Hello you savages. Get my free Reading List of 100 life-changing books here - chriswillx.com/books/ Get a Free Sample Pack of all LMNT Flavours with your first box at drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom Get a 20% discount on Nomatic’s amazing luggage at nomatic.com/modernwisdom Get 5 Free Travel Packs, Free Liquid Vitamin D and more from AG1 at drinkag1.com/modernwisdom Get $350 off the Pod 4 Ultra at eightsleep.com/modernwisdom (use code MODERNWISDOM) Here's the timestamps: 00:00 Will They Allow Trump to Be President? 12:02 Making Joe Rogan Look Like a Kamala Supporter 16:48 The Illusions of Politics 31:07 Is Google Influencing the Election? 43:03 How Physics Became Boring & Safe 52:40 Is String Theory Just a Shiny Distraction? 1:03:44 Why String Theory Still Gets Funded 1:07:41 Science’s Main Problems 1:13:45 The Danger of Criticism Capture 1:26:19 Eric’s Antidote for Cancelling People 1:36:15 Why Content Creation is So Exhausting 1:53:21 Why Chris Memes Everything 2:06:10 The Dynamics of Interviewing & Conversation 2:16:18 Trying to Live a Life of Agency 2:25:53 Advice for People Who Don’t Fit in 2:33:38 Overcoming Impossible Situations 2:38:17 Complex Shapes, Geometry & Dimensions 2:49:09 The Internet is Destroying the Sacred 3:02:44 “What Can Be, Unburdened By What Has Been” 3:19:06 Eric’s Thoughts on JD Vance
The 'brink of revolution' may well hinge on how we choose to implement AI in our society. If AI is leveraged primarily to benefit an elite minority, as we've seen with many technological advancements, we could be headed for significant social upheaval. I think that will be the final nail in the coffin.
Something is seriously f'ed when a dude with a long, long, long history of making money with the same man who has hand groomed JD Vance's VP selection and funded Trump's campaign election has his lead hedge fund guy come on podcasts to tell us something "strange" is happening out there. Are you kidding me??? Billionaires like Peter Thiel (and his "Paypal Mafia" buddy, Elon Musk) buying up social media entities, going on podcasts with former reality show contestants (Williamson) and hosts (Rogan) while supporting reality show hosts (Trump) for the highest job in the land is what is "strange" out there. Not only is all this strange, it is f'n weird that these dudes think they can pull the wool over our eyes and tell us up is down and black is white. Wake up, people...
I don't know if I understood that, fully. So, it's not to show you a fake reality and make you think it's real, which I think "fooling" is. But instead, instructing. As in, what, gaslighting? I don't fully comprehend. Got any ideas for me?
Yup its called KARMIC REPTRABUTION. The Sheep will VOLUNTEER to be DESCIEVED WITH OUT EVER KNOWING THE TRUE INTENTION. So its like EVIL people will be evil with out ever being noticed hahaha and lol they wont go to hell hahahah
@@father3dollarbillPeople are being instructed in the United Kingdom. They are unhappy with the mass illegal migration of foreigners who are roaming around cities in mobs with machetes unchecked by the police whilst those who complain about them on social media get sentenced to prison for multiple months. The latter is instructive in the same way yanking on the choke chain of a puppy makes it into an obedient dog who loses the impulse to think for himself. The former demonstrates an injustice of two-tier policing which is an apparent _de facto_ enforced authoritarianism extending out of a _status quo_ which gave forces more powers under the pandemic lockdowns, and if you question it you are islamophobic and if you complain about exhibitionists cavorting in front of small children then you are transphobic. It is intolerable, but thankfully I got banned from Twitter for questioning who really shot at Trump. So much for free speech, Elon.
As one of the aforementioned hillbillies from Kentucky, I was stunned when Eric started talking about my home and my people and the demoralization and depression we've faced for decades. It's refreshing to hear someone mention us on a platform as big as this. Corporations came in and stripped our resources and then left us for dead. Coal camps, company script were the slavery he was referring to. The government never gave a shit about us. All I can feel is cynical towards America. If there's a politician who does care, they'll be assassinated. The tragedy is waking up on a planet full of wonder and mystery and excitement, and the next moment realizing you have to go do some bullshit you hate all day because the psychopaths managing reality just see you as a piece of meat to rape for their profit.
