This film or show by David Lean came up once on Lex Fridman in the episodes we index. That mention was a genuine on-air recommendation, not just a passing reference. The people who brought it up: Eric Weinstein. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
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Eric Weinstein: Revolutionary Ideas in Science, Math, and Society | Lex Fridman Podcast #16
“I would recommend to anyone who hasn't seen it”
“I would recommend to anyone who hasn't seen it, a movie called A Bridge on the River Kwai, about I believe captured British POWs”— Eric Weinstein
The guest here is Eric Weinstein: Mathematician, economist, and managing director of Thiel Capital who coined the term Intellectual Dark Web. Eric Weinstein on artificial life, the dangers of self-replicating software, the collapse of theoretical physics, academia, and saving capitalism.
00:18:162019-03-20
