Tech talks
Best Tech Talks 2008, Ranked by Hacker News
First recommended on Hacker News in 2008, still worth watching: these 42 tech talks and lectures earned 124 recommendations across the years.
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9 mo on HNJoe Rogan Experience #1035 - Paul Stamets
PowerfulJRE
Recommended 10× on HN · 2017–2025
7 mo on HNPeter Thiel on "The Portal", Episode #001: "An Era of Stagnation & Universal Institutional Failure."
Eric Weinstein
Recommended 8× on HN · 2019–2024
5 mo on HNJoscha Bach: Artificial Consciousness and the Nature of Reality | Lex Fridman Podcast #101
Lex Fridman
Recommended 6× on HN · 2020–2021
6 mo on HNJoe Rogan Experience #1258 - Jack Dorsey, Vijaya Gadde & Tim Pool
PowerfulJRE
Recommended 6× on HN · 2019–2023
5 mo on HNGeorge Hotz: Comma.ai, OpenPilot, and Autonomous Vehicles | Lex Fridman Podcast #31
Lex Fridman
Recommended 7× on HN · 2019–2026
4 mo on HNGeorge Hotz: Hacking the Simulation & Learning to Drive with Neural Nets | Lex Fridman Podcast #132
Lex Fridman
Recommended 6× on HN · 2020–2026
4 mo on HNStephen Wolfram: Cellular Automata, Computation, and Physics | Lex Fridman Podcast #89
Lex Fridman
Recommended 4× on HN · 2020–2023
4 mo on HNBrendan Eich: JavaScript, Firefox, Mozilla, and Brave | Lex Fridman Podcast #160
Lex Fridman
Recommended 5× on HN · 2021–2023
3 mo on HNTesla Model 3: Inside & Out - Autoline After Hours 417
Autoline Network
Recommended 5× on HN · 2018–2026
3 mo on HNOld Geeks Yell At Cloud (with Andrew Clay Shafer & Bryan Cantrill)
Arrested DevOps
Recommended 3× on HN · 2017–2023
3 mo on HNAndrej Karpathy: Tesla AI, Self-Driving, Optimus, Aliens, and AGI | Lex Fridman Podcast #333
Lex Fridman
Recommended 3× on HN · 2022–2025
3 mo on HNTravis Oliphant: NumPy, SciPy, Anaconda, Python & Scientific Programming | Lex Fridman Podcast #224
Lex Fridman
Recommended 2× on HN · 2021–2024
3 mo on HNConsciousness is Not a Computation (Roger Penrose) | AI Podcast Clips
Lex Fridman
Recommended 3× on HN · 2020–2025
3 mo on HNRoger Penrose: Physics of Consciousness and the Infinite Universe | Lex Fridman Podcast #85
Lex Fridman
Recommended 3× on HN · 2020–2022
3 mo on HNChris Lattner: Future of Programming and AI | Lex Fridman Podcast #381
Lex Fridman
Recommended 4× on HN · 2023–2026
2 mo on HNEdward Gibson: Human Language, Psycholinguistics, Syntax, Grammar & LLMs | Lex Fridman Podcast #426
Lex Fridman
Recommended 2× on HN · 2024–2024
2 mo on HNMark Zuckerberg: First Interview in the Metaverse | Lex Fridman Podcast #398
Lex Fridman
Recommended 3× on HN · 2023–2025
2 mo on HNSaifedean Ammous: Bitcoin, Anarchy, and Austrian Economics | Lex Fridman Podcast #284
Lex Fridman
Recommended 2× on HN · 2022–2023
2 mo on HNPieter Levels: Programming, Viral AI Startups, and Digital Nomad Life | Lex Fridman Podcast #440
Lex Fridman
Recommended 2× on HN · 2024–2026
2 mo on HNJoe Rogan Experience #1342 - John Carmack
PowerfulJRE
Recommended 3× on HN · 2019–2020
2 mo on HNStephen Wolfram: Fundamental Theory of Physics, Life, and the Universe | Lex Fridman Podcast #124
Lex Fridman
Recommended 2× on HN · 2021–2023
2 mo on HNBryan Johnson: Kernel Brain-Computer Interfaces | Lex Fridman Podcast #186
Lex Fridman
Recommended 2× on HN · 2021–2023
2 mo on HNDonald Knuth: Algorithms, Complexity, and The Art of Computer Programming | Lex Fridman Podcast #62
Lex Fridman
Recommended 2× on HN · 2020–2023
2 mo on HNEric Weinstein: Revolutionary Ideas in Science, Math, and Society | Lex Fridman Podcast #16
Lex Fridman
Recommended 2× on HN · 2019–2019
2 mo on HNKevin Systrom: Instagram | Lex Fridman Podcast #243
Lex Fridman
Recommended 2× on HN · 2021–2022
2 mo on HNJoe Rogan Experience #1309 - Naval Ravikant
PowerfulJRE
Recommended 2× on HN · 2019–2020
2 mo on HNDouglas Lenat: Cyc and the Quest to Solve Common Sense Reasoning in AI | Lex Fridman Podcast #221
Lex Fridman
Recommended 3× on HN · 2021–2023
2 mo on HNOxide and Friends 7/3/2023 -- Shipping the first Oxide rack: Your questions answered!
Oxide Computer Company
Recommended 2× on HN · 2023–2025
2 mo on HNDaniel Schmachtenberger on The Portal (with host Eric Weinstein), Ep. #027 - On Avoiding Apocalypses
Eric Weinstein
Recommended 2× on HN · 2020–2020
2 mo on HNCursor Team: Future of Programming with AI | Lex Fridman Podcast #447
Lex Fridman
Recommended 2× on HN · 2024–2025
2 mo on HNJoe Rogan Experience #965 - Robert Sapolsky
PowerfulJRE
Recommended 2× on HN · 2017–2020
2 mo on HNWhy Can't AI Make Its Own Discoveries? — With Yann LeCun
Alex Kantrowitz
Recommended 2× on HN · 2025–2026
1 mo on HNMax Tegmark: The Case for Halting AI Development | Lex Fridman Podcast #371
Lex Fridman
Recommended 2× on HN · 2023–2023
1 mo on HNJoe Rogan Experience #1169 - Elon Musk
PowerfulJRE
Recommended 2× on HN · 2018–2022
1 mo on HNYann Lecun: Meta AI, Open Source, Limits of LLMs, AGI & the Future of AI | Lex Fridman Podcast #416
Lex Fridman
Recommended 1× on HN · 2024–2024
1 mo on HNEliezer Yudkowsky: Dangers of AI and the End of Human Civilization | Lex Fridman Podcast #368
Lex Fridman
Recommended 1× on HN · 2023–2024