Eric Weinstein is a mathematician, economist, former Managing Director of Thiel Capital and a podcaster.
It feels like the world is reaching a fever-pitch. From deep fakes to cheap fakes, AI girlfriends to senile presidents, we’ve never had more access to information, and yet it’s never been harder to work out what is true. So, what do we do?
Expect to learn Eric’s thoughts on the 2024 presidential election, whether we are being gaslit on a global scale by the media, the future of string theory and what’s next for theoretical physics, why we have canned humour and what that means as a society, Eric’s thoughts on Joe Rogan, what my biggest weaknesses as a human are and much more…
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00:00 Will Trump be Allowed to Become President?
12:02 MSNBC’s Editing of Joe Rogan to Support Kamala
16:48 The Media’s Gaslighting of Modern Politics
31:07 Is Google Influencing the Election?
43:03 How Physics Became Boring & Safe
52:40 Is String Theory Just a Shiny Distraction?
1:03:44 Why String Theory Still Gets Funded
1:07:41 Science’s Big Problems
1:13:45 The Danger of Criticism Capture
1:26:19 Eric’s Antidote for Cancelling People
1:36:15 Why Having Public Opinions is so Exhausting
1:53:21 What Chris Gets Criticised for Most
2:06:10 The Dynamics of Interviewing & Conversation
2:16:18 Trying to Become a High Agency Person
2:25:53 Eric’s Advice for People Who Don’t Fit in
2:33:38 Overcoming Impossible Situations
2:38:17 4D Complex Shapes, Geometry & Dimensions
2:49:09 The Internet is Destroying the Sacred
3:02:44 Reacting to “What Can Be, Unburdened By What Has Been”
3:19:06 Eric’s Thoughts on JD Vance
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Here's the timestamps:
00:00 Will They Allow Trump to Be President?
12:02 Making Joe Rogan Look Like a Kamala Supporter
16:48 The Illusions of Politics
31:07 Is Google Influencing the Election?
43:03 How Physics Became Boring & Safe
52:40 Is String Theory Just a Shiny Distraction?
1:03:44 Why String Theory Still Gets Funded
1:07:41 Science’s Main Problems
1:13:45 The Danger of Criticism Capture
1:26:19 Eric’s Antidote for Cancelling People
1:36:15 Why Content Creation is So Exhausting
1:53:21 Why Chris Memes Everything
2:06:10 The Dynamics of Interviewing & Conversation
2:16:18 Trying to Live a Life of Agency
2:25:53 Advice for People Who Don’t Fit in
2:33:38 Overcoming Impossible Situations
2:38:17 Complex Shapes, Geometry & Dimensions
2:49:09 The Internet is Destroying the Sacred
3:02:44 “What Can Be, Unburdened By What Has Been”
3:19:06 Eric’s Thoughts on JD Vance
Her little Joy deal is also equated back to Nazi Germany
You are literally interviewing the man who is doing this, and you are trying to discover who is doing this. Wake the F up Chris
In today’s world why is any self aware person a Democrat or a Republican? I recognize the danger in pulling down the facade, but how is it any less dangerous sustaining the facade? It is not as if those who actually do have their hands on the steering wheel know what the hell they are doing! Most conspiracy theories are wrong, not wrong because they claim there is a conspiracy, but because it is the nature of successful conspiracies that we do not have access to the real details. I have no idea what caused building 7 to collapse the way it did or how Kennedy came to be assassinated. But I certainly do not buy into the official narrative. And if some conspiracy theory is actually correct, how the hell could I be sure of it?
We are on a precarious ride where the only thing in control is a misunderstood human nature.
Weinstein is an impressive intellectual. However, his obvious dislike for left-wing politics really annoys me.
You won't determine where I eat my thanksgiving dinner or who I eat with, That will not be allowed and you will have no choice because there are powers at work that you do not know or Under.
Stand.
That has been my thoughts on trump since the begining , there is no way they will let a runaway train like trump get in the way of world economic profit
Xrpeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!
Mr Weinstein, the duopoly is broken. The Republican party is in name only.
Silly chatter.
Trump and his ego can be used best, like Nixon was. Both are part of a process, not part of the outcome that will emerge.
Wait so did his son pass the Physics GRE?!
Maybe not use "even Olympic athletes can use it……..
