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Lex Fridman #163 | Eric on Difficult Conversations, Freedom of Speech, and Physics

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OUTLINE: 0:00​ - Introduction 1:29​ - Aliens and physics 5:14​ - Breaking the frame of conversation 6:59​ - Time travel across multiple dimensions 13:10​ - Is the government in possession of alien spacecraft? 19:33​ - Freedom of…

The Portal Podcast #038: Mass Media, Markets, and Human Malware: A Portal Q&A

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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…

Wealth Transfer

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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…

The Portal Podcast #033: Josh Wolfe – The Mind Financing The Future

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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…

Secular Stagnation & Why It Matters – Peter Thiel

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"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…

The Portal Podcast #016: Tyler Cowen – The Revolution Will Not Be Marginalized

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In this episode, Eric sits down with Tyler Cowen to discuss how/why a Harvard educated chess prodigy would choose a commuter school to launch a stealth attack on the self-satisfied economic establishment, various forms of existential risk,…