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#345 – Coffeezilla: SBF, FTX, Fraud, Scams, Fake Gurus, Money, Fame, and Power
Lex Fridman Podcast
Dec 09, 2022
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4 hr 52 min
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Episode description
Coffeezilla is a journalist and investigator on YouTube who exposes financial frauds, scams, and fake gurus. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Rocket Money:
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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 (06:04) - Coffee (08:13) - SBF and FTX (22:54) - $8 billion (32:01) - Evil vs incompetence (41:57) - Key lessons from FTX collapse (55:15) - Should SBF go to jail? (1:03:02) - Role of influencers and celebrities (1:07:30) - How FTX covered up fraud (1:11:26) - Interview with SBF (1:26:29) - SafeMoon fraud (1:32:41) - Bitcoin (1:43:20) - Psychology of investigating fraud (1:52:26) - Investigating politics and corruption (1:59:39) - Coffeezilla origin story (2:04:19) - MLM marketing scams (2:11:58) - Andrew Tate and Hustlers University (2:29:40) - Save the Kids crypto scandal (2:36:59) - Money and fame (2:44:03) - MrBeast (2:50:26) - Fake gurus and Get-Rich-Quick schemes (3:09:45) - Process of investigation (3:22:31) - Twitter Files release (3:31:36) - Time management and productivity (3:43:36) - Advice for young people
