Dennis Whyte: Nuclear Fusion and the Future of Energy | Lex Fridman Podcast #353

Lex telling Advertisers he’s not doing ad reads but he will put it in the description is the biggest flex of 2022

Here are the timestamps. Please check out our sponsors to support this podcast. 0:00 - Introduction & sponsor mentions: - Rocket Money: https://rocketmoney.com/lex - MasterClass: https://masterclass.com/lex to get 15% off - InsideTracker: https://insidetracker.com/lex to get 20% off 0:32 - Nuclear fusion 18:31 - e=mc^2 32:58 - Fission vs fusion 38:10 - Nuclear weapons 41:56 - Plasma 49:07 - Nuclear fusion reactor 1:04:27 - 2022 nuclear fusion breakthrough explained 1:25:04 - Magnetic confinement 1:44:14 - ITER 1:49:01 - SPARC 2:03:00 - Future of fusion power 2:11:33 - Engineering challenges 2:30:14 - Nuclear disasters 2:34:58 - Cold fusion 2:49:14 - Kardashev scale 2:58:38 - Advice for young people

30min into this and I'm already so grateful for human brains and people like Lex and Dennis. So amazing that we can connect through digital device and liste n about cutting edge technology. On behalf of humanity, for humanity; thank you.

My anscestors worked the mines and fields of northern Sweden, and here I am, not that many years later, watching a talk between two american professors, on a computer that does millions upon millions of computations every second, in a language that was not my first, the information traveling from a datacenter at a speed of 206,856,796 m/s. What a time to be alive!

this is one of my favorite episodes so far, he explain complex stuff so clearly and easily to digest.

“My grandfather plowed fields with horses…I get to design fusion reactors.” One of the best interviews yet

His ability to explain complex things in simple ways is amazing. His students are lucky to have him

In addition to being one of the smartest people on the planet Dennis Whyte can also explain things in layman's terms so an average person can follow along and sort of understand. He is a national treasure among educators and his peer group. Thank you so much for sharing.

This is my addiction - listening to brilliant men/women talk to each other. I literally can't put it down, and relish when I will have time to watch/listen to it, replying it, all to calm myself. I loose track of time and I go read esoteric things sourced on the talks. I wish this had been around when I was younger, I may have been inspired to take a different path in my career. Thanks Lex for being brilliantly YOU and sticking to your principles, and brining on brilliant people like Dennis Whyte.

Now it's 3.5 years away.