Why is Weinstein covering this at this point – what is his dog in this hunt? Seems to me Eric is the ultimate opportunist looking for the angle and he loves the system whereby his teams are able to buy influence. BTW, Chris seems like a functional dope who is able to fake his way through.
The system that is in place was part of project paperclip.
America is a corporation
Run by Germany.
America has not been America in 70 years..
The deep stqte is the former Nazi Party.
The agencies like the cia and fbi are former secret police agencies. NASA is the Nazi American Space Alliance. Everyone reports to NASA .
Werner Von Bruan and Walt Disney social engineered America together in the a950's…..All these things are true factual statements. America is not at all what it appears.
The Biggest Lie ever told.
Yes America is still a colony of England,but truely run by Germany through German big pharma like Bayer and Pfizer,Mderna etc.
Do the research…you will be shocked.
Eric says he drove over there in a Tesla, and he didn't steer once. That's exactly how I'd figure him and if he crashed and killed someone, I'd figure him to have his alibi all laid out such that he had no responsibility or liability because he had selected auto-pilot and delegated navigational responsibility to Tesla.
Blah blah.. bloviating blah
The honest physicists already are saying putting out the truths behind the secret of everything, but academia and our culture at large has systematically taken most people's ability to see, hear, and therefore not understand what is right under their very noses!!!!
Trump is going to win bigger than ever. We are going to keep our republic, whether they like it or not
On point
We are in the end times whether or not you believe that. All of what is going on is in the Bible. Satan and his demons control this planet until Jesus returns.
“Every once in a while the craft pokes through”
Omg!!! STOP calling it "the international order!"
It's the "deep state" and it's ran by around 10 billionaires. The media was uncovered by found recordings of the Rockefeller family admitting on tape that if they didn't own the 5 main news media outlets that still exist today they'd all be thrown in prison.
We don't live in a democracy and we never have even by today's standards of what democracy means. We live in a CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC that currently amd for a while now has had an extremely tyrannical oligarchy running it with help from the neo cons in the PNAC that the biden, bush's, Clinton's, and the Obamas ALL SERVE "for the greater good."
We don't have a "government" anymore…. We just have the deep state that serves the MIC, big pharma, and 100% at the expense of the citizens they don't even consider to be worth anything anymore now that "our money" doesn't hold any value to them. The citizens part of the overall system when it comes to taxes etc = less than 18% of all money valued within the system ran almost entirely by vanguard, Blackrock, and merril lynch since they invest in each other throughout Wallstreet amongst their 1000s of businesses that most of us don't even understand are all owned by them……
Were literally the most fancy living prisoners on earth trapped in a system that only the boldest politicians dare to bring up for fear of being blacklisted or killed.
"The land of the free" we are no longer.
Thanks older generations that didn't keep tabs on our public servants to the point where the youth can barely afford food, much less a house of their own.
Tha fuck is this guy saying
I have a 1 in 12 milliom congenital birth defect that left me blind until I was 5 and means I will never legally drive. I don't drive because it isn't safe for other people who's fault it is not that i lost the genetic lottery.
I'm not going to be kind to a person who knowingly beats the shit out of women knowing it isn't fair. I firmly believe this girl and her father are taking out their frustration at mean high school girls on an entire gender.
Dress that up how you like but that is the brass tacks.
Im a 520 pound, full figured, curvy woman and I feel like I am being judged. I feel so bad.😢
Nobody should ever be removed from debate. It should not be the concern of the State to censor. Never trust anyone who advocates for censorship
The movie Wag The Dog. That was fake news. 😎
21:38 but if academia is overloaded by the Left, isn't that in itself a problem?
Just say the truth this about the coming of the anti-christ.
My man speaks in riddles
3:04:48 I had that same question this is chatgtp answer:
Kamala Harris used the phrase "what can be unburdened by what has been" in various speeches to convey the idea of embracing potential and future possibilities rather than being held back by past challenges, mistakes, or hardships. It reflects her broader message of hope, resilience, and the belief that individuals and societies can progress and improve despite historical or personal difficulties.
Harris often uses this phrase when discussing issues like racial and social justice, economic opportunity, or educational reform, aiming to inspire people to look beyond the past and focus on what can be achieved moving forward. It’s a call to not be weighed down by history but to build a better future with a fresh perspective.
I don't trust Donald Trump, but I trust the Democrats far less.
Sic Semper Tyrannis 🇺🇸