Eric on Big Think: Capitalism 2.0 Will Include a Healthy Dose of Socialism
Guest Appearances, Longform
America is falling behind when it comes to leadership, and it’s pretty much directly correlated to how we value people with technical brains. They aren’t given enough power, so much of the American way of the last 50 to 60 years or so has…
Eric on Big Think: AI Can Now Self-Reproduce — Should Humans Be Worried?
Guest Appearances, Longform
Those among us who fear world domination at the metallic hands of super-intelligent AI have gotten a few steps ahead of themselves. We might actually be outsmarted first by fairly dumb AI, says Eric Weinstein. Humans rarely create products…
Eric on Big Think: Embrace Contradictory Ideas to Reach New Intellectual Heights
Guest Appearances, Longform
We know it’s a myth that “humans only use 10% of their brains,” but there might be a function of your mind that you’re neglecting to use: its sandboxes. Eric Weinstein borrows this term from computer science to explain the potential…
Eric on Big Think: Genius Is Not about Excelling at Something—It’s about Doing Things Differently
Guest Appearances, Longform
We want our surgeons to be excellent. We wants our classical music performers to be excellent. But do we really want excellence everywhere? This is the provocative line of thought economist and mathematician Eric Weinstein is currently chasing.…
Modern Wisdom Clips | “DEI Has To Be Destroyed”
Chris and Eric Weinstein discuss why DEI isn’t benefiting…
Modern Wisdom Clips | “DEI Has To Be Destroyed”
Chris and Eric Weinstein discuss why DEI isn’t benefiting…
The Portal Podcast #042: Cashing Out My Trump and IDW Positions
Transcript
Hello, You’ve found The Portal. I’m…
Modern Wisdom Clips | “DEI Has To Be Destroyed”
Chris and Eric Weinstein discuss why DEI isn’t benefiting…
Eric at TEDx Youth @ Hillsborough, A radical take on education
This talk explores a radical new approach to childhood education…
Bitcoin 2023 | The Intellectual Rabbithole | Eric Weinstein & Robert Breedlove
The Intellectual Rabbithole fireside chat with Eric Weinstein…
Peter Thiel – Why Universities Have Failed
In this Portal podcast clip, Eric Weinstein and Peter Thiel…
This Model Explains Media Manipulation
A summary of the Four Quadrant Model and a preview of the third…
The Portal Podcast #042: Cashing Out My Trump and IDW Positions
Transcript
Hello, You’ve found The Portal. I’m…