Dr. Lex Fridman: Navigating Conflict, Finding Purpose & Maintaining Drive

In your 20s, I think you should find one thing you're passionate about and work harder at that than anything else in your life. And if it destroys you, it destroys you.

When you fill your day and you're busy, that busyness becomes an excuse that you use against doing the things that scare you.

I was really inspired by Elon's approach to Twitter ... Learn what is to be taken seriously, and laugh at the rest. I think I try to be silly, laugh at myself, laugh at the absurdity of life, and then, in part, when I'm serious, try to just be positive.

This is probably a good time to announce that I'm selling my sperm as NFTs.

One of the things I really don't like to see on Twitter & on the Internet is how many statements end with LOL. You think just because something is kind of funny or is funny or is legitimately funny, it also doesn't have a deep effect on society ... Some of the best comedy is dark and mean, but it reveals some important truths that we need to consider. But sometimes, comedy is just covering up for destructive ideology.

I really believe I can have a good conversation with Donald Trump, but I haven't seen many good conversations with him ... Part of me believes it's possible, but he often effectively runs over the interviewer.

When I first interacted with robots... I see a magic there. And you look around, does anyone else see this magic? It's kind of like, maybe, when you fall in love, like, that feeling. Does anyone else notice this person that just walked in the room? I feel that way about robots.

When you lose everything, it makes you realize what really matters, which is the people in your life.

It's possible to have a major hot war in the 21st century ... I think the lessons learned from that might be the kind that lead to a major World War 3 in the 21st century.

People that are full of hate... they know they shouldn't feel it, but they can't help it. They know that, ultimately, the thing that helps them and helps everyone is to feel love for fellow man, but they can't help it.

War's waged by powerful rich people, and it's the poor people that suffer. And that's just visible time and time again.

When you go to a difficult part of the world or a part of the world that's going through something difficult, you really appreciate how great it is to be American.