James Simons (full length interview)

James 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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@kingsimoniv240 5 күн бұрын

R.I.P James Simons 🎉🎉🎉 Gone but Never Forgotten. Thanks for the inspiration 🙏🏿

@MauricioHT 9 жыл бұрын

"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?!

@pretoriano. 5 жыл бұрын

Xerox palo alto 80s

@ek9772 4 жыл бұрын

MauricioHT what a great business philosophy from someone that hates business.

@linkinlinkinlinkin654 3 жыл бұрын

@@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

@folfol3008 3 жыл бұрын

This sounds like MIT.

@Adix90 3 жыл бұрын

so basically reddit

@MitzvosGolem1 3 жыл бұрын

Donated tens of millions to Stony Brook hospital NY. Saved my life

@davidschmidt5507 3 жыл бұрын

ברוך ה

@MitzvosGolem1 3 жыл бұрын

@@davidschmidt5507 B"H

@thecryptoguy3845 2 жыл бұрын

Bless u

@MitzvosGolem1 2 жыл бұрын

@@thecryptoguy3845 תודה רבה שלום

@djl.0473 5 күн бұрын

Rest in peace Jim

@subodhbadgujar51 5 күн бұрын

RIP, the greatest practical mathematician ever.....

@user-sr8jn1fd2s 5 күн бұрын

James will be remembered. RIP.

@MrAlaister 9 жыл бұрын

"Well this was kinda fun" - Jim simons Highlight of the interview ;)

@FrancisBehnen 8 жыл бұрын

+Alberto Alvarez heard that too xD funny guy

@strewf 8 жыл бұрын

+Alberto Alvarez "They were big shots, and I was just a little shot."

@redhammer9273 5 күн бұрын

He will be missed, RIP 🤲🏻

@PianoWallaby 9 жыл бұрын

Full-length interviews with dozens and dozens of mathematicians about their motivations and careers would be a wonderful thing.

@sebster100 7 жыл бұрын

PianoWallaby There is another wonderful one with Yitang Zhang one KZfaq, done by another mathematician. Actually, it features a significant role of Chern as well!

@CavllNorthNorth 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah that would be great mates..

@MrMineHeads. 3 жыл бұрын

Look up the Numberphile podcast

@PianoWallaby 3 жыл бұрын

@@MrMineHeads. Thanks for the tip! Yes, I am an interested listener of the Numberphile podcast.

@zacharycat603 Жыл бұрын

Do people watch because he is great at math or because he is one of the most successful market traders?

@CaptainGuntu 9 жыл бұрын

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.

@tatianatub 9 жыл бұрын

everytime i see a unlisted video i feel like i'm in some super secret club

@adityakhanna113 9 жыл бұрын

Shhh...!!

@Machiones 9 жыл бұрын

ashley beaumont Welcome to the tabernacle.

@rchandraonline 9 жыл бұрын

ashley beaumont , so you're a Stone Cutter too?

@Machiones 9 жыл бұрын

Yes sir, I am so taken and accepted...

@adityakhanna113 9 жыл бұрын

Seth Glover Well... It's /R... Chandra ... Online No Richard Or Caroline there...

@williamalubokhoashioya8410 5 күн бұрын

Rest In Peace legend!!

@subasurf 6 жыл бұрын

I appreciate the fact that he appreciates the role "luck" had to play in his success. It's always a refreshing sign of humbleness.

@hebre7828 2 жыл бұрын

& he re affirmed in closing ironically, 7 next question

@tippitytop 2 жыл бұрын

@ Ravi bhai 🔥

@nonefvnfvnjnjnjevjenjvonej3384 2 жыл бұрын

usually really smart people are always humble... its the people trying to appear smart *cough* jordan peterson *cough* who have huge egos

@N0N5T0P 2 жыл бұрын

@@nonefvnfvnjnjnjevjenjvonej3384 Interesting turn of conversation. It's almost as if you have a huge chip on your shoulder, for whatever reason.

@lamix34 Жыл бұрын

@@nonefvnfvnjnjnjevjenjvonej3384 I came here to say this. The smartest people I've met have never bragged about their intelligence or success

@goyabee3200 8 жыл бұрын

Brady is a great interviewer. Excellence as usual, Brady.

@wertytrewqa 8 жыл бұрын

Except the one part where he asked him if he aspired to become a baseball when he grew up

@theangrymathematician9121 7 жыл бұрын

+wertytrewqa I would love to become a baseball

@jdp0359 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@Greasyhair 4 күн бұрын

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.

@gumenski 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@rbauer961 3 жыл бұрын

Probably a secret fan of numberphile...

@sirfer6969 7 жыл бұрын

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.

@Dave-lr2wo 7 жыл бұрын

sirfer6969 it's also a significant of a brilliant, curious thinker.

@sirfer6969 7 жыл бұрын

Yes, that too :o)

@ppumpkin3282 5 жыл бұрын

He is being nice. Interviewer doesn’t really show much insight.

