The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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- Episode: Yuval Noah Harari: This election has already set a dangerous precedent.
Podcast: The Jordan Harbinger ShowIt's easy to disparage these individuals in finance, akin to characters from Douglas Adams' 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy,' suggesting they possess plans to abandon all financial advisors; however, such roles are pivotal to maintaining trust within large-scale societies.
- Episode: Hitchhiking: Two thumbs out! | STUFF YOU SHOULD KNOW
Podcast: Stuff You Should KnowBy the way, can we shout out that great book that a lot of this is called from, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy? No, what great book?
- Episode: Why Time Magazine Wants to Risk Nuclear War With China Over AI | JHS Ep. 888
Podcast: The Jordan Harbinger ShowDouglas Adams had a great, you know, who wrote Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy had a great framing on this.
- Episode: Walter Isaacson: Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, Einstein, Da Vinci & Ben Franklin | Lex Fridman Podcast #395
Podcast: Lex Fridman PodcastOne of my theories on Elon, a minor theory, is that he may have read 'Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' a few times too often. And as you know, there's a scene that says there's a theory about the universe that if anyone ever discovers the secret meanings of the universe, it will be replaced by an even more complex universe.
- Episode: Jimmy Wales: Wikipedia | Lex Fridman Podcast #385
Podcast: Lex Fridman PodcastAnd obviously, a shout out to the Hitchhiker's Guide and all that kind of stuff.
- Episode: Anna Frebel: Origin and Evolution of the Universe, Galaxies, and Stars | Lex Fridman Podcast #378
Podcast: Lex Fridman PodcastNow let me leave you with some words from Douglas Adams in 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy': 'Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun. Orbiting this at a distance of roughly 92 million miles is an utterly insignificant little blue-green planet whose ape-descendant life forms are so amazingly primitive that they still think digital watches are a pretty neat idea.'
- Episode: Nick Lane: Origin of Life, Evolution, Aliens, Biology, and Consciousness | Lex Fridman Podcast #318
Podcast: Lex Fridman PodcastIn 'Hitchhiker's Guide,' summarizing it as harmless or mostly harmless is beautifully poetic.