Southern WV born and raised...amen brother. My grandfather grew up on Whitehouse Rd. And migrated here from Kentucky in the 50s. He was a Kentuckian to the end.
It’s a bit of theater in America. They tell you to be terrified of the unknown and support wars everywhere. But the greatest country in the world can’t even take care of its own citizens yet we can supply the world with weapons to bring us closer to WW111.
Hi there Mr Hillbilly - don't be sad/cynical. When I saw Harris on the horizon I promised myself (and others) I'll never be cynical again and stop me if I am. Regardless if there is/are gods/goddesses/inbetweeners - we the believers determine our own reality! The universal sign of mental health is to affirm life. Nothing more. Nothing less. Try it!
@@samuelphillian1286 Unfortunately for the Amish in Pennsylvania the game doesn't care that you don't want to play. The game plays them and is forcing their rules into their world. Check out Robert Barnes who is defending them (Amos Miller) against the State shutting down their farms for selling unpasteurized milk and dairy products.
This is the 2nd time i watched through this podcast and i still can't help shedding a tear when Eric W relates his Hoi An's experience. It's the best part of the podcast for a VNmese who fled Communism after the war. Thank you to both of you for this precious broadcast. ❤
@@AllTheWorldsAStage88Do you mean the CIA, USAID and the Atlantic Council? The CiA is basically the stick, or sometimes the snake. USAID is the carrot, but sometimes the club, and the Atlantic Council is mostly the hidden influence directing both, sometimes in harmony with but sometimes in spite of any particular leadership.
@@brooklyndecker9470 I can’t imagine why anyone ever thought he _wouldn’t_ win. Weinstein’s point was that he didn’t know if he’d be allowed to be president. There’s still almost a month to go before he takes office, and 2 attempts have already been made on his life. Those are just the ones we know about. But yeah, it was always a bold prediction. Eric has set himself up to defend his claim vs most scenarios. If Trump is president and gets nothing done, Eric can say that is what he meant by not “being allowed” to be president. If he dies of natural causes, Eric will question the naturalness. If there’s turmoil or drama within the executive brace, still Eric can say that was always what he meant
Every day, I say "today is the day I will not think of these things - I'll give it a rest". But, then I can't seem to turn away. I am so torn between just controlling what I can control and thinking that if I don't pay attention then I will be part of the problem.
I know people like that, and I'm the same. Some people can do that with no problem. others, like myself (in the past), can't seem to decide which path/way to follow. To pay attention, otherwise we think we're part of the problem. Or don't and only focus on what we can do. There is a way to do both and not suffer. It's a mindset. I won't bore people with a long post, though.
I’m so fcking tired of it all. Lied to, poisoned, corruption - all of it in front of your face and no one can do anything about it? I want to get away from it all, I have no social media, and I still can’t.
@@father3dollarbill I'll gladly read your long post. I think part of my issue is that I have 13 year old. I'm not so sure that I would be as torn if she weren't here.
@@kimberlyf4888Same, I could let go of it easily when I was younger, but now I am reaching my 30 and thinking about having children and my mind just became obsessed with the world’s potential problems. If we don’t have children it doesn’t matter, almost all religions believe eventually we would be doomed and need external help, it’s kind of obvious, why bother even trying in an unbeatable game if you were just alone.
Eric Weinstein’s ability to articulate unprecedentedly complex societal problems/issues, without belittling others in the process, is an extraordinarily rare skill/talent that we need so much more of in the world today.
@@AKaczor2024then half the country can't take you seriously. He found a way to be president with every public and media apparatus against him.....after he found a way to be a celebrity.......after he found a way to be a best selling author......after he found a way to be a billionaire. How many of those do you check off?
@@AKaczor2024 Trump is clearly very intelligent. There is no way you can lead a life like his, being successful in so many endeavors, without being very intelligent.
@@marcusbrsp Give me at least $300 million and 45 years, and I'll be a shitton richer than Donald Trump with his exact advantages in life. I guess, by your logic, all the Real Housewives are brainiacs. No.
Fortunately, we are not a Democracy, are a Sovereign Representative Republic, and are not ruled by an International Order. That is the Fear of that " World Order " , and that they will do ANYTHING to prevent Trump from being certified as President again, if he is duly elected by the Electoral College. It is also fortunate that our Founding Fathers were aware of those that would come along like Weinstein in his Ivory tower, and to beware of them. Individual freedoms surmount Democracy, which is why the word is not written into the Declaration of Independence.
