I've been curious about this too, because he seems like a wet blanket of an interviewer to me.
Maybe his neutral, staid approach is non-threatening to famous people?
Maybe his neutral, staid approach is non-threatening to famous people?
I really liked his conversations with George Hotz, founder of an aftermarket lane assist product [0]. I would say that was peak Fridman. It was a great conversation covering many topics like UFOs, physics, cryptocurrency and programming.
In his recent interviews he seems in over his head. He can't articulate an appropriate response and often falls back to asking people "can you steelman criticisms about your product or what you're doing". His conversations with the Pfizer CEO and Mark Zuckerberg are prime examples of this. It doesn't lead to very constructive conversation.
I've tried listening to him so many times because of intersting guests. But his style is so boring and weird. I find it hard to focus more than 1/2 hr.
Plus, like Trump is a poor person's ideal of a rich and successful person, Lex is a young impressionable person's idea of a smart person, this makes him relatable to his main audience.
Plus, Rogan moving full episodes to Spotify made the YT algorithm fill the vacuum with the next closest thing.
good insight. I def think this is a huge factor.
Trump was president of the USA, that's not exactly unsuccessful. But not oil dollars or Rothschilds rich I suppose.
They said Trump was their "ideal" of a rich and successful person.
Not that he wasn't rich or successful.