@jeremycarroll451 5 жыл бұрын

@@ppumpkin3282 He's allowing the interviewee to take centre stage. It's not about the interviewer!

@steeezyb 2 жыл бұрын

When did he ever say this?

@financeexplainedgraphics Күн бұрын

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.

@kabochaVA 4 күн бұрын

R.I.P. Jim Simons.

@Sluggernaut 8 жыл бұрын

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.

@Sluggernaut 8 жыл бұрын

Neat

@DjordjeNedic 6 жыл бұрын

Yes. A great academic i know was told "we taught you everything we could here, you should go on" at such a point.

@ppumpkin3282 5 жыл бұрын

Yes. MIT does not want a faculty full of people educated at MIT. They want to network out.

@Marc_Masters 5 жыл бұрын

@@ppumpkin3282 did you go to MIT?

@davidbellamy1388 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@jessesinger923 4 жыл бұрын

The question about whether or not he's holding back some groundbreaking mathematics work was a great question!

@user-or7ji5hv8y 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@westganton 7 жыл бұрын

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.

@KKlawm 9 жыл бұрын

'Simons shuns the limelight and rarely gives interviews' congratulations on the interview, compelling stuff!

@annon123 9 жыл бұрын

"We underestimate the role of luck"

@kevinparsley6806 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@rayballinger1848 4 жыл бұрын

What he didn't' add to the luck idea is THE HARDER YOU WORK THE LUCKER YOU GET.

@ethicalrevolution3294 4 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@jlons5586 4 жыл бұрын

Luck is not real..

@ethicalrevolution3294 4 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@chaoshi2395 7 жыл бұрын

"Would you trade part or all of your business for being the man who crack the Riemann Hypothesis?"-----Really good question, man! Well done!!

@olenaerhardt7725 2 жыл бұрын

Rhetorical question.

@aleksandarmilic4424 9 жыл бұрын

What a lovely interview Brady! Great questions those were.

@justinserra3246 8 жыл бұрын

thank you Simon and you Brady, this was wonderful!

@cosmicallyderived 9 жыл бұрын

Fantastic interview, looking for more to come.

@johnchapman2856 9 жыл бұрын

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 :)

@manishprasad1298 Ай бұрын

This interview is absolutely fantastic. Thank you Brady

@ozzy1873 9 жыл бұрын

Great interview! Thoroughly enjoyed this

@fluideight 9 жыл бұрын

Really enjoyed this interview. Thank you!

@penc5use3 8 жыл бұрын

First timer at Numberphile... Really impressed with the quality of questions you've had for the guy. Thank you!

@anthonym.8926 9 жыл бұрын

Really insightful. You have improved my life with this. Thank you.

@jeremycarroll451 5 жыл бұрын

A superb interview. Brady allows the subject to answer the questions in as much detail as is needed, without interrupting. Nicely done.

@bazsnell3178 9 жыл бұрын

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.

@Gaboch8719 Жыл бұрын

Great interview! The interviewer nodded as if he had understood those profound mathematics concepts! 🤣🤣

@h.anthonymontgomeryii9898 3 жыл бұрын

Bro, amazing interview. Thank you.

@Rattiar 9 жыл бұрын

Great interview - thanks, Brady, for putting up the whole thing. I love that his philanthropy is for basic science. That's awesome.

@zsmb13 9 жыл бұрын

One hour of this wasn't even enough for me. Excellent content, Brady. Thank you.

@louislouis7258 6 жыл бұрын

Excellent reporter love the fact he didn't gravitate the interview toward his person. I lift you my hat !!

@princeamori 2 жыл бұрын

Love how this interview was done and the humility of the one being interviewed.

@dandare1001 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@doellison 10 ай бұрын

There are a lot of interviews and videos on this man, and this, in my opinion, is the best take.

@KristoferJarl 9 жыл бұрын

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... :)

@fabiobonetta5454 4 ай бұрын

This is priceless. Thank you

@marcschoderboeck2963 9 жыл бұрын

This was a very, very cool interview. Will we be seeing more like this?

@guillaume6373 2 жыл бұрын

Loved this. Great questions and insightful comments by James

@alexanderelsen9397 8 жыл бұрын

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.)

@cletus2941 5 жыл бұрын

This is the real life ending to Good Will Hunting :)

@TheJACKAROO123 Ай бұрын

Fantastic interviewing skills, questions were great great and you let Jim answer before asking the next one, kudos to you!

@TheUndergroundVault 9 жыл бұрын

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.

@finbat 9 жыл бұрын

Really excellent interview. Nice mix of questions with some very inciteful answers.

@Darkiekurdo 9 жыл бұрын

Amazing! Thanks for doing this.

@jsnadrian 9 жыл бұрын

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!

@kipferlkipferl 9 жыл бұрын

That was a fantastic interview! Thank you Brady! Well done! :)

@simonstrandgaard5503 5 күн бұрын

Great interview.

@jimmyfly4383 6 жыл бұрын

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.

