5 hrs 22 min

#309 – John Carmack: Doom, Quake, VR, AGI, Programming, Video Games, and Rockets Lex Fridman Podcast

    • Technology

John Carmack is a legendary programmer, co-founder of id Software, and lead programmer of many revolutionary video games including Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Quake, and the Commander Keen series. He is also the founder of Armadillo Aerospace, and for many years the CTO of Oculus VR. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

- InsideTracker: https://insidetracker.com/lex to get 20% off

- Indeed: https://indeed.com/lex to get $75 credit

- Blinkist: https://blinkist.com/lex and use code LEX to get 25% off premium

- Eight Sleep: https://www.eightsleep.com/lex and use code LEX to get special savings

- Athletic Greens: https://athleticgreens.com/lex and use code LEX to get 1 month of fish oil



EPISODE LINKS:

John's Twitter: https://twitter.com/ID_AA_Carmack

Books mentioned:

Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution: https://amzn.to/3SkNZER

Game Engine Black Book Wolfenstein 3D: https://amzn.to/3QlOqg8



PODCAST INFO:

Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast

Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr

Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8

RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/

YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/lexfridman

YouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/lexclips



SUPPORT & CONNECT:

- Check out the sponsors above, it's the best way to support this podcast

- Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman

- Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman

- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman

- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman

- Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman



OUTLINE:

Here's the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.

(00:00) - Introduction

(09:49) - Programming languages

(40:53) - Modern programming

(50:55) - Day in the life

(58:45) - Hard work

(1:01:58) - Pizza and Diet Coke

(1:04:43) - Setup

(1:30:01) - id Software

(2:02:50) - Commander Keen

(2:09:36) - Hacker ethic

(2:17:16) - Wolfenstein 3D

(2:37:14) - Doom

(2:51:34) - Quake

(3:15:55) - John Romero

(3:23:42) - Metaverse

(3:52:04) - Elon Musk

(3:57:59) - Mars

(4:07:01) - Nuclear energy

(4:10:39) - AGI

(4:57:51) - Andrej Karpathy

(5:00:50) - Martial arts

(5:09:49) - Advice for young people

(5:18:49) - Meaning of life

John Carmack is a legendary programmer, co-founder of id Software, and lead programmer of many revolutionary video games including Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Quake, and the Commander Keen series. He is also the founder of Armadillo Aerospace, and for many years the CTO of Oculus VR. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

- InsideTracker: https://insidetracker.com/lex to get 20% off

- Indeed: https://indeed.com/lex to get $75 credit

- Blinkist: https://blinkist.com/lex and use code LEX to get 25% off premium

- Eight Sleep: https://www.eightsleep.com/lex and use code LEX to get special savings

- Athletic Greens: https://athleticgreens.com/lex and use code LEX to get 1 month of fish oil



EPISODE LINKS:

John's Twitter: https://twitter.com/ID_AA_Carmack

Books mentioned:

Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution: https://amzn.to/3SkNZER

Game Engine Black Book Wolfenstein 3D: https://amzn.to/3QlOqg8



PODCAST INFO:

Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast

Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr

Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8

RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/

YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/lexfridman

YouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/lexclips



SUPPORT & CONNECT:

- Check out the sponsors above, it's the best way to support this podcast

- Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman

- Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman

- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman

- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman

- Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman



OUTLINE:

Here's the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.

(00:00) - Introduction

(09:49) - Programming languages

(40:53) - Modern programming

(50:55) - Day in the life

(58:45) - Hard work

(1:01:58) - Pizza and Diet Coke

(1:04:43) - Setup

(1:30:01) - id Software

(2:02:50) - Commander Keen

(2:09:36) - Hacker ethic

(2:17:16) - Wolfenstein 3D

(2:37:14) - Doom

(2:51:34) - Quake

(3:15:55) - John Romero

(3:23:42) - Metaverse

(3:52:04) - Elon Musk

(3:57:59) - Mars

(4:07:01) - Nuclear energy

(4:10:39) - AGI

(4:57:51) - Andrej Karpathy

(5:00:50) - Martial arts

(5:09:49) - Advice for young people

(5:18:49) - Meaning of life

5 hrs 22 min

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