I will speak with everyone, and I will get attacked, derided, and slandered for it.

But I believe in the power of long-form, empathetic conversation to help discover our common humanity, including the good and the evil we are all capable of.

I know I'm underqualified and underskilled for these conversations, so I'll often fall short, as I do in all aspects of my life, but I'll work hard to improve, and will never ever give in to cynicism.

Here's my conversation with Yuval Noah Harari about human nature, intelligence, power, war, communism, fascism, origins of human civilization & the dangers of AI. Yuval also responds critically to my conversation with Benjamin Netanyahu. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mde2q7GFCrw

I traveled to the West Bank and spoke with many Palestinians there from all walks of life. There was anger but there was hope. Most conversation were offline, but some were on camera. I'll publish those soon.

I had to return to US from the Middle East to collect my thoughts for a few weeks before possibly heading off to Eastern Europe for a few more tough conversations.

I didn't anticipate how challenging all this would be psychologically, but I'm working hard (reading, learning, thinking) and keeping my head up. Life is beautiful.

Here's my conversation with John Mearsheimer, one of the most influential and controversial thinkers in the world on the topics of power, war, peace, and international relations. We discuss Israel-Palestine, Russia-Ukraine, China, NATO, and the future of US as a superpower.

This episode will be challenging to some, as previous episodes have been to others. To emphasize what I say in the introduction: I will talk to everyone, on all sides, with compassion, with empathy, and with backbone. My goal is to do whatever small part I can to decrease the amount of suffering in the world by trying to reveal our common humanity. I will get attacked. I accept this. I love you all ❤️

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4wLXNydzeY

Kрасота спасет мир
Beauty will save the world
- Dostoevsky

I will sometimes post in both Russian and English, given that half of you speak Russian.

Thanks for your feedback. We'll keep the channel in English but might sometimes provide translation in Russian. The reason for this is we will be publishing Russian language content more and more.

Here's my conversation with Ivanka Trump, a businesswoman, real estate developer, and former senior advisor to the President of the United States. We talk about politics, architecture, philosophy, fashion, music, parenting, martial arts, and much more.

I've gotten to know Ivanka well over the past 2 years. We first connected over our mutual love of reading and discussing books (for example by Marcus Aurelius, Joseph Campbell, Alan Watts, etc). She is a truly kind, compassionate, and thoughtful human being, and I'm honored to be able to call her a friend.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oxdDKHdcM8

Arrest of Pavel Durov is a disturbing attack on free speech and a threat not just to Telegram but to any online platform.

Governments should not engage in censorship. This is a blatant and deeply troubling overreach of power.

This happened. Podcast out tomorrow (Tue) at 1pm EDT.

I'm back.
Я вернулся.

New group, please join:
Новая группа. Присоединяйтесь:
https://www.tg-me.com/lexfridman_group_chat

PS:
I will post in both English and Russian languages.
Я буду писать посты на английском и русском языках.

But PLEASE try to speak in English in the group.

В связи с предстоящими интервью на русском языке, давайте сделаем русский основным языком этого канала. Мы будем переводить на английский (а иногда на украинский по запросу).

Due to upcoming interviews, conducted in Russian language, let us switch this channel to Russian language as the primary language. We will translate to English (and sometimes Ukrainian if people ask for it).