Lex Fridman: uncertainty

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…That’s really funny, because there aren’t that many animal species that are monogamous. And you highlighted one example, but they literally sound like they’re bickering. But maybe to them it was beautiful. I don’t want to judge, but they do sound very loud and very obnoxious. But amidst all of that it’s just, I don’t know. I think it’s so humbling to feel so small too. I feel like when we get busy and when we’re running around, it’s easy to feel we’re so in our head and we feel sort of so consequential in the context of even our own lives. And then you find yourself in a situation like that, and I think you feel so much more connected knowing how minuscule you are in the broader sense. And I feel that way when I’m on the ocean on a surfboard. It’s really humbling to be so small amidst that vast sea. And it feels really beautiful with no noise, no chatter, no distractions, just being in the moment. And it sounds like you experienced that in a very, very real way in the Amazon.…

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