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Re:Donald Knuth: Algorithms, Complexity, Life, and the Art o... by coldtea on Monday January 06, 2020 @04:53PM (#21973806)
>I don't know Lex Fridman, but with all respect, I don't like him as an interviewer at all. He has zero interviewing experience, IMHO. It looks so amateur.

Actually, this looks like 100% old-style quality interview.

People are not used to this style today, but it was the quintessential style before the 90s or so, and it's much deeper than the kind of shallow interviewing we see today from "pros" (including TV hacks like Charlie Rose).

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Re:Donald Knuth: Algorithms, Complexity, Life, and the Art o... by mrmuagi on Monday January 06, 2020 @07:07PM (#21975100)
Charlie Rose always seemed to be trying to play some sort of mind game to goad information out of his guests. I went down a rabbit hole of watching old historical interviews and discovered interviews were very tame. Like, Dick Cavett's famous interview with Marlon Brando - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uU-4wmwc2Rw where the host was friendly and letting the guest speak above all else. Anything resembling this level of genuine conversation is a nice treat.
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