#405 – Jeff Bezos: Amazon and Blue Origin
Lex Fridman Podcast
Lex Fridman
4.7 • 13K Ratings
🗓️ 14 December 2023
⏱️ 140 minutes
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(00:00) - Introduction
(08:53) - Texas ranch and childhood
(12:31) - Space exploration and rocket engineering
(25:05) - Physics
(34:39) - New Glenn rocket
(1:17:28) - Lunar program
(1:27:24) - Amazon
(1:44:45) - Principles
(2:03:25) - Productivity
(2:14:03) - Future of humanity
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | The following is a conversation with Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon and Blue Origin. |
| 0:06.2 | This is his first time doing a conversation of this kind and of this length. |
| 0:11.2 | And as he told me, it felt like we could have easily talked for many more hours and I'm sure we will. |
| 0:18.0 | And now a quick few second mention of each sponsor checked them out in the description. It's the best way to support |
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| 1:05.2 | Maybe you will too. This show is brought to you by Notion, a note-taking app that I've been using forever, but it's not just for note-taking. |
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