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#163 – Eric Weinstein: Difficult Conversations, Freedom of Speech, and Physics

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Episode • Feb 23, 2021 • 2h 44m
Podcast: Lex Fridman Podcast (LS 77 · TOP 0.01% what is this?)
Episode: #163 – Eric Weinstein: Difficult Conversations, Freedom of Speech, and Physics
Pub date: 2021-02-23

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OUTLINE:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(07:27) – Aliens and physics
(11:12) – Breaking the frame of conversation
(12:56) – Time travel across multiple dimensions
(19:07) – Is the government in possession of alien spacecraft?
(25:31) – Freedom of speech
(36:49) – Elon Musk
(38:07) – Idealism of every era
(41:26) – Non-locality of free speech in the Internet age
(47:03) – Glenn Beck
(48:57) – Joe Rogan
(53:41) – Freedom and fear
(55:14) – Jeffrey Epstein
(58:53) – Aaron Swartz
(1:04:29) – Jeffrey Epstein and Geometric Unity
(1:24:04) – Cancel culture
(1:26:06) – Alex Jones
(1:35:01) – Curtis Yarvin
(1:39:40) – Michael Malice
(1:42:00) – Intellectual Dark Web
(1:48:52) – Innovation
(2:02:10) – Economics
(2:09:29) – Cryptocurrency
(2:15:37) – Geometric Unity paper
(2:32:42) – David Goggins challenge
(2:34:05) – Father and son



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