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Lex here.

This is a good question. One day I'll do a thorough episode on Putin, synthesizing the books I read, but for now I think the most unbiased book is:

The Rise and Reign of Vladimir Putin by Steven Lee Myers

It may seem a little dry, but if you're interested in the study of the man's rise to power, it's good.

There is a good book about the topic. A planet of viruses by Carl Zimmer. Maybe you could take him as a guest.

More importantly than lab leakages, there is a huge pathogen potential at ice masses of poles. Ancient pathogens might revive due to melting of poles.

I'm currently making transcripts as well to put into a database that I'm creating within Notion. https://www.notion.so/Lex-Fridman-Podcast-Wiki-4291924e502c4bab9c4b0a3d653a124b

> So the argument is that anarchist = grifter?

Not to beat a dead horse but anarchism also has a storied history of well reasoned thought (someone even put together this handy collection of such essays that explore the very thoughts you're saying are grifts ), it seems pretty extreme to call someone who advocates for anarchism a grifter, you could just say you disagree.

https://www.amazon.com/Devil-Water-Slander-Napoleon-Material/dp/0812221710

Crude reactionary shallow environments have always existed for as long as we've been able to broadcast thought. But so have spaces where public discourse was elevated, too. Lex provides one of the latter :)

I feel like, as I've seen more of the crap proliferate, I've also seen more of the better stuff. To this old fart it just looks like we've got more of everything. And at least now we're more able to understand on a larger scale what kind of discourse we're creating. All the old machines denied us that kind of wider analytical power.

I copied the about section on Lex's website and put it into a Notion Wiki. Drafting up a wiki page is a good idea, looking forward to it

• Name: Timothy Taylor
• Info: There was good info about him in Pasulka's <em>American Cosmic: UFOs, Religion, and Technology</em> interview. He also wrote a book about entrepreneurship.
• Conversation: Pasulka's book. Quotes from the book "Tyler turned out to be very charismatic in person, just as he was virtually. He laughed easily and was as comfortable talking about his family as he was talking about science."
• Ideas/Pitch: He talks a lot about getting inspired by external sources. I don't buy into his hypothesis that aliens are source of his inspiration, but his track record of patents and companies shows that he has been inspired. He also has a particular routine to become a creative thinker which aligns with your previous discussions on creativity. His views on aliens might also be interesting, but I don't think they'll be as interesting as his views and practical techniques on creativity.

Great question! I'm no expert, but here are my essentials:

• Elevated Monitor so my back doesn't break
• Wireless mouse & keyboard
• Coding in Jupyter lab for quick iteration and debugging in Pycharm
• Orange glasses if late at night so I can get to bed quicker: https://www.amazon.com/Uvex-Blocking-Computer-SCT-Orange-S1933X/dp/B000USRG90/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&amp;keywords=orange+glasses&amp;qid=1596765822&amp;sr=8-4
• Soft music NO WORDS!
• Coffee
• If at night all other lights off so monitor are the only thing I see

Wbu?