#450 – Bernie Sanders Interview
Lex Fridman Podcast
Lex Fridman
4.7 • 13K Ratings
🗓️ 23 October 2024
⏱️ 70 minutes
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(31:33) - 2016 election
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| 0:00.0 | The following is a conversation with Bernie Sanders, Senator from Vermont, and two-time presidential candidate, both times as the underdog who against the long odds captivated the support and excitement of millions of people, |
| 0:16.4 | both on the left and the right. |
| 0:21.2 | And now a quick few second mention of each sponsor. Check them out in the |
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| 0:46.3 | Con slash contact. |
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| 0:50.6 | No ad's in the middle. |
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| 0:58.0 | This episode is brought to you by Aatsleep, and it's Pod4 Ultra. I have some travel coming up and one of, if not the biggest |
| 1:09.2 | thing I will miss is not sleeping on a bed that has the ability to cool itself on both sides. |
| 1:17.0 | It really is a magical reminder of what technology has been able to achieve since the Industrial Revolution. |
| 1:25.2 | Yes, there's endless ways in which suffering has been alleviated across the world and |
| 1:32.0 | it continues to and the quality of life continues to improve. |
| 1:35.2 | But this little inkling, this little reminder is a beautiful one, |
| 1:41.0 | to be able to lay down on a cold surface. beautiful one |
| 1:45.0 | to be able to lay down on a cold surface using an app |
| 1:46.0 | control the temperature of that surface, |
| 1:48.0 | put on a warm blanket, |
| 1:50.0 | and I am forever lost in the creation of the millions of engineers who came before us and the |
| 1:59.2 | millions of engineers who will come after who are doing everything they can to build a better world. |
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