Jim Simons (full length interview) - Numberphile
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James Harris Simons has been described as "the world's smartest billionaire", amassing a fortune through the clever use of mathematics and computers. He is now a renowned philanthropist.
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R.I.P James Simons 🎉🎉🎉 Gone but Never Forgotten. Thanks for the inspiration 🙏🏿
"My algorithm has always been: You put smart people together, you give them a lot of freedom, create an atmosphere where everyone talks to everyone else. They're not hiding in the corner with their own little thing. They talk to everybody else. And you provide the best infrastructure. The best computers and so on that people can work with and make everyone partners." How was this missing in the short version?!
Xerox palo alto 80s
MauricioHT what a great business philosophy from someone that hates business.
@@ek9772 he doesnt hate business, he hates the 'conventional constructs' that have become norm in business schools and wall street. propagation of a culture without reason. rentec actually does hire people with business acumen, but stays away from people who have wall street experience and such, as they come with that conventional baggage
This sounds like MIT.
so basically reddit
Donated tens of millions to Stony Brook hospital NY.
Saved my life
ברוך ה
@@davidschmidt5507 B"H
Bless u
@@thecryptoguy3845 תודה רבה שלום
Full-length interviews with dozens and dozens of mathematicians about their motivations and careers would be a wonderful thing.
PianoWallaby There is another wonderful one with Yitang Zhang one CZcams, done by another mathematician. Actually, it features a significant role of Chern as well!
Yeah that would be great mates..
Look up the Numberphile podcast
@@MrMineHeads. Thanks for the tip! Yes, I am an interested listener of the Numberphile podcast.
Do people watch because he is great at math or because he is one of the most successful market traders?
"Well this was kinda fun" - Jim simons
Highlight of the interview ;)
+Alberto Alvarez heard that too xD funny guy
+Alberto Alvarez "They were big shots, and I was just a little shot."
I appreciate the fact that he appreciates the role "luck" had to play in his success. It's always a refreshing sign of humbleness.
& he re affirmed in closing ironically, 7 next question
@ Ravi bhai 🔥
usually really smart people are always humble... its the people trying to appear smart *cough* jordan peterson *cough* who have huge egos
@@nonefvnfvnjnjnjevjenjvonej3384 Interesting turn of conversation. It's almost as if you have a huge chip on your shoulder, for whatever reason.
@@nonefvnfvnjnjnjevjenjvonej3384 I came here to say this. The smartest people I've met have never bragged about their intelligence or success
James will be remembered. RIP.
everytime i see a unlisted video i feel like i'm in some super secret club
Shhh...!!
ashley beaumont Welcome to the tabernacle.
ashley beaumont , so you're a Stone Cutter too?
Yes sir, I am so taken and accepted...
Seth Glover Well... It's
/R... Chandra ... Online
No Richard Or Caroline there...
When you get someone of Simons' caliber saying that you're asking good questions, then you're probably doing a good job with the interview.
Brady is a great interviewer. Excellence as usual, Brady.
Except the one part where he asked him if he aspired to become a baseball when he grew up
+wertytrewqa I would love to become a baseball
I agree that the interviewer was excellent and allowed Mr. Simmons to answer the questions unlike so many interviewers who interrupt. The questions were great and he was obviously well prepared.
I think he was horrible in some parts
RIP, the greatest practical mathematician ever.....
Rest in peace Jim
I lost count of how many times Mr Simons said "that's an interesting/good question"...to me thats the sign of a great interviewer....thanks for the great video, i could listen to these two talk all day.
sirfer6969 it's also a significant of a brilliant, curious thinker.
Yes, that too :o)
He is being nice. Interviewer doesn’t really show much insight.
@@ppumpkin3282 He's allowing the interviewee to take centre stage. It's not about the interviewer!
When did he ever say this?
I come back to this interview from time to time. Now that he's gone, somehow, in some strange way, the world seems a little less magical.
This is a killer interview. The kind that will be resurrected and shown over and over again later on in history. It's crazy you got him to do it and even more amazing that he seemed to actually be glad to do it for once.
Probably a secret fan of numberphile...
He will be missed, RIP 🤲🏻
He mentions MIT not wanting to get rid of him as much as wanting him to experience other places. Richard Feynman described a similar situation where he was told MIT wouldn't allow him to return for his masters (iirc) due to wanting him to experience the world of higher education. Very interesting. I wonder if this sort of policy still holds.
Neat
Yes. A great academic i know was told "we taught you everything we could here, you should go on" at such a point.
Yes. MIT does not want a faculty full of people educated at MIT. They want to network out.
@@ppumpkin3282 did you go to MIT?
