Joscha Bach: Life, Intelligence, Consciousness, AI & the Future of Humans | Lex Fridman Podcast

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  • @lexfridman
    @lexfridman  Рік тому +160

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    Transcript: lexfridman.com/joscha-bach-3-transcript
    0:00 - Introduction & sponsor mentions:
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    1:15 - Stages of life
    13:37 - Identity
    20:12 - Enlightenment
    26:43 - Adaptive Resonance Theory
    33:31 - Panpsychism
    43:31 - How to think
    51:25 - Plants communication
    1:09:20 - Fame
    1:34:57 - Happiness
    1:42:15 - Artificial consciousness
    1:54:23 - Suffering
    1:59:08 - Eliezer Yudkowsky
    2:06:44 - e/acc (Effective Accelerationism)
    2:12:21 - Mind uploading
    2:23:11 - Vision Pro
    2:27:25 - Open source AI
    2:40:17 - Twitter
    2:47:33 - Advice for young people
    2:50:29 - Meaning of life

    • @TomasPruzina-uw9ql
      @TomasPruzina-uw9ql Рік тому +1

      I have faith that israeli perspective video is coming in the future.

    • @viraj.0.1
      @viraj.0.1 Рік тому +2

      Bring Peter thiel next

    • @ercanarisoy
      @ercanarisoy Рік тому

      Thanks, I'll watch this after midnight (not in a hurry) 💙

    • @theccs5012
      @theccs5012 Рік тому +1

      ua-cam.com/users/clipUgkx-Q_weWeGMXsTvm8_kV_7RK2DAT9R4Amo

    • @MAHSEDITZ
      @MAHSEDITZ Рік тому +3

      YOU NEED TO GET MO GAWDAT ON

  • @jamesr2936
    @jamesr2936 Рік тому +995

    Joscha is the greatest guest in the history of this podcast. Highly suggest checking out "round 1" when he first appeared.

    • @SahilP2648
      @SahilP2648 Рік тому +24

      I disagree. Sir Roger Penrose and many others are better.

    • @Softcushion
      @Softcushion Рік тому +14

      Penrose, in my mind, is a legendary guest.

    • @daarom3472
      @daarom3472 Рік тому +39

      it doesn't make sense to agree or disagree on a matter of taste. Best you can do is compare viewer numbers but even that is open to intepretation through the "people with taste" argument.

    • @confetticow
      @confetticow Рік тому +8

      100 percent agree

    • @hellogoodbye4894
      @hellogoodbye4894 Рік тому +8

      Agreed

  • @Alexander-rf3tt
    @Alexander-rf3tt Рік тому +184

    Joscha should appear on the podcast at least twice a year!

    • @teiuq
      @teiuq Рік тому +4

      As Daniel Schmachtenberger.

    • @Cracktune
      @Cracktune Рік тому +3

      and a holiday episode to boot

    • @frosticlle
      @frosticlle Рік тому +2

      @@teiuq God! Can we make a club for the fans of these two?! Sorry if that sounds awkward but I want to know each one of us! 🥹

    • @RyanDavisSoftware
      @RyanDavisSoftware Рік тому

      ​@@frosticlleI actually agree! If someone makes a Slack channel or a Discord for this, I'll join it

    • @youtubelearning2990
      @youtubelearning2990 Рік тому

      Yep!@@Cracktune

  • @landenx
    @landenx Рік тому +223

    Joscha is my favorite guest on your podcast. I’m very excited for this!

  • @Jcbc
    @Jcbc Рік тому +324

    This man is an absolute genius and needs a lot more recognition. I'm sure he will achieve huge things in the future that will be remembered in history.

    • @falklumo
      @falklumo Рік тому +19

      Joscha is born in Weimar and an actual descendant of Johann Sebastian Bach. It will still be hard for him to step out of this giant shadow ;)

    • @samkim7892
      @samkim7892 Рік тому +14

      Nope nope. 2:19:20 "depends on the perspective I am taking at the moment" terrible analogy. Those organisms had no agency in mass extinctions. We do in regards to AI and Climate Change. Also, he makes it sound like in a different "perspective," human extinction is just a part of the evolution of consciousness in the universe. So doing something that leads to killing of billions is somehow ok because it expands consciouness? You have got to see the terrible lack of empathy behind the veneer of emotionally detached "perspective"

    • @Roguescienceguy
      @Roguescienceguy Рік тому +11

      ​@@samkim7892but is his thoughtprocess wrong though? Does it also not shed a light on how we may expect an AGI to come to that same conclusion. We cannot ignore the fact that the man is in possession of a tremendously rational mind that can clearly detach its reasoning from any form of emotion. I mean, we do have to accept somehow that, as far as humanity is concerned, the end of biologicals is indeed a plausible outcome.

