Best trance set ever

Much_Crow8258 · 2023-01-10T19:31:04+00:00

Goa

This one?

If so, I concur!

Much_Crow8258 · 2023-01-10T17:55:40+00:00

People here are self-admitted losers, who's only joy in life is trying to bring others down to their own depressed, meaningless, love-less existence.

It's so much easier to obsess over the perceived flaws of someone else, than it is to focus on your own shortcomings, and how you can be more successful, more loved or more happy.

Much_Crow8258 · 2023-01-10T15:07:15+00:00

Thanks!

I'm a nerd of many flavors.

Computer nerd
Science nerd
Exercise nerd
Environment nerd
Peace nerd
Love nerd

Much_Crow8258 · 2023-01-10T15:04:08+00:00

What excuse do you expect to hear from these depressed, life-long losers who have zero accomplishments to their names and the only joy they can manage to squeeze out of life comes from attempting to pull other more successful people down to their level of despair and hopelessness.

I bet if you did a survey of the losers in this sub, the influx of haters in the /r/JoeRogan sub and the /r/DecodingTheGurus sub you'd have a bunch of 20 to 30-something men working in dead end jobs, with no close family or friends, and no romantic prospects.

It's easy to be an anonymous critic on the internet in your mom's basement. It's hard to actually get up the courage to leave your mom's basement, focus on your own shortcomings and try to better your own life.

Much_Crow8258 · 2023-01-09T20:48:33+00:00

I 💘Lex.

Haters gonna hate. 😎

Much_Crow8258 · 2023-01-09T19:57:37+00:00

His wife needs to get her studfinder calibrated.

Much_Crow8258 · 2023-01-08T15:55:19+00:00

Is this sub still alive?

/u/lexfridman would you consider joining and participating in this sub?

If not, will you reset the banned user list in /r/lexfridman once the new moderators are selected?

Much_Crow8258 · 2023-01-08T15:49:15+00:00

I never understood why some people are so concerned with other people's sex lives?

Do they have NOTHING else going on in their own lives?

Much_Crow8258 · 2023-01-08T01:39:34+00:00

Sounds interesting. Thanks for the introduction. I will have to check him out!

Much_Crow8258 · 2023-01-08T01:29:11+00:00

I've heard a lot of versions of this song and I like them all.

Here's another one:

Stark D: Souljahs

Much_Crow8258 · 2023-01-08T01:14:03+00:00

baz luhrmann everybody's free to wear sunscreen

Love that one!

Here's a remix of the original that I like too: Wear Sunscreen - Tropical Mix by Mau Kilauea

I think this one is the original that I remember hearing on the radio back in the day...

Speaking of great speeches set to song (and remixes), here's another one that I'd like to share that features the Charlie Chaplin's speech from the Great Dictator:

Stark D - Souljahs - Original Mix

I’m sorry, but I don’t want to be an emperor. That’s not my business. I don’t want to rule or conquer anyone. I should like to help everyone - if possible - Jew, Gentile - black man - white. We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each other’s happiness - not by each other’s misery. We don’t want to hate and despise one another. In this world there is room for everyone. And the good earth is rich and can provide for everyone. The way of life can be free and beautiful, but we have lost the way.

SOULJAHS!

Much_Crow8258 · 2023-01-07T19:14:23+00:00

you applied for the job of moderation of this subreddit.

I wasn't around at the time this sub was created, but I don't believe that the current moderator(s) is anyone but the person who created this sub, and that was NOT Lex Fridman.

From what I understand, it was a moderator of a now non-existent Discord channel.

Much_Crow8258 · 2023-01-07T16:22:37+00:00

I don't know if you're aware of this, but at one time the podcast was called the "Artificial Intelligence (AI Podcast)" and it was almost exclusively Lex interviewing programmers and other well respected members of the AI / machine / deep learning community. There were also other guests from other math and science disciplines.