MIT actually has a university wide policy that doesn’t allow undergrads to stay for graduate studies there. It wasn’t unique to his experience. It’s actually more the opposite, that an undergrad is allowed to stay when their current work is going so well that the faculty don’t want to interrupt it for any reason.
The question about whether or not he's holding back some groundbreaking mathematics work was a great question!
The full length interview was worth every second. Great questions, excellent conversation. Mr. Simons is a very well-spoken and intelligent man and I consider him a role model despite only discovering this interview an hour ago.
Fantastic interview, looking for more to come.
thank you Simon and you Brady, this was wonderful!
It’s really nice to hear such honesty and humility in contrast to so much bluster you get in finance. I have more respect for Simons than Dimon.
Great interview! Thoroughly enjoyed this
What a lovely interview Brady! Great questions those were.
I have got to say, the style of your videos is overall on point. The atmosphere is just right every time. I also have to love the begrudged "ehh well this was kinda fun". He enjoyed the heck out of that, just is so stoic about everything :)
First timer at Numberphile... Really impressed with the quality of questions you've had for the guy. Thank you!
This interview is absolutely fantastic. Thank you Brady
Really insightful. You have improved my life with this. Thank you.
A superb interview. Brady allows the subject to answer the questions in as much detail as is needed, without interrupting. Nicely done.
Thanks Brady. In all of your interviews on Numberphile, Sixty Symbols, et al, 99% of questions are just exactly what I (we) would like to have asked.
Really enjoyed this interview. Thank you!
A really good interview. What an interesting person he is, and he seems to be a good person, as well. The world needs more people like that.
Thanks for the film.
Great interview - thanks, Brady, for putting up the whole thing. I love that his philanthropy is for basic science. That's awesome.
Bro, amazing interview. Thank you.
Love how this interview was done and the humility of the one being interviewed.
This is beautiful. Thank you so much for this interview. Hope to see more on the channel such as this. Great score as well, I'm sure it wasn't easy to gather his time for an hour.
'Simons shuns the limelight and rarely gives interviews' congratulations on the interview, compelling stuff!
One hour of this wasn't even enough for me. Excellent content, Brady. Thank you.
Fantastic interviewing skills, questions were great great and you let Jim answer before asking the next one, kudos to you!
Nice interview. Glad to see Simons in a (good) lengthy interview, and one where he gives thorough answers to all questions. (Well, most of them... :)
Really excellent interview. Nice mix of questions with some very inciteful answers.
Loved this. Great questions and insightful comments by James
Excellent reporter love the fact he didn't gravitate the interview toward his person. I lift you my hat !!
Amazing! Thanks for doing this.
R.I.P Sir. If ramanujan was the man who knew infinity then James Simons was the man who knew the markets like none other.
This was a very, very cool interview. Will we be seeing more like this?
Great interview! The interviewer nodded as if he had understood those profound mathematics concepts! 🤣🤣
This is priceless. Thank you
Great interview, Bradey! Good questions, both on the mathematical as well as the personal side. Incredibly informative and a peak into the mind of one of the greatest entrepreneurs and mathematicians of our time. And Mr. Simons seamed to enjoy it as well ;)
Great interview. It has helped me more than you'd Braddy. Thank you very much!
Great interviewer, great interviewee. In short, great video!
That was a fantastic interview! Thank you Brady! Well done! :)
"Would you trade part or all of your business for being the man who crack the Riemann Hypothesis?"-----Really good question, man! Well done!!
Rhetorical question.
Great job Brady. I'm studying econometrics (a combination between mathematics and economics) which is very closely related to this subject. It's very interesting to hear he contributed to the things I now study.
Great interview.
Good timing Brady.Right on the hour.
Extremely humble man. Mr. Simons doesn't take himself too seriously.............Gotta love that !!
Enjoyed your style of interview....very well thought out questions a great interview of a giant of a man!
That was absolutely fantastic!
Fantastic interview!
came back to this interview i watched two years ago but i still vividly remembered what he had said at 39:18. it was so real and humble.
This is incredible. I hope he appreciated how much you've done for math, Brady. A lot of us have been inspired by your videos, this one included!
There are a lot of interviews and videos on this man, and this, in my opinion, is the best take.
Great interview !
This guy seems like a really awesome person. I watched all of the interview, which is surprising since I normally get bored of watching interviews and such from "Business-like" people in the first 10 seconds. I think it's because he's talking understandable English and knows what he's on about. (Unlike other business people who talk a bunch of stuff which is either obvious/something they don't really understand and then just repeat what they say in different ways over the course of the interview.)
