Oral History of Donald Knuth Part 1

I recommend this video to you: Oral History of Donald Knuth Part 1 and 2: [this video] on The Computer History Museum Youtube channel. It's a _really_ long interview, +7 hours. But it's also superb. He is interviewed by his friend and colleague Edward Feigenbaum who does a stellar job. He brings out the human Donald Knuth in a remarkable way. It gave me great respect and admiration for Donald Knuth life and achievements. For me I dare to say it was transformative in regards to human pursuit of knowledge, passion and what it means to be a intellectual human being. td;dr: Watched a Donald Knuth interview and got a nerd crush

Donald Knuth interviews are so interesting, but would like to particularly highlight this little piece of advice, out of this great playlist: "Donald Knuth - My advice to young people": [link] Complete Playlist - "Donald Knuth (Computer scientist)" [97 videos]: [link] Also the "Oral History of Donald Knuth" from the Computer History Museum is great. "Oral History of Donald Knuth Part 1": [this video] "Oral History of Donald Knuth Part 2": [link] Plus.. "Donald Knuth Interview 2006": [link] "An Interview with Donald Knuth": [link] "Interview with Donald Knuth": [link] This somewhat "colourful" page also tracks a few: [link] PS: The story that he told Steve Jobs he was "Full of shit" is not true. "Donald Knuth never told Steve Jobs that he was full of shit" [link]

This is in fact one of several oral histories that Knuth has done over the last few years: * 2001, 2 hours audio ( [link] ), 27-page transcript ( [link] ) (partial I guess?) * 2006, Web of Stories, 7.5 hours video in 97 short parts [link] , transcript ( [link] ) * 2007, interview by Ed Feigenbaum, 3 hours ( [this video] ) + 4 hours ( [link] ), 73-page transcript ( [link] ) * 2018, this one ( [link] ), about 4.5 hours, 177-page transcript (but 50 pages of those are Knuth's CV!) * 2018, by the Computer History Museum, 1.5 hours, specifically about the earliest programs he wrote as an undergrad when he first encountered computers ( [link] ): the programs themselves are here: [link] (in machine language / assembly) I've watched the Web of Stories one fully (and the others not yet fully)… they are a delight. You can see the way his mind works, and he's someone whose career has spanned basically the entirety of computer science as a separate academic discipline.