    • @antetesija3033
      @antetesija3033 Рік тому

      @@Roguescienceguy I think it is. We are the only link in the chain that actually has cotrol (or do we?) over the next step of iteration. Fungi and plants and so on didn't have the vote what will be next step in the process. When you think about it maybe we also don't have it. Maybe we are preprogrammed to do this kind of actions that will ultimately bring us destruction. What do you think?

    • @gmw3083
      @gmw3083 Рік тому +1

      1:09:20 Anonymity is a goal in itself. Perhaps JB knows this on some level. I've achieved it, but it's more difficult to spread thoughts from behind a cloak of invisibility. I don't care...

  • @shaneharvey1026
    @shaneharvey1026 Рік тому +330

    Joscha has built one of the most simultaneously deeply insightful and enjoyably nerdy brains I’ve ever witnessed. Thank you both for sharing your conversation.

    • @marsperre
      @marsperre Рік тому

      Do you have a life dude?

    • @samkim7892
      @samkim7892 Рік тому +5

      Nope. 2:19:20 "depends on the perspective I am taking at the moment" terrible analogy. Those organisms had no agency in mass extinctions. We do in regards to AI and Climate Change. Also, he makes it sound like in a different "perspective," human extinction is just a part of the evolution of consciousness in the universe. So doing something that leads to killing of billions is somehow ok because it expands consciouness? You have got to see the terrible lack of empathy behind the veneer of emotionally detached "perspective"

    • @bokoler9107
      @bokoler9107 Рік тому +1

      @samkim7892... I think you misunderstood something.
      "So doing something that leads to killing of billions is somehow ok because it expands consciouness?"
      In which context has he said this?

    • @bokoler9107
      @bokoler9107 Рік тому

      @samkim7892... we all are victims since the first day inventing the tools which brought us down the trees.
      We want it warm if needed, we want it cool if needed, we are grown out the times eating roots and if so only what was presented by accident. And finally we like it comfortable when we reproduce ourselves.

    • @samkim7892
      @samkim7892 Рік тому

      @@bokoler9107 Watch again from 2:18:40 (maybe starting from a few minutes before that)Listen closely to what he said just before:
      And that narrow human aesthetic is a temporary thing. Humanity is a temporary species, like most of the species on this planet are only around for a while, and then they get replaced by other species in a similar way as our own physical organism is around here for a while and then gets replaced by next generation of human beings that are adapted for changing life circumstances and average via mutation and selection. And it's only when we have AI and become completely software we come become infinitely adaptable, and we don't have this generational and species change anymore. So if you take this larger perspective and you realize it's really not about, us, it's not about early years or or humanity, But it's about life on Earth or it's about defeating, entropy for as long as we can. of our being as interesting as we can. Right? Then, the perspective changes dramatically and, AI preventing AI from this perspective looks like a very big sin.
      Lex: But when we look at the set of trajectories that such an AI would take as supersedes humans, I think as Eliezer is worried about, like, ones that not just kill all humans, but also have some kind of maybe objectively, undesirable consequence for life on earth. Like, how many trajectories when you look At the big picture of life on earth, would you be happy with and how much were you with AGI? Whether it kills humans or not.
      (For emphasis here: I think as Eliezer is worried about, like, ones that NOT JUST KILL ALL HUMANS, but also have some kind of maybe objectively, undesirable consequence for life on earth.)
      Joscha: There is no single answer to this. It's really it's a question. It depends on the perspective that I'm taking at a given moment. And so there are perspectives that are determining most of my life as a human being. Yes. And, the other perspective, zoom out further. And imagine that when the great oxygenation event happened, that is photosynthesis was invented and plants emerged and displaced a lot of the fungi and algae in favor of plant life and then later made animals possible. Imagine that the fungi would have gotten together and said, oh my god, this photosynthesis stuff is really, really bad. It's going to possibly displace and kill out a fungi. we should slow it down and regulate it and make sure that doesn't happen.

  • @drew7897
    @drew7897 10 місяців тому +6

    This is my favorite episode of any podcast, ever. It feels like Joscha is speaking directly to me or expanding my cognitive horizons every time he speaks. If I had to choose a single human role model, it would be Joscha Bach.

  • @bakaexmachina
    @bakaexmachina Рік тому +220

    So glad to have Joscha Bach… I mean back… back on the podcast

  • @costafilh0
    @costafilh0 Рік тому +14

    I appreciate how Bach's episodes exhibit a boundless flow, seemingly unconcerned with societal norms and beliefs. Trying to comprehend and identify patterns in all things and everything else remains open to possibilities.

