Adam Brown

I mean, there's been a lot of debate in the black hole context about whether information is conserved by black holes, but the modern consensus is that it is.

Oh, good question.

So I hitchhiked a bunch around America and Europe.

I've done Oxford, Morocco.

When I moved from...

Princeton at Stanford I hitchhiked, a bunch of other times down to New Orleans, various other places.

I think probably the biggest tip for hitchhiking is to stand in a good place.

Some counterparty modeling.

Imagine the person who's picking you up.

They need time to see you, to evaluate you, and to decide they're going to pick you up, and then to safely stop, and that all needs to happen.

So stand somewhere where people can see you, possibly at a stoplight, and where there's a place for them to safely pull over.

I think it's different for different people.

I think about 20% of people will just always pick up hitchhikers no matter what, even if I'd

you know, was dressed very differently and presented very different.

I think some people would just pick people up no matter what.

I basically fall into that category now.

It's hard-coded into my brain that I will 100% pick up hitchhikers always under all circumstances just because enough people have generously picked me up down the years that I just feel as though it's my duty and sort of not subject to a cost-benefit analysis, just it's in there.

Many other people are evaluating you and just trying to decide what you're in for.

Some people are lonely and want somebody to talk to.

Some people have just a spirit of adventure and find it exciting to pick people up.