AI-powered
podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
2min chapter
#239 – Niall Ferguson: History of Money, Power, War, and Truth
Lex Fridman Podcast
The Social Life of Academics
I'm from Scotland, you can tell from my accent a little at least. The social life of Oxford and Cambridge is one of their great strengths. We've killed all that in the US because nobody dares have a social interaction with an undergraduate or exchange an informal email. So that's what we need to kind of restore the social life of academia. I mean, when I was at Oxford, it was regarded as a tremendous honor to be asked to go to one of our tutors homes. That's what I've missed over the last few years.
00:00
Transcript
Episode notes
Get the Snipd
podcast app
Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
AI-powered
Discover
highlights
Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode
Save any
moment
Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways
Share
& Export
Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more
AI-powered
podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
Discover
highlights
Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode