Lex Fridman: recommendation

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…Yeah. Oh no. The skits, funny question. That’s a good question. I don’t know. I actually don’t know that. I’ll say that was one of the advantages of being on the show versus in Siberia. So, no, because I didn’t. In Siberia just do skits by myself, but I didn’t film it. And so, it was quite nice to have this camera that made you feel like you weren’t quite as alone as if you were just in the woods by yourself. And I think for me, I was able to… it was a pain. It was part of the cause of me missing that moose. There’s issues with it, but I just chose to look at it like, this is an awesome opportunity to share with people, a part of me that most people don’t get to see. So, that was, I just chose to look at it that way and it was an advantage because you could do stuff like that. I think there’s actual power to doing this kind of documenting, like talking to a camera or an audio recorder. That’s an actual tool in survival because I had a little bit of an experience of being out alone in the jungle and just being able to talk to a thing is much less lonely. It is. It really is. It can be a powerful tool, just sharing your experience. I definitely had the thought. So, going back to your earlier comment, but I definitely had the thought if I knew I was the last person on earth, I wouldn’t even bother. I wouldn’t do that. I would just probably not hunt. I’d just give up. I’m sure, because even if I had a bunch of food and this and that, but because I knew you… you know you’re a part, you’re sharing, it gives you a lot of strength to go through and having that camera just makes it that much more vivid because you know you’re not just going to be sharing a vague memory, but an actual experience.…

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