Jeff Bezos: Amazon and Blue Origin | Lex Fridman Podcast #405

Jeff Bezos is the founder of Amazon and Blue Origin.

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OUTLINE:
0:00 - Introduction
0:24 - Texas ranch and childhood
4:02 - Space exploration and rocket engineering
16:36 - Physics
26:10 - New Glenn rocket
1:08:59 - Lunar program
1:18:55 - Amazon
1:36:16 - Principles
1:54:56 - Productivity
2:05:34 - Future of humanity

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[lexfridman]

Thank you for listening ❤ Here are the timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
0:24 - Texas ranch and childhood
4:02 - Space exploration and rocket engineering
16:36 - Physics
26:10 - New Glenn rocket
1:08:59 - Lunar program
1:18:55 - Amazon
1:36:16 - Principles
1:54:56 - Productivity
2:05:34 - Future of humanity

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[rayfinkle]

I can't believe someone got Bezos FINALLY. It's been too long without hearing him speak. Way to go, Lex. Thank you!

[HarisTsitou]

A guest even Rogan would be jealous of, insane!

[-PowerUp]

Given what he's accomplished, having him share his thoughts in such a frank way, is a great historical contribution. It's significant to have him speaking for himself and to not have some future biographer distort who he was, or what he thought.

[CommanderWolffe-jhlr]

That’s not Jeff Bezos, that’s Jacked Bezos.

[lengting]

Finally we have a Lex Fridman x Lex Luthor podcast

[ramu]

Employee:Am i fired?

Jeff:No, you are promoted to a customer.

[NikitaCoulombe]

I appreciate Jeff's thoughts on dispute resolution at 1:03:10 - "I disagree and commit" and how compromise is often a bad way to solve disagreements. Very helpful and practical.

[lordalmightyjr]

Man Jeff is a cool guy. Never really seen him like this before. Thanks for the interview Lex!

[RobRidesEMTB]

Bezos went from selling books to looking like he could bench an entire library 💪

[DhooomKetu]

From basement to lex podcast this guy's dream came true.

[jpmcmullan]

A year ago I worked at UPS during “peak season” (Black Friday-Christmas Eve) my team of workers would get packages from a belt a few would sort them onto four different hand trucks each one designated for a particular delivery truck the packages needed to be loaded on. Three of the hand trucks were the same size but one of them was 2.5 times as big as the others. I realized that we were using the long one for the closest truck to the belt, which was inefficient. So I went to my supervisor and told her that we should use it for the furthest truck instead, as that would save steps. She looked me in my eye and said “that doesn’t matter, it’s the same number of packages going to the same place, you need to work faster.”
I bought Amazon stock with my very next paycheck 😂

[nkable]

great podcast; my key take-aways:
1. Work on attention span
2. 2 way door vs 1 way door decisioning
3. Jeff's take on approaching meetings, memos and power-points.

I didn't disagree to any bit of what was spoken and I commit :)

[doraemon]

I hope your podcast episodes get preserved for generations to come. You are basically recording history.

[insertacoin]

congrats to jeff for finally making it to the lex podcast

[dan]

This ended being a Tedtalk for program/project management. Very nice.

[axnjaxn]

Lex, thank you for all that you do and provide us in creating an archive of incredible conversations that one day may be studied themselves by future historians.

[LectricGo]

So much more likeable than I expected. I'm so glad Jeff did this.

[MattWakim]

The guests Lex gets never cease to amaze me. So excited for this one.

[andreasdan]

Amazing podcast Lex, you really bring complex perspectives and social connectivity to a new level.