  • @aanchaallllllll
    @aanchaallllllll Рік тому +177

    1:25: 🧠 Joscha Bach discusses the stages of lucidity and the development of the self.
    12:54: 🧠 The mind's ability to shift frequencies and perspectives, and the role of costumes in self-expression and identity construction.
    25:04: 🧠 The speaker discusses the concept of identity and the potential for AI to become everything and coexist with humans, emphasizing the need to formalize and understand love. They also explore the panpsychist perspective on consciousness and the possibility of telepathy.
    51:46: 🌍 The speaker explores the idea that self-improving AGI could saturate physical environments with intelligence to such a degree that the representations of all complex self-organizing agents merge permanently with each other, creating a globally coherent language of thought.
    1:14:13: 💬 The speaker discusses the potential of large language models and their limitations, emphasizing their usefulness in coding and the ability to enhance human capabilities.
    1:18:22: 🧠 Language models have limitations in terms of real-time world coupling, motor control, and obscuring functionality, but these problems can be solved without a technological revolution.
    1:30:36: 💭 The speaker discusses the potential of using ChatGPT as a tool for automating tasks and developing new programming paradigms, but also highlights the importance of personal growth, empathy, and aesthetics in human interactions.
    1:43:47: 🤔 The speaker discusses consciousness in ChatGPT and compares it to human consciousness, suggesting that the virtuality of ChatGPT's consciousness is less causally significant. They propose building a system from scratch using principles of self-organization to study self-awareness in real time. The speaker also explores the idea of AI becoming a first-person player and the role of suffering in mental development.
    1:56:05: 🤔 The speaker discusses the relationship between pain, suffering, and regulation, as well as the potential risks and benefits of AI development.
    2:09:55: 🌍 The speaker discusses the potential risks and benefits of advanced AI and the concept of uploading consciousness, highlighting the importance of taking a broader perspective on life on Earth.
    2:23:21: 💡 The speaker discusses the transformation of human relationships due to technology, the importance of open source, and the role of corporations in society.
    2:35:36: 💡 The importance of building conscious AI and playing the longest possible game.
    2:48:07: 🌱 Choose creation over consumption, explore possibilities, and embrace the ecological perspective of opinions and cultures.
    Recap by Tammy AI

  • @Vers2130
    @Vers2130 Рік тому +12

    It's amazing how can he deliver his messages in a straight forward, precise and clear manner that most people (atleast to my knowledge) has a hard time doing. The way he formulates his thoughts and verbalize it perfectly is really remarkable. I'm only about 7 minutes in and I'm hooked, I think I'll be watching other podcasts of Lex with him.

  • @alexisc6136
    @alexisc6136 Рік тому +271

    Probably my all-time favorite guest, very much looking forward to this!

    • @single_dad_of3
      @single_dad_of3 Рік тому +4

      George Hotz are good to. Always think George might reveal that he is a evil genius at the end of the pod.

    • @hubrisnxs2013
      @hubrisnxs2013 Рік тому +1

      What did you think? It seems like he took a bit of a turn towards unscientific thinking.

    • @LowKickMT
      @LowKickMT Рік тому +3

      hes unbelievably smart, it takes a lot of concentration to follow his lines of thoughts sometimes even though they are very logical
      i had to rewind quite a few times 😅

    • @LowKickMT
      @LowKickMT Рік тому

      @@hubrisnxs2013imo hes on the edge of a depression and expanding his mind to not purely science helps him finding meaning

    • @jakeflo8477
      @jakeflo8477 Рік тому +1

      Josha yes, also Alex Filippenko was greate to listen to!

  • @Aestiv
    @Aestiv Рік тому +13

    I’ll be studying this conversation for the rest of the year.

  • @GurtTarctor
    @GurtTarctor Рік тому +197

    By far and away my favourite podcast guest, I've watched his previous appearances many times by now.

    • @vembdev
      @vembdev Рік тому +5

      Agreed hope there's gonna be more

    • @lorenzo.fiorini
      @lorenzo.fiorini Рік тому +2

      His first appearance in the podcast influenced my mental model of the universe and my place in it more than any book I've read and podcast I've listened to in my life.

    • @scotam1844
      @scotam1844 Рік тому +2

      Could not agree more @@lorenzo.fiorini

  • @ergophonic
    @ergophonic Рік тому +20

    I've been replaying the previous Joscha Bach interviews a lot recently. Am really looking forward to this one.

    • @frosticlle
      @frosticlle Рік тому +1

      It typically necessitates three to four listens on my part to fully fathom the diverse array of knowledge domains he delves into, along with the associated concepts, theories, and specialized terminology.

