Lex Fridman
👤 PersonAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Yeah, it does seem like freedom, individual freedom, is a prerequisite.
For happiness.
For happiness, and a flourishing of a larger society.
So there's, like you said, 1984 is pretty, I mean, it's a caricature.
But it is brilliant.
It's quite, it's actually also just a good story.
That's my criticism of Brave New World.
It's just poorly written.
But I like Brave New World probably applies more to the 21st century than does 1984.
What advice would you give to a young person today?
about, let's say, career, how to have a career they can be proud of, how they can have a life to be proud of.
You've had a non-standard life.
You've, uh, traveled in South America and had hobos chase you with machetes.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Did you always know when the chance to take showed up?
Like, this is, okay, this is interesting.
This is new.