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Founder and Executive Chair, Amazon · Dec 14, 2023 · Interview, Lex Fridman Podcast #405: Jeff Bezos

I think we humans have a lot of ways of we can make ourselves go extinct. These things may help us not do that, so they may actually save us.

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Jeff Bezos, Founder and Executive Chair, Amazon
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Lex Fridman Podcast #405: Jeff Bezos
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Company
Amazon
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