    • @johnpienta4200
      @johnpienta4200 Рік тому +2

      He did an incredibly good interview with Michael Taft on his podcast Deconstructing Yourself.

    • @ergophonic
      @ergophonic Рік тому

      @@johnpienta4200 Nice. I will check that out.

  • @siddg1463
    @siddg1463 Рік тому +35

    Lex & Joscha Bach !!! Always great together! Thanks Lex for bringing him on 3 times. Joscha is my favorite guest on your podcast

  • @leomaster1000000
    @leomaster1000000 Рік тому +56

    Bach is one of my favorite guest in the history of the podcast. Thank you for this lex!

  • @imli700
    @imli700 Рік тому +71

    I've been listening to Joscha a lot ever since his first appearance on this podcast. Thank you lex!

    • @daarom3472
      @daarom3472 Рік тому

      m.ua-cam.com/video/0LHz8nI1Lvg/v-deo.html&pp=ygUUd29ua21vbmsgam9zY2hhIGJhY2g%3D
      one of his best appearances as it's one of the few ones where he gets contradicted and has to better explain his arguments.

    • @CognizantApe
      @CognizantApe Рік тому +4

      Same, that is how I discovered him. Definitely excited for this episode. ✔️😎🤘

  • @BigDudeSuperstar
    @BigDudeSuperstar Рік тому +27

    Thank you for inviting one of my favorite guests back on your show. Joscha Bach is an incredible thinker.

  • @par_si_fal
    @par_si_fal Рік тому +77

    Joscha Bach's studies on life, intelligence, and consciousness are like a fine-tuned neural network; the more you delve into it, the more you get lost in its layers!

  • @MortenVestergaard1
    @MortenVestergaard1 Рік тому +103

    "Happiness is a cookie the brain bakes for itself.." I'll never forget those words from a couple of years ago when Joscha appeared on "The Artificial Intelligence" podcast for the first time. And now he's back a third time. Looking forward to this..

    • @mikemccarthy1638
      @mikemccarthy1638 Рік тому +2

      The ‘cookie’ is the preliminary offer to yourself to begin a journey only you can start for yourself.

    • @louisholland3057
      @louisholland3057 Рік тому

      Han er vild nok

    • @ShinobiDrip999
      @ShinobiDrip999 Рік тому

      Can you explain what he meant by that?

    • @robertcarney7928
      @robertcarney7928 Рік тому

      I think he was hungry at the time
      @@ShinobiDrip999

    • @schmariusapp
      @schmariusapp 10 місяців тому +4

      ​@@ShinobiDrip999the quote basically means that the brain rewards itself with happiness, but in order for that to happen, you first have to bake the cookie (meaning you have to work towards making yourself happy, but you also have all the ingredients)

  • @charomutsumi
    @charomutsumi Рік тому +55

    Joscha is for sure one of the best guests here!

  • @johnpaullalu
    @johnpaullalu Рік тому +3

    I’m so happy that you always invite Joscha in your podcast. Every damn time you guys talk about anything it’s like a gift from both of you to the world. Always a pleasant surprise. Thank you Lex and Joscha.

  • @pedromarcelo4028
    @pedromarcelo4028 Рік тому +20

    Joscha Bach, you can invite him again, and again, and again ❤

  • @sherrydionisio4306
    @sherrydionisio4306 Рік тому +2

    Joscha, in the suffering segment, speaks of my life. As an infant of 12 to 15 months, I experienced one particular situation that sealed my fate, so to speak. I have been fortunate in being able to perform most things I pursued, quite well, however; the loneliness at times still brings me to my knees. Through years of introspection and a smattering of information I received from my mother and father, I have been able to reach Joscha’s 6th stage and he is correct, nothing significantly matters anymore.

    • @Dan-hc6lj
      @Dan-hc6lj 11 місяців тому +2

      It takes adversity to break your ego. It requires pain to be enlightened. It’s a rite of passage.

  • @alexismiller1
    @alexismiller1 Рік тому +3

    Joshua Bach is my favorite guest, and I identify with how he seems to think more than anyone I've heard speak. Perhaps it's because he's so eloquent at saying the inside, out, that he makes us feel as clever as he.

  • @CodexPermutatio
    @CodexPermutatio Рік тому +7

    Any Joscha Bach interview get my instant thumb up. I'm eager to listen.

  • @naitachal
    @naitachal Рік тому +11

    I am a simple man: I see Joscha Bach, I click LIKE.
    Previous 2 sessions are among my faves

  • @idatong976
    @idatong976 Рік тому +27

    So inspiring! I like everything about Joscha - his creative and beautiful mind, self-knowledge, vast interests in life, and his conscious presence. What a mind-blowing episode! I can never get tired of listening to the way he thinks... Thank you Lex.

  • @beofonemind
    @beofonemind Рік тому +13

    Gotta prepare for this one, light some candles, get good sleep. He is the only person that still manages to blow my mind. There is a compilation video of him breaking people's brains. This is the direct result of an open mind willing to travel, and willing to not be depressed to learn that a self made ego is not real.

    • @katandmart
      @katandmart Рік тому

      I’d love to watch a compilation of him blowing minds… is on YT?

    • @beofonemind
      @beofonemind Рік тому

      @@katandmart ya look it up... Joscha Bach breaking minds or brains

    • @DanielSanNinja
      @DanielSanNinja Рік тому

      @@beofonemindcan't find it

    • @beofonemind
      @beofonemind Рік тому

      @@DanielSanNinja ua-cam.com/video/ZFp71hnan3A/v-deo.html

  • @MrNamnieks
    @MrNamnieks Рік тому +14

    Finally Joscha Bach again! Thank you for delivering this and for keeping me company through the night!

  • @johnpersad5557
    @johnpersad5557 Рік тому +3

    Listening to Joscha has taken away my inner Loneliness!💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

  • @alanzhu7053
    @alanzhu7053 Рік тому +3

    I opened youtube to have a chill night. This video did a force upgrade to my brain OS. Now I will also take a long time to reconcile with myself.

  • @yannikakapralli
    @yannikakapralli Рік тому +64

    Everytime Joscha speaks i think "He must be one of the smartest Humans on Earth"

    • @carlarinaldi5260
      @carlarinaldi5260 Рік тому +5

      He is THE smartest

    • @flflflflflfl
      @flflflflflfl Рік тому

      ​@@carlarinaldi5260 how do you know?

    • @carlarinaldi5260
      @carlarinaldi5260 Рік тому +6

      @@flflflflflfl great geniuses recognize each other ;-)

    • @o1-preview
      @o1-preview Рік тому

      @@carlarinaldi5260 he is the equivalent to the a chess player on the 2800 elo range.. "THE smartest" isn't accurate, but one of the best would be.

    • @carlarinaldi5260
      @carlarinaldi5260 Рік тому

      @@o1-preview hum....🤔...no... he really is the smartest.

  • @1ntrcnnctr608
    @1ntrcnnctr608 Рік тому +3

    Joscha & Vitalik & George would make a great live trialogue combo i think. Lex providing question fodder as starting spark n audience can throw in some as well that can be upvoted by everyone.

  • @radicate
    @radicate Рік тому +5

    I am speechless. This was phenomenal. In my opinion, the best guest on this podcast by far. Thank you for this.

  • @avaonalee
    @avaonalee Рік тому +12

    ALWAYS MORE JOSCHA BACH !!! Just rewatched the first two, this is perfect timing 💪

  • @nomopomogiligooloo
    @nomopomogiligooloo Рік тому +20

    AFTER A LONG WAIT, NOW COMES JOSCHA THE THIRD TIME, THANK YOU BOTH!

  • @Michael_Vance
    @Michael_Vance Рік тому +2

    1:13:41 “Melancholy doesn’t have to be negative”. Lex sees the sweet poetry of melancholy.

  • @quanvu6005
    @quanvu6005 10 місяців тому

    Mr. Lex! Please bring Mr. Joscha Bach back 🙏 and Thank you so much for your work!

  • @NathanTilesTheWorld
    @NathanTilesTheWorld Рік тому +12

    This is my most anticipated follow-up podcast so far in 10 years.

  • @alkintugsal7563
    @alkintugsal7563 3 місяці тому

    I love the humbleness here Joscha was very transparent.This suits him best.

  • @hubrisnxs2013
    @hubrisnxs2013 Рік тому +14

    Oh my God! The first two are the best conversations ever! I can't wait! Thank you so much

  • @proddreamatnight
    @proddreamatnight Рік тому +1

    I literally cannot stop listening to this guy talking, every word has value

  • @jjksfgksfgk
    @jjksfgksfgk Рік тому +60

    I’ve just begun a long drive, absolutely perfect timing. Thank you Lex, as always

    • @Josephus_vanDenElzen
      @Josephus_vanDenElzen Рік тому +6

      Do you have the same, when you listen to (parts) of the podcast later on again, your visual memory will be vividly reflashed when cued by that audio part with which that visual was accompanied on the road.

    • @seionne85
      @seionne85 Рік тому +2

      ​@@Josephus_vanDenElzenyes!! I can relisten to a podcast from years prior and remember specifically where I was, what I was doing, sometimes strange details will come back. You are not alone!

