Are We On The Brink Of A Revolution? - Eric Weinstein - #833

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09/02/24

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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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Timestamps:

(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? (01:03:44) Why String Theory Still Gets Funded (01:07:41) Science’s Big Problems (01:13:45) The Danger of Criticism Capture (01:26:19) Eric’s Antidote for Cancelling People (01:36:15) Why Having Public Opinions is so Exhausting (01:53:21) What Chris Gets Criticised for Most (02:06:10) The Dynamics of Interviewing & Conversation (02:16:18) Trying to Become a High Agency Person (02:25:53) Eric’s Advice for People Who Don’t Fit in (02:33:38) Overcoming Impossible Situations (02:38:17) 4D Complex Shapes, Geometry & Dimensions (02:49:09) The Internet is Destroying the Sacred (03:02:44) Reacting to “What Can Be, Unburdened By What Has Been” (03:19:06) Eric’s Thoughts on JD Vance

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August 31, 2024

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Rudyard Lynch is a YouTuber and a historian.

Is the modern world weird? Whether it's incels, brat summer, a broken media landscape, godlessness or a decline in institutional trust it seems like lots of modernity is kind of odd. From the fall of empires to the rise of new world orders, how does our current timeline compare to the rest of recent history?

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Why Is Everyone Having Fewer Children? - Lyman Stone - #834

September 5, 2024

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92m

Lyman Stone is a demographer, researcher, and a writer.

It wasn't long ago that everyone was worried about the population bomb and within a few short decades global birth rates are now declining. What's going on? What is driving such a rapid change in the number of children people are having and should we do anything about it?

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