This essay appears in audio format at the beginning of The Portal Podcast, Episode 33. Hello, this is Eric with a few thoughts to share that have been on my mind this week before we get to this episode’s conversation. I want to share a line of thinking that many of you initially may find […]
Josh Wolfe of Lux Capital is a leading mind in the current wave of venture capitalists making waves. While aware of each other for some time, in this episode Josh sits down with Eric for their first meeting. Together the two explore various topics from comparing notes on their encounters with Jim Watson of DNA fame, […]
“If you pretend the system’s working, you’re simultaneously signaling that you’re one of the few people who should succeed.” – Peter Thiel In this portal podcast clip, Eric Weinstein discusses the slowing rate of technological advancement with Peter Thiel.
This essay appears in audio format at the beginning of The Portal Podcast, Episode 32. Hello, this is Eric with some thoughts before we get to this week’s main conversation. What I want to talk about initially this week is the real raison d’être for long-form podcasting as I see it. I would like to […]
It is said that there is not one American dream but many, and few have lived more than JD Vance. Growing up in Appalachia on the border between poverty and the lower working class, JD knew economic fear first hand as well as the cultural devastation of the region’s post-coal era. Working his way up, he joined […]
“Real knowledge, I think, has become too dangerous to transmit, and real knowledge doesn’t know what social norms are.” – Eric Weinstein In this portal podcast clip, Eric Weinstein discusses the evolution of knowledge as it goes from being revolutionary to being dangerous.