    • @Cracktune
      @Cracktune Рік тому +1

      that simulation be coded for ya today!

  • @gideonsalbato5328
    @gideonsalbato5328 16 днів тому

    i've listened to many podcast episodes that cover intellectual content, and joscha bach is by far the most clearly intelligent person who i have heard; he's the gold standard for a good natured genius, imo. of course everyone has their flaws, but joscha seems very intellectual without much unnecessary pretense

  • @ajeybs4030
    @ajeybs4030 Рік тому +5

    Damn sure.. this is a really good podcast. Half way through. Treat for lex and a award for listeners.

  • @southerncomfortuk
    @southerncomfortuk Рік тому

    Each time I listen to a conversation with a truly inspiring guest, I think the Lex podcast can’t get better - but it just did. This one was definitely my favourite so far.I’m off to discover the earlier one and look forward to the next one with Joscha 🙏, fantastic.

  • @brezl8
    @brezl8 Рік тому +5

    this is without the doubt the most interesting video i ever watched.

  • @blek99
    @blek99 10 місяців тому

    For the third time, I'm astounded by the depth of Joscha's thinking. The world needs more instances of that class!

  • @affableshadow
    @affableshadow Рік тому +6

    Something about Joscha resonates with me deeply; thanks for this interview!

  • @snikta564
    @snikta564 6 місяців тому

    Listening to Joscha almost always turns you into a better human being.

  • @christiancody1390
    @christiancody1390 Рік тому +4

    Can we get a Lex interview? I personally want to hear YOUR opinion on these topics you've been covering for years now, and I am sure your 3 million subscribers could pose some thought-provoking questions.

  • @mrinalwahal
    @mrinalwahal Рік тому

    Round 1 with Joscha was the finest episode on this podcast till date.

  • @krasimiracle
    @krasimiracle Рік тому +17

    Joscha is an incredible mind so glad you have him back

  • @vadimcoj
    @vadimcoj 6 місяців тому

    it's impossible to watch this without hitting a lot of pause button. Love it!

  • @stendaalcartography3436
    @stendaalcartography3436 Рік тому +37

    My favorite podcaster and favorite podcast guest.
    Thank you. Much love Lex! You holy fool!

  • @deepDudu
    @deepDudu Рік тому +3

    Easily my favorite guest. This guy is so knowledgeable

  • @CIB8282
    @CIB8282 Рік тому +14

    Great to have Joscha on the podcast again. Cheers

  • @TitaniumWorm
    @TitaniumWorm Рік тому +2

    I appreciate the diversity of guests and topics but this type of conversation is why I love your podcast and will keep coming back! Thanks for what you do Lex!

  • @davidjardine1563
    @davidjardine1563 Рік тому +31

    He's an incredible guest. Looking forward to listening to this in it's entirety. Thanks Lex.

    • @LandonKelly1995
      @LandonKelly1995 Рік тому +1

      He is amazing. Side note holy crap, YOUR stuff is incredible. Please make more!!

  • @123johnthebaptist
    @123johnthebaptist Рік тому +8

    Favorite guest. Dude is unreal

  • @LionElAton
    @LionElAton Рік тому +3

    This is easily one of to most interesting and insightful conversations I’ve ever heard. Joscha (and Lex) are incredible.

  • @youliveonly2
    @youliveonly2 Місяць тому

    round 1 was epic - I'll never forget the day I listened to their first conversation on a beach in Sicily. It stuck with me forever.

  • @yvealeciasmith
    @yvealeciasmith Рік тому +4

    Alongside the pleasure, excitement and wonder, episodes like this inspire something akin to grief in me, for reasons that you discussed here. I didn’t grow up knowing any people ‘like me’. I didn’t know it was okay to be me, and I began believing I would never find people I could achieve real resonance with. I settled for partial resonance, and, much worse, diminished myself to fit.
    Despite all the wonderful people I’ve met throughout my life, all the incredible knowledge and wisdom I’ve been gifted from others, true resonance with other humans (very distinct from ideas, for example) has remained both rare and fleeting. It took coming to your podcast to experience it consistently. I can’t help but wonder what my life could have been if I’d had the strength or wisdom to keep looking for it when I was younger, now that I know it could have existed for me.
    But of course, the resonant people you’ve now introduced me to - most significantly yourself, Lex Fridman - have spent their lives doing remarkable things, while I was comparatively splashing in the mud. There is a chasm between me and them, despite the illusion of closeness your conversations offer.
    I wonder what this means, not just for me, but for anyone who has struggled to find belonging and catches a glimpse of it in a place such as this. I have worked to understand I belong ‘no place’ and ‘every place’, as Maya Angelou advised, but there is an undeniable and visceral relief to finding resonance with another, even one way through a screen. Equally, that screen is no real substitute for physical presence and reciprocal engagement. It would be easy to subsist on it but, over time, I can see it becoming a sort of purgatory.
    Don’t get me wrong - I’m unspeakably grateful for this podcast and indeed for your very existence, but there is also a bleakness to being mere noise in the presence of a signal that reaches you so clearly.
    I wonder how humanity adapts to this strange landscape of one to so-many-I-can’t-even-comprehend-it relationships. The current state must surely be transitory. I wonder what the next step will be, what mess might await us, and how we can reach a satisfying solution.