@jeffreybrauchler1291 Жыл бұрын

Extremely humble man. Mr. Simons doesn't take himself too seriously.............Gotta love that !!

@bennettbullock9690 2 ай бұрын

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.

@wyvernlord23 9 жыл бұрын

Good timing Brady.Right on the hour.

@orgminyak 9 жыл бұрын

Great interview. It has helped me more than you'd Braddy. Thank you very much!

@pklong88 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot for your work, Brady ;)

@MazeFrame 9 жыл бұрын

Why watch 18 Minutes and ask yourself what you missed when you can have this?

@shawniscoolerthanyou 9 жыл бұрын

MatzeGamer Yeah, I saw in the first 2 minutes of the short one that I was going to want to see more and went right to this one.

@LECityLECLEC 3 жыл бұрын

:D well put!

@lesliemaltin2140 4 жыл бұрын

Enjoyed your style of interview....very well thought out questions a great interview of a giant of a man!

@MattStum 9 жыл бұрын

Well done, Brady. Great interview, and fascinating subject. Really wish Feynman were still around to get the Brady touch...

@Kurisuto321 9 жыл бұрын

Great interviewer, great interviewee. In short, great video!

@koenvanzon8314 9 жыл бұрын

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.

@SirGromit 9 жыл бұрын

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 ;)

@chrisdeblis8018 9 жыл бұрын

fantastic interview

@westhgate 5 жыл бұрын

Sympathetic and humble - the traits of true greatness - fantastic interview

@JLKeener77 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic interview!

@ninpo1500 9 жыл бұрын

That was absolutely fantastic!

@eragonrules1234 8 жыл бұрын

How did you manage to get an audience with Simons???? Amazing man.

@dfolegna Жыл бұрын

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.

@apaeterable 9 жыл бұрын

Argl - when I saw the link to the full interview at the end of the short one I was kinda annoyed and thinking "you guys should have put the link at the beginning of the short version" ... then I checked and it turned out you did. I just ignored it, probably also being annoyed "what's with all these damned annotations?!" :) Turns out I may be an asshole. Anyway, thanks for these videos, very interesting.

@Maxander2001 9 жыл бұрын

apaeterable Great post! :) I also am an asshole, at times.

@naota3k 9 жыл бұрын

Maxander2001 I think everyone is lol. Especially on the inter-webs.

@Maxander2001 9 жыл бұрын

naota3k I tend to be honest in real life, as well. Horrible trait.

@kevinfairweather3661 9 жыл бұрын

apaeterable Same here, i would of rather watched this one first !

@nb8947 9 жыл бұрын

apaeterable Admirable introspection.

@hocineislamguia8432 9 ай бұрын

This interview is really a gem , i really like it !

@jeffsievert5476 3 жыл бұрын

Great interview !

@Hnubc1s 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the upload. I like this guy.

@TheMarkoSeke 9 жыл бұрын

Such a well spoken man.

@lennutrajektoor 9 жыл бұрын

Brady, definitely highlight of your journalism career! Not just Numberphile but overall. I bet high profile media channels envy you.

@allanvidebk3983 9 жыл бұрын

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!

@pahakuutti 8 жыл бұрын

Hah I "know" this guy. Played poker with him in Vegas some years ago during the wsop. Afterwards someone said there was a billionaire at the table. If i had to guess would have chosen him to be the billionaire second to last, just before the dealer. That is to say, no bling or ego was shown that day. Where I come from, that is almost as honorable than all of his amazing accomplishments.

@himmat7399 5 жыл бұрын

How'd he do?

@uncleswell 4 жыл бұрын

If anyone ever comes across a video of Jim Simmons playing poker, pleaseeee link it to me! Would love to watch that.

@ummareli2791 3 жыл бұрын

sure it wasnt mercer?

@ahaha8 2 жыл бұрын

I am quite sure it was Andy Beal - he was into Poker a lot.

@stluke324 4 ай бұрын

Superb interview!

@jahstix 3 жыл бұрын

This was wonderful 👏 thanks for this

@mzaproduction 9 жыл бұрын

Lovely interview thanks...

@zhengxijiang4087 4 жыл бұрын

in this interview James Simons was very frank, and most of the information about his success is clearly told here.

@PeterHarket 4 жыл бұрын

Great questions, great answers!

@kevinhay356 2 жыл бұрын

I enjoy listening to intelligent people who can test and apply solutions. Thank you!

@tossabaddle 9 жыл бұрын

Great stuff! A proper interview!

@tossabaddle 9 жыл бұрын

also 42: 1:00:42

@MrAlRats 4 жыл бұрын

47:17 I like the way his wording here makes it seem like this interview is the pinnacle point in the entire history of life on Earth.

@sternamc919sterna3 2 жыл бұрын

Great interview. Hearing his life story was also kind of fun.

@icarus113 9 жыл бұрын

I still thinks his specialty is not just in math, but the art of making partners with people. Wish to listen more of this art from him.

@extremecouponing91 10 ай бұрын

Amazing interview!!

@znull3356 Жыл бұрын

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.