Peter Thiel – Why Universities Have Failed
In this Portal podcast clip, Eric Weinstein and Peter Thiel talk about the failure of institutional education, and what to do about it.
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Vitalik Buterin – Organized Crime & the Future of Crypto
In this Portal podcast clip, Eric Weinstein and Vitalik Buterin discuss the future of cryptocurrencies and their potential role in organized crime. Quotes from this video: “If you create a group that just goes fundamentally against the vast majority of people’s values, then it’s just going to be hard to find volunteer effort for that […]
Bryan Callen – The Decline of Socially Diverse Conversation
In this Portal podcast clip, Eric Weinstein and Bryan Callen discuss the decline in conversations between individuals with many different viewpoints and backgrounds.
The Portal Podcast #038: Mass Media, Markets, and Human Malware: A Portal Q&A
With this release, we try something a little different on The Portal. We begin an initiative to search for ways to feature members of the vibrant Portal sub-communities as part of the podcast itself, by requesting that listeners send in their questions around the prompt: “Mass media, markets, and human malware.” The questions that came […]
RACISM, EPSTEIN & PHYSICS | Eric Weinstein & Mike Rashid
Mike Rashid King is a professional boxer, entrepreneur, fitness & lifestyle enthusiast. He began boxing as an amateur at age 12, and stopped at age 21. Picked up the sport again in 2017, and turned pro as a heavyweight a year later in 2018. Mike has also competed as a power lifter, and played many […]
Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal: Eric on how he generates ideas, BLM’s Marxism, and why he doesn’t use nootropics
This is another deviating episode, this time focusing on Eric Weinstein. We delve deep into a deconstruction process on his cognition, where he exposes his thought process more here than anywhere else — a refreshing take. Outline 0:00:00 Introduction 0:00:29 Eric Weinstein’s projects and humanity’s future 0:01:35 How false utopias affect humanity 0:02:01 What projects […]