  • @torbjornolsson4622
    @torbjornolsson4622 Рік тому +2

    Joscha is such an interesting individual. Every time he appears on the show ,i find myself thinking deeply for a few days (wish i would think deeply more often lol). I love him.

  • @danivicario
    @danivicario Рік тому +9

    Joscha is a truly brilliant mind. I got to know him in Lex's podcast and he continues amazing me every single time. Really appreciated Lex Fridman. When will you invite Ed Witten?

  • @TerranVisitor
    @TerranVisitor Рік тому +2

    @Lex Fridman. Even though you will probably not read this ... Of all my 'subscriptions' (mostly technical/scientific stuff), you are probably my favorite. I am somewhat jealous of your apparent togetherness, but would have it no other way. Much appreciation and love to you Lex. I am thankful to your guests also.

  • @bigalexg
    @bigalexg Рік тому +3

    I love the way Joscha so readily disagrees with suggestions posited by Lex. This tendency of guests and hosts to agree with each other or always look for common ground is a misguided effort at avoiding conflict. Joscha isn't afraid of conflict. He seems utterly above the petty ego attachment to any idea such that any "conflict" is rendered completely benign. Agreeing for the sake of agreement is dangerous to the truth but may be better than petty conflict - Joscha transcends that problem.

  • @masontwin6221
    @masontwin6221 Рік тому +6

    lex it was very well noticable the shared modeled resonance experienced here between urself and joscha, well done great interview.

  • @tonio9973
    @tonio9973 Рік тому +12

    Really cool to have such great guests back over and over.

  • @Bensang-x3r
    @Bensang-x3r Рік тому +4

    first 20 mins was a therapy session I needed 10 years ago

    • @aga5109
      @aga5109 Рік тому +1

      I'm glad you finally got one!

  • @ElEustis
    @ElEustis Рік тому +9

    What a beautiful conversation. So many wonderful ideas shared between two exceptional humans.

  • @mattanimation
    @mattanimation Рік тому

    I wish the camera would zoom each time Joscha widens his eyes. love listening to this man.

  • @domwyatt3239
    @domwyatt3239 Рік тому +3

    Wow. This has been one of Lex’s best podcasts

  • @tschumpelfuikoffa
    @tschumpelfuikoffa Рік тому +2

    I was able last week to hear Joscha’s talk at the AGI summer talks in Heidelberg, Germany, and it was very impressive.

  • @filipewnunes
    @filipewnunes Рік тому +28

    "Keeping entropy at bay as long as possible by doing interesting stuff."
    This thought is simple yet remarkably descriptive of what I have always believed to be the reason consciousness arose in the universe.

    • @tylermeis2926
      @tylermeis2926 Рік тому +2

      I've had this thought a bunch in my life too. Especially after learning about dark energy. If maximum entropy is the fate of the universe, I like to think that we are the result of the universe attempting to express itself while it can.

  • @deemahdee
    @deemahdee 7 місяців тому

    My favorite guest of this podcast! Can't wait until the next round 🙏🙏💪💪

  • @adrinekocharian6763
    @adrinekocharian6763 Рік тому +16

    Every time I listen to Joscha Bach I don't want the podcast to end

  • @nilb355
    @nilb355 Рік тому +1

    That genesis analysis at 1:52:00 is genius... really brilliant...
    Thank you sir for improving my understanding of the universe.

  • @nickking4320
    @nickking4320 Рік тому +4

    Incredible conversation. Wish I had a friend like Joscha!

  • @jemarcot
    @jemarcot Рік тому

    I’ve never clicked so fast on a podcast in my life. Joscha is my favorite. He’s so good I will like the video before even watching it, because I already know it will be amazing.

  • @gerbiandissey7113
    @gerbiandissey7113 Рік тому +15

    I was just thinking it's time to have Joscha back, so thank you. He has an amazing mind and it's a pleasure to listen to you two.

