Lex Fridman Podcast

Of Whatever

I’ve been listening to you guys talk about the abundance agenda. I appreciate and respect what you’re trying to do but I don’t see any real specifics in particular with respect to housing. I grew up in the Bronx I lived in New York. I have a picture of that environment I’ve spent some times in San Francisco, I have a picture of that environment It seems like you would need a lot of 40 and 60 story apartment buildings on every available inch to really bend the cost curve in a place I understand with the earthquakes San Francisco would require a different approach Where and how are you going to do the big bills? There’s plenty of room in the south Bronx there’s probably room in upper Manhattan but the buildings have to be really really tall. Another point I have to make is that there’s a horrible crime problem in the existing public housing projects in New York City. It’s hard to talk about without involving racial sensitivities, but it’s possible to virtually eliminate crime in those projects if the will exist to do it. Please show me some big stuff that I actually can believe can happen in my lifetime I’m not inclined to trust your judgment because you probably supported the idiotic high-speed rail projects .. I think about the suburbs that surround New York within, saying an hour .. Leviton started out about $10,000 a unit it’s probably around 1 million now can you really cram high density housing down the throat of the Township in the New York suburbs Thank you for your hard work thank you for giving some sort of beacon to the left that is a disarray I wish you the best.

The Modi interview was disappointing. Lex avoided difficult topics: democracy backsliding, censorship, snd institutional erosion. It felt more like bidirectional ego-stroking than inquiry. A missed opportunity and a soft platform for a controversial leader.

Once again, an excellent example of a good human. Possibly my favorite interview. Thank you 🙏🏻 Lex, are truly blessed ! And you are needed in our world.