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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.
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2 mo on HNReinventing Organizations
Reinventing Organizations
3 HN recommender · 2014–2020
2 mo on HNOculus Connect Keynote: John Carmack
Meta VR
2 HN recommender · 2014–2021
2 mo on HNZig 2026: No-AI Policy, $670K Foundation, Left GitHub & Why Zig Isn’t 1.0 - Andrew Kelley Explains
JetBrains
5 HN recommender · 2026–2026
2 mo on HNSurreal Numbers (writing the first book) - Numberphile
Numberphile
3 HN recommender · 2016–2022
2 mo on HNHere I Stand, at Age 80
TheTedNelson
2 HN recommender · 2017–2019
2 mo on HNPieter Levels: Programming, Viral AI Startups, and Digital Nomad Life | Lex Fridman Podcast #440
Lex Fridman
2 HN recommender · 2024–2026
2 mo on HNAvi Loeb: Aliens, Black Holes, and the Mystery of the Oumuamua | Lex Fridman Podcast #154
Lex Fridman
2 HN recommender · 2021–2023
2 mo on HNWhy 90% of Managers Are GARBAGE (The Professional Lie) | Steve Jobs
Evan Carmichael
2 HN recommender · 2017–2025
2 mo on HNJoe Rogan Experience #1342 - John Carmack
PowerfulJRE
3 HN recommender · 2019–2020
2 mo on HNElon Musk - CEO of Tesla Motors and SpaceX | Entrepreneurship | Khan Academy
Khan Academy
2 HN recommender · 2013–2020
2 mo on HNSteve Jobs iPhone 2007 Presentation (HD)
Jonathan
2 HN recommender · 2013–2023
2 mo on HNA Conversation with Bertrand Russell (1952)
Manufacturing Intellect
2 HN recommender · 2021–2026
2 mo on HN1993 interview re: Paul Rand and Steve Jobs
youareworthy
2 HN recommender · 2010–2012
2 mo on HNDouglas Crockford: The JSON Saga
YUI Library
2 HN recommender · 2012–2025
2 mo on HNGuido van Rossum: Python and the Future of Programming | Lex Fridman Podcast #341
Lex Fridman
2 HN recommender · 2022–2025
2 mo on HNHe started a computing REVOLUTION—then the shortage hit
Jeff Geerling
2 HN recommender · 2023–2023
2 mo on HNUsing JSLint For Evil
ryantravistate
2 HN recommender · 2013–2023
2 mo on HNStephen Wolfram: Fundamental Theory of Physics, Life, and the Universe | Lex Fridman Podcast #124
Lex Fridman
2 HN recommender · 2021–2023
2 mo on HNBryan Johnson: Kernel Brain-Computer Interfaces | Lex Fridman Podcast #186
Lex Fridman
2 HN recommender · 2021–2023
2 mo on HNHandmadeCon 2015 - Pat Wyatt
Molly Rocket
2 HN recommender · 2016–2023
2 mo on HNOral History of Dave Cutler Part 1
Computer History Museum
2 HN recommender · 2020–2024
2 mo on HNDonald Knuth: Algorithms, Complexity, and The Art of Computer Programming | Lex Fridman Podcast #62
Lex Fridman
2 HN recommender · 2020–2023
2 mo on HNThiel: Google has $50B, doesn't innovate
CNN
2 HN recommender · 2017–2023
2 mo on HNEric Weinstein: Revolutionary Ideas in Science, Math, and Society | Lex Fridman Podcast #16
Lex Fridman
2 HN recommender · 2019–2019
2 mo on HNKevin Systrom: Instagram | Lex Fridman Podcast #243
Lex Fridman
2 HN recommender · 2021–2022
2 mo on HNJoe Rogan Experience #1309 - Naval Ravikant
PowerfulJRE
2 HN recommender · 2019–2020
2 mo on HNDouglas Lenat: Cyc and the Quest to Solve Common Sense Reasoning in AI | Lex Fridman Podcast #221
Lex Fridman
3 HN recommender · 2021–2023
2 mo on HNElon Musk Mahalo Mentor Interview
mahalodotcom
2 HN recommender · 2011–2012
2 mo on HNQuantum Expert Insight: Peter Shor
Qiskit
2 HN recommender · 2021–2024
2 mo on HNSpaceX Seattle 2015
Cliff O
2 HN recommender · 2015–2024
2 mo on HNSpaceX's plan to fly you across the globe in 30 minutes | Gwynne Shotwell
TED
2 HN recommender · 2018–2025
2 mo on HNRyan Dahl: Node JS
JSConf
2 HN recommender · 2023–2024
2 mo on HNAlan Kay: A powerful idea about teaching ideas
TED
2 HN recommender · 2009–2024
2 mo on HNMacworld 1997: The return of Steve Jobs
JC
2 HN recommender · 2016–2026
2 mo on HNCHM Live | Original iPhone Software Team Leader Scott Forstall (Part Two)
Computer History Museum
2 HN recommender · 2020–2025
2 mo on HNPeter Norvig at Startup School 08
startupschool
2 HN recommender · 2009–2014