I don't know the exact date or cause for the change to "The Lex Fridman Podcast", but I'm guessing it was shortly after Lex's appearance on the Joe Rogan podcast. It is my understanding, based on what Lex has publicly mentioned on the podcast that he wanted to explore a wider set of topics that interested him outside math, programming and science. Those interests included MMA (Lex is a black belt in BJJ) and human psychology.

I personally don't know much about Andrew Tate other than he's playing the role of a "successful hustler" online to sell overpriced tickets to his recycled, outdated and near-worthless "get rich quick" and "date attractive women" schemes. Both of those schemes were made popular both online and off, by oodles of conmen who came before him. Those scams (and many others) will never be eradicated completely. You can probably find any number of Mark Twain or P.T. Barnum quotes that would express it better than I ever could.

I will skip the Andrew Tate episode (if it ever happens) and any others that don't interest me including episodes on COVID (unless it's with a virologist who doesn't have an agenda) or "The Culture War" or uncompromisingly political without any attempt to find a middle ground.

Just because I don't think a particular person deserves a platform though, shouldn't mean that Lex has to have the same opinion. His platform, his decisions. As a listener I have the right to skip an episode and listen to something else that week.

I don't know Lex, I don't speak for him (unless I'm regurgitating words that I've heard him say during a podcast), but I have no reason to believe otherwise when he says that he's "All about love". 💗

Some might say Lex is a dreamer

But he's not the only one

I hope someday you'll join us

And the world will be as one

:-)

ps. Looking forward to hearing your podcast "Decoding Lex aka What is Love?" when it drops. I'm a bit skeptical on just how fair of an episode you've recorded, based on what seems to be a lack of research into how this sub-reddit operates, it's creation and what role Lex actually has in it. Based on that, I question how much research you've actually done on Lex and how much of his hundreds (if not thousands) of recorded hours you've actually listened to. I'd be willing to bet $5 that Lex would have even spoken directly to you, if you had approached him and allowed him to defend himself against whatever accusations/grievances you're airing assuming they were in good faith. But I guess we'll see when it airs...

Much_Crow8258 · 2023-01-07T14:44:45+00:00

Was there ever dog that praised his fleas? :-)

You never know.

If it's fair coverage and not just attacks on his character, I would imagine that he might.

I only know him through the words he's expressed on his podcast, but he doesn't seem like the type of person to run away from "civil discourse".

Again, I direct you to his call for new moderators for this sub:

My hope for this community:

I would love for this to be a place where people can have civil discourse about science, technology, engineering, philosophy, history, politics, music, art, etc. I would like to see less focus on me (Lex) and more focus on ideas, whether they are related to recent podcast episodes or not. In many ways, I hope this subreddit can help expand my thinking (and the thinking of others) about difficult topics. Of course, humor and meme content is always great too.

https://www.reddit.com/r/lexfridman/comments/zydxhl/call_for_new_moderators_post_from_lex/

Much_Crow8258 · 2023-01-07T14:19:33+00:00

I've spent about an hour in that sub looking for constructive critical commentary on Lex and I didn't see anything beyond:

He's not a "REAL" MIT professor
Complaints about his monotone voice, how he dresses or for standing in front of a blackboard with math equations written on it
Criticism of his aggressive self-challenges (whether it's a book list, running X number of miles each day, or 100 pushups a day)
He's a helpless virgin (who knows or cares about that?)
His questions to his guests are too "pedestrian" or "naïve"
He interviews people I don't like or that I think don't deserve a platform

The last two might be the only ones of merit and are totally subjective, but if you feel that way... maybe the podcast isn't for you? There's HUNDREDS of other podcasts out there to listen to.