Well done, Brady. Great interview, and fascinating subject. Really wish Feynman were still around to get the Brady touch...
Lovely interview thanks...
This interview is really a gem , i really like it !
fantastic interview
Brady, definitely highlight of your journalism career! Not just Numberphile but overall. I bet high profile media channels envy you.
This is one of the best business interviews I have ever watched! Simons is extremely knowledgeable, so wealthy and still extremely humble about his success:
- He has made billions, yet understands oh so well the importance of dealing with luck rather than focus on ego and politics
- He is so respectful of the work and effort pit in by his fellow employees, even though he is the man at the basis of it all
- His approach of management by giving freedom to his peebs, have the best infrastructure and be as transparent as possible WOW
If only managers or startup founders were at least 1% as well taught and respectful as Simons.
Wonderful interview Brady. Thanks so much! ♥️
Such a wise guy! And great job there Brady, Numberphile is getting better and better!
you wanna know my name? with such a perfect reasoning it's hard to disagree. You really are a smart guy. Or how the internets says "HATERS GONNA HATE"
Rochester Oliveira man you may play smart right now but think about it this way : could you live with all those money knowing that there are people who don't even have a house and not even the basics to live a proper life ? I wouldn't want a life like this...
Yeah I see just nvm
you wanna know my name?
just one more thing, it's not about his money at all. For example, when brady asks why do he thinks he's so successful he says "I've got lucky", and that is pretty much true. A lot of people deserve more than you and I have but yet they don't have anything. Sure, he was prepared but also he got a lot of opportunities in life, and can you blame him for that?
Rochester Oliveira pff typical brainwashed human being. .. just take a minute and read again what you said alright?
Thanks a lot for your work, Brady ;)
Superb interview!
This interview explains how great this man his: intelligent, with right humour and humble because he knows his value. Every second is useful to understand with details and honesty, what he did. I'm sure he will be remembered as one of the greatest mind of our time.
Thanks for the upload. I like this guy.
I enjoy listening to intelligent people who can test and apply solutions.
Thank you!
Great stuff! A proper interview!
also 42: 1:00:42
Really worth to watch ☺. Good watching material while eating. Braddy, well done 👏
Amazing interview!!
Sympathetic and humble - the traits of true greatness - fantastic interview
This was wonderful 👏 thanks for this
Something I only learned today, the Simons Foundation is responsible for one of my favorite publications, Quanta.
Thanks Jim, you did the world a huge service there.
Best video yet!!!
Great questions, great answers!
After watching this I was thinking, that it would be quite a nice documentary/ biography. But then I realized that with this length and quality, it kinda is
Great job!
That was amazing to watch
in this interview James Simons was very frank, and most of the information about his success is clearly told here.
This has to be the best summary of differential geometry ever. I idolize this guy. He's clearly brilliant, but he also had an incredible degree of perseverance to make quant trading work.
Great interview. Hearing his life story was also kind of fun.
Thanks, Brady! :)
Excellent interview, it's amazing to get to peak into Simons' mind for a bit, and his views on the American education system are spot on, in my opinion.
Andrew S Fits for the German "system" aswell. :(
+MatzeGamer Religious education is part of the curriculum here in the UK still. The worst part is it's all garbage, and not true to the real history of the western worlds evolution. We have many faith schools, and for some kids its the only real choice in their area.
"We underestimate the role of luck"
nearly everyone successful underestimates the role of luck and that luck was part of why someone or something was there to teach them what led to success. ask most of them and they will say they did it all by themselves and hold everyone unsuccessful accountable for not doing what they have done.
What he didn't' add to the luck idea is THE HARDER YOU WORK THE LUCKER YOU GET.
@@asdrt6405 A lot of people think their success was luck, but it's not necessarily true. People who drive themselves to succeed will do it time after time. Thinking it is all just luck is an easy out for those who don't commit themselves, and a self-deprecating belief for those who do. I'm not successful, in a sense, because I never devoted every waking moment to achieving that goal. Some people do.
Luck is not real..
@@jlons5586 Luck is a word that can mean something like random chance. Like someone winning the lottery might be considered lucky. Some people who are successful due to starting a business at the right time in history could be considered lucky, or maybe they identified an opportunity, a gap in the market, and seized it at the right time, with the right kind of vision and competency to achieve it. There can be an element of luck, or chance, in anything, but with the correct mindset you can make your own luck.
very good questions asked :-)
Working with Smarter people; putting them together to solve problems by sharing mathematical and scientific solutions. Brilliant Concept, thank you .
Absolutely fascinating content. Blessings.
Brilliant Interview
Very good interview
Excelente entrevista
What a nice interview.
Such a well spoken man.