Episode · Lex Fridman Podcast · 2020-02-17
Books mentioned on #72 – Scott Aaronson: Quantum Computing
Scott Aaronson is a professor at UT Austin, director of its Quantum Information Center, and previously a professor at MIT. His research interests center around the capabilities and limits of quantum computers and computational complexity theory more generally.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Idiot
The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky is a classic 19th-century novel that follows Prince Myshkin, a deeply compassionate and innocent protagonist whose goodness often puts him at odds with the cynical society around him.
Recommended“frankly I see myself in these conversations as the main character for one of my favorite novels badesti husky called the idiot”
Where to get it
