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Tech pioneers & interviews Videos Recommended on Hacker News (369)

Tech pioneers & interviews is one of the 150 topics Hacker News readers organize their video recommendations around. These 369 videos each earned real recommendations in real HN threads between 2007 and 2026 — 844 recommendations in total — and they're ranked by how many separate months the community kept coming back to them, not by view count.

Interviews and talks by tech figures: Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Linus Torvalds, Alan Kay, Knuth, Carmack, Wozniak, Steve Yegge, keynotes and fireside chats about careers and ideas.

Why HN keeps sending people here — on Jim Simons (full length interview) - Numberphile: “the full length one is very good. it gives an understanding as to why simons has been so successful.” — an HN commenter, 2019.

2 mo on HN

Reinventing Organizations

Reinventing Organizations
3 HN recommender · 2014–2020
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Oculus Connect Keynote: John Carmack

Meta VR
2 HN recommender · 2014–2021
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Zig 2026: No-AI Policy, $670K Foundation, Left GitHub & Why Zig Isn’t 1.0 - Andrew Kelley Explains

JetBrains
5 HN recommender · 2026–2026
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Surreal Numbers (writing the first book) - Numberphile

Numberphile
3 HN recommender · 2016–2022
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Here I Stand, at Age 80

TheTedNelson
2 HN recommender · 2017–2019
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Pieter Levels: Programming, Viral AI Startups, and Digital Nomad Life | Lex Fridman Podcast #440

Lex Fridman
2 HN recommender · 2024–2026
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Avi Loeb: Aliens, Black Holes, and the Mystery of the Oumuamua | Lex Fridman Podcast #154

Lex Fridman
2 HN recommender · 2021–2023
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Why 90% of Managers Are GARBAGE (The Professional Lie) | Steve Jobs

Evan Carmichael
2 HN recommender · 2017–2025
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Joe Rogan Experience #1342 - John Carmack

PowerfulJRE
3 HN recommender · 2019–2020
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Elon Musk - CEO of Tesla Motors and SpaceX | Entrepreneurship | Khan Academy

Khan Academy
2 HN recommender · 2013–2020
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Steve Jobs iPhone 2007 Presentation (HD)

Jonathan
2 HN recommender · 2013–2023
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A Conversation with Bertrand Russell (1952)

Manufacturing Intellect
2 HN recommender · 2021–2026
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1993 interview re: Paul Rand and Steve Jobs

youareworthy
2 HN recommender · 2010–2012
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Douglas Crockford: The JSON Saga

YUI Library
2 HN recommender · 2012–2025
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Guido van Rossum: Python and the Future of Programming | Lex Fridman Podcast #341

Lex Fridman
2 HN recommender · 2022–2025
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He started a computing REVOLUTION—then the shortage hit

Jeff Geerling
2 HN recommender · 2023–2023
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Using JSLint For Evil

ryantravistate
2 HN recommender · 2013–2023
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Stephen Wolfram: Fundamental Theory of Physics, Life, and the Universe | Lex Fridman Podcast #124

Lex Fridman
2 HN recommender · 2021–2023
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Bryan Johnson: Kernel Brain-Computer Interfaces | Lex Fridman Podcast #186

Lex Fridman
2 HN recommender · 2021–2023
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HandmadeCon 2015 - Pat Wyatt

Molly Rocket
2 HN recommender · 2016–2023
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Oral History of Dave Cutler Part 1

Computer History Museum
2 HN recommender · 2020–2024
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Donald Knuth: Algorithms, Complexity, and The Art of Computer Programming | Lex Fridman Podcast #62

Lex Fridman
2 HN recommender · 2020–2023
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Thiel: Google has $50B, doesn't innovate

CNN
2 HN recommender · 2017–2023
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Eric Weinstein: Revolutionary Ideas in Science, Math, and Society | Lex Fridman Podcast #16

Lex Fridman
2 HN recommender · 2019–2019
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Kevin Systrom: Instagram | Lex Fridman Podcast #243

Lex Fridman
2 HN recommender · 2021–2022
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Joe Rogan Experience #1309 - Naval Ravikant

PowerfulJRE
2 HN recommender · 2019–2020
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Douglas Lenat: Cyc and the Quest to Solve Common Sense Reasoning in AI | Lex Fridman Podcast #221

Lex Fridman
3 HN recommender · 2021–2023
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Elon Musk Mahalo Mentor Interview

mahalodotcom
2 HN recommender · 2011–2012
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Quantum Expert Insight: Peter Shor

Qiskit
2 HN recommender · 2021–2024
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SpaceX Seattle 2015

Cliff O
2 HN recommender · 2015–2024
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SpaceX's plan to fly you across the globe in 30 minutes | Gwynne Shotwell

TED
2 HN recommender · 2018–2025
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Ryan Dahl: Node JS

JSConf
2 HN recommender · 2023–2024
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Alan Kay: A powerful idea about teaching ideas

TED
2 HN recommender · 2009–2024
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Macworld 1997: The return of Steve Jobs

JC
2 HN recommender · 2016–2026
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CHM Live | Original iPhone Software Team Leader Scott Forstall (Part Two)

Computer History Museum
2 HN recommender · 2020–2025
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Peter Norvig at Startup School 08

startupschool
2 HN recommender · 2009–2014