This film or show by Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby has come up 3 times on Lex Fridman. 3 of those mentions were genuine on-air recommendations, not just passing references. The people who brought it up: Adam Frank, guest. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2020-01-21 and the most recent from 2024-12-22. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
Every time it came up
Adam Frank: Alien Civilizations and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life | Lex Fridman Podcast #455
“are you a fan of the expanse... great show... I highly recommend to everybody it's based on a series of books that are excellent”— Adam Frank
The guest here is Adam Frank: An astrophysicist who studies the evolution of star and planetary systems and the search for extraterrestrial life. He is a co-author of the book The Blind Spot and works on techno-signatures and the physics of life. Astrophysicist Adam Frank on the odds of alien civilizations, how to detect them, and why life forces a rethink of physics itself.
Neal Stephenson: Sci-Fi, Space, Aliens, AI, VR & the Future of Humanity | Lex Fridman Podcast #240
“one of the things i like about the expanse is the fact that the people who are trying to build the starship ... are doing it for religious reasons”— guest
The guest here is Neal Stephenson: Legendary science fiction author of Snow Crash, Cryptonomicon, The Diamond Age, Seveneves and Termination Shock. He was Blue Origin's first employee and served as Chief Futurist at the AR company Magic Leap. Sci-fi legend Neal Stephenson on space, aliens, AI, VR, crypto, climate geoengineering, and why a good yarn is an evolutionary survival tool.
Paul Krugman: Economics of Innovation, Automation, Safety Nets & UBI | Lex Fridman Podcast #67
“I'm a big fan of the TV series the expanse and it's kind of gratifying that out there they the it's the Martian congressional republic”— guest
The guest here is Paul Krugman: Nobel Prize-winning economist, professor at CUNY, and New York Times columnist known for work on international trade, economic geography, and liquidity traps. He is also a prominent and outspoken commentator on the intersection of economics and politics. Nobel laureate Paul Krugman argues automation isn't killing jobs, the US safety net is needlessly cruel, and politics shapes the economy.