When my husband applied for Social Security for the first time at 66, we were met with two of the most dismissive and less than knowledgeable women to handle his transition into retirement. When I posed a couple of relevent questions on his behalf, I received nothing less than sarcastic laughter and/or a glare of disdain. I have heard many other similar experiences when dealing with a civil service employee. Perhaps trimming the fat is long overdue. Pontificate all day, but I admire Trump's tenacity to clean house. We do no healthy body any favors when we allow them to skate through the system on the dime of hard working citizens.
You poor thing .. The fat trimming is going to be to your husbands social security and to Medicare . And to the VA and to every other program to help the elderly , poor , middle class . People like you are going to suffer from what Trump is going to do to you . I’m sure you will choose not to believe that . But you will eventually . Remember this post when the day comes that you realize what you and every other person that voted for Trump has done to themselves and this country .
Eric’s grandfather saying, “You owe the world your eyes.” Only you see what you see, from your perspective. Beautiful!! I am a 50 year old woman, a housewife for 25 years , and now a single parent. I savor these conversations, between the two of you. Literally, listening and pausing to reflect. It gives me such hope, to continue to offer myself, as myself, to a culture that wakes up to demoralize and destroy the beauty of simplicity. Thank you for your offering, of each conversation!
I am about 50 minutes and it's obvious Eric is trying to sound smart without making any point at all. Apparently he thinks the government knows enough about physics to trick the smartest physicists in the world to work on string theory for 5 decades?
As someone with at least one foot remaining in academia as a physicist, Eric's comments about how ideologically captured that field is is spot on. One of the things that surprises me is how fast people go from thinking critically and in detail about their own field/research, and then as soon as a subject with political connotations comes up the brain turns off and the orthodoxy emerges.
@a.cameron207 Hi Cameron, I agree completely, and I've never heard anyone voice those thoughts. I've been thinking the exact same thing for a long time. It's very refreshing to hear someone say that. Highly intelligent, productive people, using their brains all day long, the moment politics enters the equation, none of that intellect or common sense seems to bleed over. It's always confounded me.
@@fernando3061 I think most of them like myself had left religion early in life and considered themselves unsusceptible to cults, which makes them even more susceptible. They also largely are not fans of athletics and need something like a political team to tap into that tribal warfare urge (which is why I think the left has gotten so censorial and militaristic)
I am a 75 year old wife (of 54 years), mother and grandmother. I have never been so challenged as I have been , while listening to these two very intelligent men ! Thank you both for sharing this , time -well -spent , and very appreciated by so many . My mind has been “blown away” ! It is 3 am and now I don’t know how I will be able to settle my mind down to be able to sleep !!! It was well worth it dear gentlemen . Good night and again , thank you both . 👍👏🏻😴
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We have many of those late night moments. My grandfather for many, many years was a hardcore Democrat. 2002 he switched over to Republican and said those Democrats are crazy and he developed a fierce hatred for Nancy Pelosi. FIERCE! He passed in 2017 at 102 and lived a very healthy 100 years. Unless there is a complete rebuilding of our government starting from FDA, CDC and AMA, then work our way to remove Corporate dominance, we will never regain the US and we as seniors just worry what will our family in the future suffer?
they are frauds.. kinda funny how bad your people judgement is after 75 years. weinstein talks about string theory and physics and HE NEVER EVEN PUBLISHED A PAPER. HES A NOBODY IN THE FIELD! REAL SCIENTISTS LAUGH ABOUT HIM!
At least you finally came around. I've been aware of all this for 40 years. I am 57 years old now. I'd suggest you read a book POLITICAL PONEROLOGY. Read it and your enlightenment will increase a thousand times.
The good or bad thing about hearing Eric Weinstein speak is that you can’t listen to him on autopilot. Paying attention through the entire conversation is a must...
Chris Williamson! This guy, Eric, is too intelligent for most people to interview for 3 hrs and get anything good out.... You did it fantastically!!!!🎉
Watched a fair bit when it came out and again now . Eric likes to play the maestro/pied piper alright, but what he saying are immutable truths ...or immutable truisms . Either way he has a fair idea of how the political and social landscape lays in the US
I'm here to leave a positive comment. I struggled at times with the conversation intellectually, I understand my own limitations. Listening to this conversation pushes me. That's positive. Well done. I know I'm not the only one who felt this way.
