Lex Fridman在第263期訪談開頭的一段話，共勉。

What I hope to do with this podcast, I want to understand human nature, the best and the worst of it. I want to understand how power money and fame change people. I want to understand why atrocities are committed by crowds that believe they are doing good. All this, ultimately, because I want to understand how we can build a better world together, to find hope for the future and to re-discover each time through the exploration of ideas just how beautiful this life is. This our human civilization in all of its full complexity, the forces of good and evil, of war and peace, of hate and love. I don’t think I can do this with a heart and mind that is not open, fragile and willing to empathize with all human beings, even those in the darkes corner of our world. To attack is easy, to understand is hard, and I choose the hard path. I have learned over the past few months that this path involves me getting more and more attacked from all sides. I will get attacked when I host people like Jay Bhattacharya or Francis Collins, Jamie Mertzel or Vincent Ruckanyello. When I stand for my friend Joe Rogan. When I host tech leaders, like Mark Zuckberg, Elon Musk and others. When I eventually talk to Vladimir Putin, Barack Obama and other figures that have turned the tides of history. I have and I will get called stupid, naive, weak and I will take these words, with respect, humility and love. And I will get better, I will listen, think, learn and improve. One thing I can promise is that there is no amount of money or fame that can buy my opinion, or make me go against my principles. There’s no amount of pressure that can break my integrity. There’s nothing in this world I need that I don’t already have. Live itself is a fundamental gift, everything else is just a bonus. That, is freedom, that is happiness. If I die today, I will die a happy man.