#482 – Pavel Durov: Telegram, Freedom, Censorship, Money, Power Human Nature
Pavel Durov is the founder and CEO of Telegram. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: https://lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep482-sc See below for timestamps, transcript, and to give feedback, submit questions, contact Lex, etc. Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/pavel-durov-transcript CONTACT LEX: Feedback give feedback to Lex: https://lexfridman.com/survey AMA submit questions, videos or call-in: https://lexfridman.com/ama Hiring join our team: https://lexfridman.com/hiring Other other ways to get in touch: https://lexfridman.com/contact EPISODE LINKS: Pavel s Telegram: https://t.me/durov Pavel s X: https://x.com/durov Telegram: https://telegram.org/ Telegram Contests: https://contest.com/ SPONSORS: To support this podcast, check out our sponsors get discounts: Miro: Online collabo
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Subscribe: Spotify | TuneIn | RSS
Pavel Durov is the founder and CEO of Telegram. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: https://lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep482-sc See below for timestamps, transcript, and to give feedback, submit questions, contact Lex, etc.
Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/pavel-durov-transcript
CONTACT LEX: Feedback – give feedback to Lex: https://lexfridman.com/survey AMA – submit questions, videos or call-in: https://lexfridman.com/ama Hiring – join our team: https://lexfridman.com/hiring Other – other ways to get in touch: https://lexfridman.com/contact
EPISODE LINKS: Pavel’s Telegram: https://t.me/durov Pavel’s X: https://x.com/durov Telegram: https://telegram.org/ Telegram Contests: https://contest.com/
SPONSORS: To support this podcast, check out our sponsors & get discounts: Miro: Online collaborative whiteboard platform. Go to https://miro.com/ UPLIFT Desk: Standing desks and office ergonomics. Go to https://upliftdesk.com/lex Fin: AI agent for customer service. Go to https://fin.ai/lex LMNT: Zero-sugar electrolyte drink mix. Go to https://drinkLMNT.com/lex Shopify: Sell stuff online. Go to https://shopify.com/lex
OUTLINE: (00:00) – Introduction (02:46) – Sponsors, Comments, and Reflections (11:29) – Philosophy of freedom (14:37) – No alcohol (22:42) – No phone (28:38) – Discipline (49:50) – Telegram: Lean philosophy, privacy, and geopolitics (1:05:12) – Arrest in France (1:21:23) – Romanian elections (1:32:18) – Power and corruption (1:41:50) – Intense education (1:53:51) – Nikolai Durov (1:58:19) – Programming and video games (2:02:33) – VK origins & engineering (2:19:46) – Hiring a great team (2:29:02) – Telegram engineering & design (2:48:04) – Encryption (2:53:01) – Open source (2:57:48) – Edward Snowden (3:00:20) – Intelligence agencies (3:01:32) – Iran and Russia government pressure (3:04:41) – Apple (3:11:38) – Poisoning (3:43:53) – Money (3:52:45) – TON (4:02:35) – Bitcoin (4:05:34) – Two chairs dilemma (4:12:14) – Children (4:23:24) – Father (4:27:55) – Quantum immortality (4:34:27) – Kafka
PODCAST LINKS: – Podcast Website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast – Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr – Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 – RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ – Podcast Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOdP_8GztsuKi9nrraNbKKp4 – Clips Channel: https://www.youtube.com/lexclips
Lex Fridman Podcast
https://lexfridman.com/pavel-durov/?utm_source=rss utm_medium=rss utm_campaign=pavel-durovSign in to highlight and annotate this article
Conversation starters
Daily AI Digest
Get the top 5 AI stories delivered to your inbox every morning.
More about
open sourceplatformservice
CDT Submits Comments to CMS on How Data nd Technology Can Play a Role in Addressing Fraud, Waste, and Abuse in Healthcare Benefits Programs
On March 25, the Center for Democracy Technology submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare Medicaid Services (CMS), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on how data and technology can play a role in addressing fraud, waste and abuse in healthcare benefits programs. Our comments emphasize that it is critical to incorporate [ ] The post CDT Submits Comments to CMS on How Data nd Technology Can Play a Role in Addressing Fraud, Waste, and Abuse in Healthcare Benefits Programs appeared first on Center for Democracy and Technology .
AI Agent Evaluation: Building Reliable Systems Beyond Simple Testing
Your customer service agent routes 2,000 queries daily. During testing, it resolved 85 percent of requests correctly. Three weeks after launch, customer satisfaction dropped 12 percent and support tickets escalated 40 percent faster than baseline. Your logs show successful API calls, normal latency and clean status codes across the board. The metrics say everything works. [ ] The post AI Agent Evaluation: Building Reliable Systems Beyond Simple Testing appeared first on Comet .
Knowledge Map
Connected Articles — Knowledge Graph
This article is connected to other articles through shared AI topics and tags.
More in Countries
The ABS Challenge System is exposing the worst umpire in baseball
During Wednesday's game between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Milwaukee Brewers, umpire CB Bucknor took a foul ball to the mask and had to be helped off the field. It was the cap to what has been a particularly bad week for one of the most controversial umpires in baseball. It started with perhaps [ ]
Discussion
Sign in to join the discussion
No comments yet — be the first to share your thoughts!