Robert’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/RobertKennedyJr Robert’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robertfkennedyjr Robert’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rfkjr Robert’s Campaign Website: https://www.kennedy24.com PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/lexfridman YouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/lexclips SUPPORT & CONNECT: – Check out the sponsors above, it’s the best way to support this podcast – Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman – Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman – Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman – LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman – Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman – Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman OUTLINE: Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) – Introduction (09:05) – US history (13:21) – Freedom (15:16) – Camus (18:38) – Hitler and WW2 (27:50) – War in Ukraine (51:11) – JFK and the Cuban Missile Crisis (1:16:19) – JFK assassination conspiracy (1:25:53) – CIA influence (1:34:52) – 2024 elections (1:46:36) – Jordan Peterson (1:48:18) – Anthony Fauci (1:51:44) – Big Pharma (2:11:24) – Peter Hotez (2:17:05) – Exercise and diet (2:19:30) – God

6 Jul 20230s

George Hotz is a programmer, hacker, and the founder of comma-ai and tiny corp. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Numerai: https://numer.ai/lex – Babbel: https://babbel.com/lexpod and use code Lexpod to get 55% off – NetSuite: http://netsuite.com/lex to get free product tour – InsideTracker: https://insidetracker.com/lex to get 20% off – AG1: https://drinkag1.com/lex to get 1 year of Vitamin D and 5 free travel packs Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/george-hotz-3-transcript EPISODE LINKS: George’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/realgeorgehotz George’s Twitch: https://twitch.tv/georgehotz George’s Instagram: https://instagram.com/georgehotz Tiny Corp’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/__tinygrad__ Tiny Corp’s Website: https://tinygrad.org/ Comma-ai’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/comma_ai Comma-ai’s Website: https://comma.ai/ Comma-ai’s YouTube (unofficial): https://youtube.com/georgehotzarchive Mentioned: Learning a Driving Simulator (paper): https://bit.ly/42T6lAN PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/lexfridman YouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/lexclips SUPPORT & CONNECT: – Check out the sponsors above, it’s the best way to support this podcast – Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman – Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman – Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman – LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman – Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman – Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman OUTLINE: Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) – Introduction (08:04) – Time is an illusion (17:44) – Memes (20:20) – Eliezer Yudkowsky (32:45) – Virtual reality (39:04) – AI friends (46:29) – tiny corp (59:50) – NVIDIA vs AMD (1:02:47) – tinybox (1:14:56) – Self-driving (1:29:35) – Programming (1:37:31) – AI safety (2:02:29) – Working at Twitter (2:40:12) – Prompt engineering (2:46:08) – Video games (3:02:23) – Andrej Karpathy (3:12:28) – Meaning of life

30 Jun 20233h 15min

Marc Andreessen is the co-creator of Mosaic, co-founder of Netscape, and co-founder of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – InsideTracker: https://insidetracker.com/lex to get 20% off – ExpressVPN: https://expressvpn.com/lexpod to get 3 months free – AG1: https://drinkag1.com/lex to get 1 year of Vitamin D and 5 free travel packs Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/marc-andreessen-transcript EPISODE LINKS: Marc’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/pmarca Marc’s Substack: https://pmarca.substack.com Marc’s YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/@a16z Andreessen Horowitz: https://a16z.com Why AI will save the world (essay): https://a16z.com/2023/06/06/ai-will-save-the-world Books mentioned: 1. When Reason Goes on Holiday (book): https://amzn.to/3p80b1K 2. Superintelligence (book): https://amzn.to/3N7sc1A 3. Lenin (book): https://amzn.to/43L8YWD 4. The Ancient City (book): https://amzn.to/43GzReb PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/lexfridman YouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/lexclips SUPPORT & CONNECT: – Check out the sponsors above, it’s the best way to support this podcast – Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman – Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman – Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman – LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman – Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman – Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman OUTLINE: Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) – Introduction (05:01) – Google Search (12:49) – LLM training (25:20) – Truth (31:32) – Journalism (41:24) – AI startups (46:46) – Future of browsers (53:09) – History of browsers (59:10) – Steve Jobs (1:13:45) – Software engineering (1:21:00) – JavaScript (1:25:18) – Netscape (1:30:22) – Why AI will save the world (1:38:20) – Dangers of AI (2:08:40) – Nuclear energy (2:20:37) – Misinformation (2:35:57) – AI and the economy (2:42:05) – China (2:46:17) – Evolution of technology (2:55:35) – How to learn (3:03:45) – Advice for young people (3:06:35) – Balance and happiness (3:13:11) – Meaning of life

22 Jun 20233h 15min

Jimmy Wales is the co-founder of Wikipedia. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Hexclad Cookware: https://hexclad.com/lex and use code LEX to get 10% off – Eight Sleep: https://www.eightsleep.com/lex to get special savings – House of Macadamias: https://houseofmacadamias.com/lex and use code LEX to get 20% off your first order Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/jimmy-wales-transcript EPISODE LINKS: Jimmy’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimmy_wales Jimmy’s Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Wales Donate to Wikipedia: https://donate.wikimedia.org WT.Social: https://wt.social/ PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/lexfridman YouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/lexclips SUPPORT & CONNECT: – Check out the sponsors above, it’s the best way to support this podcast – Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman – Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman – Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman – LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman – Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman – Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman OUTLINE: Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) – Introduction (05:10) – Origin story of Wikipedia (11:14) – Design of Wikipedia (18:07) – Number of articles on Wikipedia (24:18) – Wikipedia pages for living persons (45:11) – ChatGPT (58:42) – Wikipedia’s political bias (1:04:46) – Conspiracy theories (1:17:51) – Facebook (1:26:09) – Twitter (1:46:45) – Building Wikipedia (2:01:18) – Wikipedia funding (2:12:38) – ChatGPT vs Wikipedia (2:17:19) – Larry Sanger (2:22:51) – Twitter files (2:25:43) – Government and censorship (2:40:07) – Adolf Hitler’s Wikipedia page (2:51:49) – Future of Wikipedia (3:03:51) – Advice for young people (3:11:13) – Meaning of life

18 Jun 20233h 19min

Matthew McConaughey is an Oscar-winning actor and author of Greenlights. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Riverside: http://creators.riverside.fm/LEX and use code LEX to get 30% off – MasterClass: https://masterclass.com/lex to get 15% off – AG1: https://drinkag1.com/lex to get 1 year of Vitamin D and 5 free travel packs EPISODE LINKS: Matthew’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/McConaughey Matthew’s Instagram: https://instagram.com/officiallymcconaughey/ Matthew’s YouTube: https://youtube.com/@MatthewMcConaughey Greenlights (book): https://greenlights.com/ Roadtrip (course): https://artoflivinevent.com/roadtrip PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/lexfridman YouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/lexclips SUPPORT & CONNECT: – Check out the sponsors above, it’s the best way to support this podcast – Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman – Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman – Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman – LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman – Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman – Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman OUTLINE: Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) – Introduction (05:57) – Relationships (10:44) – Dreams (22:56) – Fear of death (34:40) – Overcoming pain (57:45) – Amazon rainforest (1:04:29) – AI (1:17:45) – Truth (1:25:50) – Ego (1:33:34) – Dallas Buyers Club (1:40:03) – True Detective (1:48:49) – Yellowstone (1:53:51) – Texas (1:55:43) – Politics (2:00:29) – Interstellar (2:03:26) – Aliens (2:10:23) – Advice for young people (2:18:42) – Meaning of life

13 Jun 20232h 24min