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The Lessons of History
Will and Ariel Durant
“thank you for recommending”
“Well, first of all, thank you for recommending Will and Ariel Durant's work. I've read the short one for now.”— Elon Musk
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The West Wing
Aaron Sorkin (inferred)
“I really like”
“There's a TV show I really like called "The West Wing." And in "The West Wing," there's a character.”— Bliss Chapman
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Civilization VI
Firaxis Games (inferred)
“I love Civ VI”
“So you also play Civilization VI? - I love Civ VI, yeah.”— Noland Arbaugh
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams
“I'm very aligned with sort of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" version of this question”— Bliss Chapman
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Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card
“Some of the first set of books that I picked up are "Ender's Game," the whole saga by Orson Scott card”— DJ Seo
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Neuromancer
William Gibson
“and "Neuromancer" from William Gibson, and "Snow Crash" from Neal Stephenson”— DJ Seo
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Snow Crash
Neal Stephenson
“and "Neuromancer" from William Gibson, and "Snow Crash" from Neal Stephenson”— DJ Seo
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The Doors of Perception
Aldous Huxley
“let me leave you with some words from Aldous Huxley in "The Doors of Perception."”— Lex Fridman
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A Clockwork Orange
Stanley Kubrick
“Is that top three Kubrick film for you? - Clockwork Orange, it's pretty good. I mean, it's demented.”— Elon Musk
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2001: A Space Odyssey
Stanley Kubrick
“So in "2001: Space Odyssey," what Odyssey clock was trying to say, one of the things he was trying to say there”— Elon Musk
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The Matrix
The Wachowskis (inferred)
“And movies like "Matrix" was coming out around that time point that really influenced how I think about the potential impact that technology can have”— DJ Seo
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Star Trek
Gene Roddenberry (inferred)
“So like Geordi La Forge from "Star Trek." Like the thing. You wanna see in radar? No problem.”— Elon Musk
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Game of Thrones
HBO (inferred)
“No, it was more like a "Game of Thrones" kind of dragons. They weren't very friendly. They were very big.”— Lex Fridman
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Friends
NBC (inferred)
“how you would watch an episode of "Friends" and understand the motivations of the characters interacting with each other”— Matthew MacDougall
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Kill Bill
Quentin Tarantino (inferred)
“There's a scene in one of the "Kill Bill" movies actually, oddly enough, where she is like paralyzed”— Noland Arbaugh
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Black Mirror
Charlie Brooker (inferred)
“I saw an episode of "Black Mirror" about that once. I don't think I want it.”— Noland Arbaugh
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Civilization VII
Firaxis Games (inferred)
“And I also saw Civilization VII trailer. - Oh man, I'm so pumped.”— Noland Arbaugh
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ChatGPT
OpenAI
“Like you saw sort of issues with ChatGPT and Gemini and whatnot.”— Elon Musk
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Utah Array
Richard Normann / University of Utah
“more rigid, like the Utah array. There are these four by four millimeter kind of silicon shank that have exposed recording site”— DJ Seo
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LMNT
LMNT (inferred)
“by the way, I'm drinking LMNT, which is basically salt water, which is making me kinda”— Lex Fridman
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