Ask HN: Best Talks of 2020?

Re:Ask HN: Best Talks of 2020? by neillyons on Friday December 25, 2020 @01:46PM (#25538212)

I don't want anything to do with cryptocurrencies but listening to the founder of Ethereum on the Lex Fridman podcast was fascinating.

The way that guy thinks is just impressive.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3x1b_S6Qp2Q

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Re:Ask HN: Best Talks of 2020? by mkolodny on Friday December 25, 2020 @05:54PM (#25539728)

That was a great episode. I've been really enjoying all of Lex's podcast episodes. He has on many of the top thinkers across many different fields. AI and CS in particular.

https://youtube.com/c/lexfridman

Some more of my favorite episodes (not necessarily CS related) I've listened to are:

- Matthew W. Johnson on Psychedelics - Manolis Kellis on Biology and CS - Michael Malice on Anarchy - Michael Stevens on education

I haven't listened to anywhere near all of them, so I'm sure I'm missing many amazing episodes.

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Re:Ask HN: Best Talks of 2020? by FPGAhacker on Friday December 25, 2020 @06:54PM (#25540118)

His interview with Jim Keller is pretty good.

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Re:Ask HN: Best Talks of 2020? by meowface on Friday December 25, 2020 @03:00PM (#25538625)

Agreed, and I think Vitalik on Eric Weinstein's podcast is also super interesting and information-dense: https://youtu.be/8TwNNgiNZ7Y

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Re:Ask HN: Best Talks of 2020? by deehouie on Friday December 25, 2020 @05:48PM (#25539671)

I just realized Vitalik never finished college. That's even more impressive for what he's done.

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Re:Ask HN: Best Talks of 2020? by wunderlust on Friday December 25, 2020 @07:07PM (#25540192)

He was a Thiel Fellow.

http://canadaam.ctvnews.ca/why-a-20-year-old-toronto-drop-ou...

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