You're not alone! Yes, you will be challenged, we all are when these two are engaged. Society needs examples of proper discourse with tough topics that question narrative that defies logic or reason. RUclips is great for the ability to stop, reference check, contemplate, digest and continue. This podcast introduced some high level concepts and went further than expected into the complexity of the systems at play. I personally believe this podcast is a must watch, in it's entirety regardless of how long it takes.
the more you absorb the easier it gets. My mom alwaYs said reading makes you smarter but also being exposed to conversations such as these, with a dictionary on the ready to look up defiintions (google) of words your not used to. It does indeed make you smarter. Never stop learning ;).
These talks with Eric are some of the most important talks we're having about our society. I wish more people would have these conversations in this manner.
I don't believe in some careful balance. I believe there are people making self centered decisions and they are exploiting each other. The Democrats publish talking points for the team and they all have to repeat those points if they want to be part of the party.
Appreciate Eric's explanation/definition of 'democracy' in the first 10 minutes or so. Can't be any clearer. Whatever it is is not trying to fool you it's trying to instruct you.
Eric is touching on a key point here, that Trump is a Nationalist, not a Republican or Democrat, and is against the agenda of the Military Industrial Complex
Not anymore - for Trumps entire life until 2020 he was a nationalist, that’s what MAGA is about, and “America First” is about. However, after they kept raiding him, having the FBI bust into his property and fake photos of “classified” documents, have DA’s in NYC target him unconstitutionally and get ridiculous NYC juries to convict him for a misdemeanor accounting issue that was already past the statute of limitations, DA turned it into a felony and he got convicted / fined insane money - a clear weaponization of the judicial system, literal banana republic stuff - and why? Because he wasn’t compromised, he wanted to put AMERICANS first, he questioned the purpose of NATO and why America is primarily funding it while all the European nations rip us off and give their citizens universal healthcare and tons of social benefits because they don’t need to maintain their own defense industry - Trump upset the corrupt global order - globalists, internationalists etc and they’ve attacked him ever since. This time around he’s become much softer in his approach, he’s staying away from all those hit button issues, and most importantly he’s taking HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS from special interest donors - especially from Israeli interests. Trump is now MUCH more like a standard Republican, they’ve apparently captured him like they capture everyone - he wants to allow MORE “legal” immigration and H1B visas, costing more Americans their jobs…. He’s not the same Trump anymore at all.
Trump made a back room deal for a second term. He supports Israel and stops the Ukraine conflict while also resupplying nato with more European money involved. He also agreed to step up the domestic surveillance and do nothing regarding section 230 and free speech. He may talk about free speech but he will make no move outside of talk to protect it.
Chris, you have become one of the best interviewers of all time! I’m almost 60 years old and I’ve never seen an interviewer provoke such thoughtful and awe inspiring conversations with your guests and your own intelligence and insights, especially for a young person, give me hope in the future for my adult children.
Simple. As soon as you wake up from the brain-washing it liberates your ingenuity. We are a lot more powerful and creative than they want us to think we are
The first 12 minutes of this podcast blew my mind. I had to stop it after an hour to digest what was being said. This morning I started it again and the first 12 minutes hit harder than the first time I listened to it, so I stopped and listened to the first 12 minutes again. What I think of it comes down to this quote: “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety” Benjamin Franklin I could write a 1000 word article on this, but Eric Weinstein says it more concisely, eloquently and brilliantly than I ever could. Suffice to say, the rules based international order structures that were put in place to keep the world from war and keep the markets open (post WW2) have hit a wall. It’s also obvious to all, that trying to push through that wall is causing the status quo to collapse through the implementation of population control tactics. Though they’ve kept them more or less in place through the illusion of democracy, the deep state is fearful that you can’t keep international alliances and agreements stable with someone at the helm (a populist candidate) willing to risk changing the status quo. The problem of course now is the rot eating at the core of these institutions tasked with keeping the status quo, is only growing and has been for decades. The warmongering, the money laundering, the criminal activities are so blatant at this point that the American public have become the human shields (and victims) of the deep state. These international agreements and interests are giving license to these players to feel justified in abominable behaviors, operations, crimes, and thefts, while hiding them behind claims of national security and the democratic process. Slowly over decades they’ve managed to turn over the safeguards of the constitution to maintain their illusionary visions of keeping the world safe.