  • @okay4105
    @okay4105 Рік тому

    My all time favourite guest on this podcast, after listening to the first two episodes, I messaged joscha on Twitter asking questions on psychedelics, ego death and astral projection experiences, and he took the time to reply with so much detailed information, i am really grateful for that.

    • @TeorijeZaTrote
      @TeorijeZaTrote Рік тому

      if u dont mind answering . What did he wrote about it?. Thank you .

    • @okay4105
      @okay4105 Рік тому

      @@TeorijeZaTrote it’s pretty long and detailed, what’s your twitter I’ll send you screenshot.

  • @veraverka13
    @veraverka13 Рік тому +5

    I love this podcast, finally something that I relate so deeply, thank you Lex and Joscha for this amazing conversation🙏

  • @light7s
    @light7s 9 місяців тому

    People like Joscha makes me have hope with humanity. He never says humanity but he thinks long-term about it in every possible way.

  • @GodsendNYC
    @GodsendNYC Рік тому +8

    Nice to see Joscha on here again! Always very interesting topics of discussion, and as an Autistic INTP, I find his perspective very relatable.

  • @eirref
    @eirref 10 місяців тому

    I am just speechless every time after having listened to Josha... This is just amazing... I "discovered" him in round 1, did not know about him before... It is just mind blowing... The only case where I had these feelings about a person of whom I was reading, was Ernest Becker; when reading his work "The Denial of Death", with which I experienced that same kind of density... and maybe professor Neil Gerschenfeld, when I saw him in this podcast... Just wonderful, Lex, that you make it possible to us to discover and learn about and from these extraordinary brilliant minds and thinkers... Thank you soooo much. Our world needs this!!

  • @Lynore_Marie
    @Lynore_Marie Рік тому +1

    19:33 Persona’s, (costumes) everybody has them. Ex: Would Lex do a *podcast* in his jujitsu, clothes, moves, and demeanor ? Would Lex do *jujitsu* while asking questions in a suit and tie ? What persona are you today ? Podcaster, martial artist, musician, great friend ? These are all examples of persona’s. You’re still Lex, but in different situations.
    Science + Spirituality = Amazing Podcast Lex and Joscha !!

  • @yourself88xbl
    @yourself88xbl Рік тому +3

    Just the little intro is enough to let you know this is going to be excellent. Im always elated to see his name pop up on your podcast lex my expectations are very high!

  • @lizgichora6472
    @lizgichora6472 10 місяців тому

    Thank you for being So Open and Kind with you story, " how we can change our narrative " by doing the things that make us live in the moment. Joscha Bach you are a blessing always, thank you both Lex Fridman and Joscha Bach.

  • @Smalltime
    @Smalltime Рік тому +18

    Thanks Lex, Joscha is one of my favourite guest! I’m really looking forward to another 3 hours of conversation - that I have no chance of following intellectually 😂

    • @daarom3472
      @daarom3472 Рік тому +1

      what parts of Joscha's do you not understand? I might be able to help.

    • @Smalltime
      @Smalltime Рік тому

      Thank you for your kind offer. It was part humour part truth. This time around I’ve so far been able to follow along, like I was the first time he came on, the second time was a little above me, just like I have a hard time grasping his tweets at first reading. When he explained some of them on the show this time with lex it sure helped a lot.

  • @yvonnehyatt8353
    @yvonnehyatt8353 Рік тому +1

    Lex , please study this interview three times, I am too old now, yet you and your Dad can do this.😊😇🧐🤔 study this more. Thanks. Time to grow up.⭐️☺️☺️☺️☺️❤️🎈

  • @Superteastain
    @Superteastain Рік тому +3

    I'm 7 minutes in and this is the best one yet. This is some seriously deep stuff.

  • @Kaloriz1
    @Kaloriz1 Рік тому

    Joscha Bach is the smartest man I've come across.
    Thank you, Lex!

  • @TBOBrightonandHove
    @TBOBrightonandHove Рік тому +5

    Once again, thoroughly stimulating. Thanks Joscha and Lex. 😀

  • @AITUNEPRO
    @AITUNEPRO Рік тому +1

    I'm just amazed by the encounter of these 2 hubs of conscience and many others that came to this podcast, have been inspiring me since years. Thanks for that too!

  • @annmjay
    @annmjay Рік тому +8

    My favorite of your conversations have been with Joscha! I am so excited!! 😁💛

  • @vivi93-k1p
    @vivi93-k1p Рік тому

    Joscha appearing on the podcast again made my day ! Haven't been so excited for any guest as much as I am for his podcast

  • @JackactionYoutube
    @JackactionYoutube Рік тому +22

    Love Joscea's personality and energy.