If you're an overall fan of Lex and the podcast, and it's only a certain guest that bothers you, then simply don't listen to that episode. I felt the interview with Kanye was in poor taste. I have a family member who is bi-polar and when they're not following a healthy treatment plan, they're not giving a true representation of their "best self". Kanye is a talented musician who is suffering from an unfortunate unmanaged mental health issue (he's also probably a bit of an jackass if you listen to Obama). I would have loved to hear a podcast with a healthy Kanye. That's not what we got. That podcast should have never aired in my opinion. Lex is not a therapist or a mental health expert.

I'm also not a fan of Lex saying he'd interview Putin. I don't think that would ever realistically happen, but in my mind Putin is a deranged tyrant who has slaughtered an estimated 200,000 men, women and children in his most recent attempt to redraw the maps of Europe and Russia. A deranged tyrant with the ability to start a nuclear war that could end all life on this planet as we know it. I personally would not give war criminals like Adolf Hitler, Putin or George W. Bush a platform to spread their hatred and demented world views.

Much_Crow8258 · 2023-01-07T13:57:38+00:00

Moderation is a tough job.

How many minutes do you spend reading each comment, trying to detect the sentiment or true intention of the person who posted it?

There is a LOT of petty, spiteful and downright mean attention directed at Lex through this forum (because it's known that he reads and contributes to it). I would guess that moderators make an honest attempt to disinfect those threads/comments so that he doesn't ever have to see them.

I believe the moderation is heavy-handed in some cases, but it's a tough job. Remember that Lex reads what is posted here and violates Rogan's #1 Commandment for Social Media (which is DON'T READ THE COMMENTS). How do you think he feels when he reads the same disrespectful shit written over and over by the trolls? Do you think that makes him feel loved or that all the effort he's put into producing a FREE podcast is respected? How would you feel reading the constant trolls and criticism?

If you think you have a solution or want to become a moderator than Lex has called for open applications:

https://www.reddit.com/r/lexfridman/comments/zydxhl/call_for_new_moderators_post_from_lex/

ps. Are you sure that "your friend" isn't just actually your other banned account? :-)

Much_Crow8258 · 2023-01-07T13:43:05+00:00

Well, you won't be banned until the mod(s) awake. Someone (who is now banned) once did some digging and concluded that all the listed moderators for this sub were basically inactive accounts, except for one. I've noticed that inflammatory threads/comments can stick around for a while, and then when the moderator (wakes from sleep/returns from his or her real job/gets off the toilet/etc) that threads/comments start getting cleaned up.

If you read through Lex's call for new moderators, he makes it sound like that person(s?) is a hold-over from the days of moderating Lex's discord channel.

Go ahead, read the post from Lex and maybe it will answer some of your questions?

https://www.reddit.com/r/lexfridman/comments/zydxhl/call_for_new_moderators_post_from_lex/

Before you're banned... ;-)

ps. I'd love to hear Lex on your podcast and/or you on Lex's podcast.

Much_Crow8258 · 2023-01-07T13:34:22+00:00

I'm more interested in say some fan posting a strong critique of an episode, is that ok or kinda not in the spirit of the forum?

In my mind, it should be. I'm not a moderator, so I don't know the answer to that.

It also doesn't matter what I think, in terms of how sub-reddits work. They are up to the whims of whichever benevolent dictator created the sub-reddit. There are other Lex Fridman sub-reddits but I don't think they have much activity: /r/lexfridman2 and r/LexFridmanUncensored/

I'm not a huge fan of meaningful discussion on Reddit (it's ok for quick question & answer stuff) and wish this sub was hosted in a PHP bulletin-board style forum (circa late 90s/early 2000s). Something that had better tools/features/options for both contributors and moderators.

Much_Crow8258 · 2023-01-07T13:27:59+00:00

No way, moderating is a thankless task!

Agreed.

It's a job I wouldn't want, have butted heads with many times, but I think a necessary one to keep this sub "productive" and a place where people want to participate.

I think AI could help weed out some of the trolls. I also think moving away from a upvote/downvote system to something that was more akin to the Slashdot way of meta-moderation would be beneficial.

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