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Research scientist at MIT working on human-centered AI and deep learning approaches to shared autonomy in self-driving cars. Fun fact: he's a black belt in Jiu Jitsu.
Lex Fridman on The Changing World Order
"The fascinating thing about [this book] is there's philosophy, there's wisdom, but there's plots."
Lex Fridman on The Better Angels of Our Nature
"Encouraged the better side of ourselves."
Lex Fridman on I, Robot
"[My] previous favorite [book by this author]."
Lex Fridman on The Art of War
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Lex Fridman on The Book of Five Rings
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Lex Fridman on Meditations
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Lex Fridman on Siddhartha
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Lex Fridman on Animal Farm
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Lex Fridman on The Stranger
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Lex Fridman on Principles
"A book I highly recommend."
Lex Fridman on The Idiot
"For the longest time, [this book] was my favorite book of all because I identified with the ideas represented by Prince Myshkin."
Lex Fridman on Sapiens
"Basically one of the things we've created here is we've imagined ideas that we all share."
Lex Fridman on Empire of the Summer Moon
"[I admire] the purity of that way of life."
Lex Fridman on Life 3.0
"I recommend people read [this book]."
Lex Fridman on Man's Search for Meaning
"I reread [this book] quite often."
Lex Fridman on On the Road
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Lex Fridman on The Player of Games
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Lex Fridman on The Old Man and the Sea
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Lex Fridman on A Hunger Artist
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Lex Fridman on The Metamorphosis
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Lex Fridman on The Road
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Lex Fridman on How Emotions Are Made
"A great read."
Lex Fridman on The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
"I've read it twice."
Lex Fridman on The War of Art
"Beautiful book."
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