I think it's worse than that. They are just looting the system because they know it will collapse soon. All of these machinations are designed to milk the last little bit. Once that is done they will default on the debt and usher in the new totalitarian regime. It will be easy, because everyone will be starving.
That’s what I was pondering too. Are they trying to maintain the status quo because that’s the only thing propping our system up? Or are they doing it to keep themselves in power? Some of both maybe? I’m going to listen to the beginning again myself.
@@Scott_Buchanan It is Malthusian Ecosocialist Cryptofascism. Watch enough of James Lindsay's _New Discourses_ podcasts and you will realise that this is the trend which opposes Trump.
It is the same oligarchy running what has become a Puppet State illegal unconstitutional Shadow Government the past 3 years with Biden as a figurehead. Empty suit Kamala will be just a puppet figurehead too.
You haven't known who has been running the government for 3 years. Joe Biden was not. All the people that were in charge when Obama was in charge are still in charge. Obama was a puppet. Biden was a bad puppet. But it's the same people in charge. That's why they threw such a hissy fit when Trump got into office and tried to get rid of him as fast as possible because they couldn't do their job
Oh man. I thought that I was gonna listen to an entertaining and informative conversation between two great thinkers..... But instead I'm gonna struggle sleeping for the foreseeable future. We really are living in absolutely terrifying times. We need more conversations like this.
there isn't much you can watch these days that doesn't lead to existential dread, it is permeating everything from sport, music, science entertainment media ect.
Fear not! God is in control. The Bible outlines ALL of this as well as the near and distant future events to come. Brace yourself… things are going to get MUCH MUCH worse before the glorious end.
The most important thing we can do as a society is wake the hell up. Realizing that there is a problem leads to making a decision to learn more about the problem, talking to others and waking them up too, and deciding whether you will go along with whatever happens or if you will do your part to affect change.
One of my favorite areas and a lot of family in Hazard KY then on through the gap into VA. Amazing people ❤!!! Come from a long line of coal miners from Bonny Blue, VA (in fact both of my parents’ families were there at the same time which had nothing to do with my parents meeting & marrying much much later in life. I know my maternal grandmother was a child at that time and my paternal grandfather, a very young man who worked as police officer for this small town & truly mining community). Ironically, my paternal grandfather also ended up working at the “Energy Plant” in Oak Ridge TN … yes that area & maintained a full farm in Pennington Gap, VA … so much there .. layers of history that most do not know about and I’m still learning. Thank you for sharing ❤! @EricWeinsteinPhD
Same here !!!! I think there was 13 kids in the Family !!! Coal mining was a must if you like to eat . From Preachers on the hill above Bunny Breads Facility and Gulf Oil and Gas which my dad worked there ! Been many a moons since I’ve been there but Harlan’s my home while I was a kid !!! Loved those mountains !!!
I often wish I could thank Eric personally for his willingness to continue to speak publicly even though I know he would rather have led a much less well known person in the public square. He is the one person who has the largest budget with me. He’s earned it and then some. You allow him to be free and to be himself, Chris. I really appreciate that. He often ends up bogged down by the person he is in conversation with instead of being given the space to bring his vast knowledge and unique experience of the world to bare in trying to make sense of the strangeness we are all living in.
I agree to a degree. I don’t appreciate Chris interrupting him like a kid trying to regurgitate or toss in other points, to appear as smart or smarter. Chris can be a tiresome host. He stops the thought flow and changes directions way too often. I wish he’d host the conversation with a less invasive approach.
Once public knowledge is held to a standard of honesty that matches our authority, We the People will come back into our power, and the gov't criminals will no longer influence our lives negatively or be able to hide their crimes. Then, and only then will the division between two "factions" of Americans be smoothed by knowledge into unity. It can't be fixed with criminal dirt acting as if THEY are "helping' us. Trump will return suddenly and the criminals will fry. We've KNOWN something was wrong, before the vietnam war cost so much that all that printed money forced Tricky to dissolve gold convertibility and ensure that inflation moved us into poverty. This is the root of the anger from young folks. If they understood that when they work hard and smart, that they will be able to live like Americans of old. Gold backed money is key, and honest gov't are the keys and are coming soon.
Absolutely wonderful I have been in this fight with the Buckleys and the Kochs my whole life and my father and his friends who were born around 1889 and in the 1890s before me. They were close to 50 when I was born and they raised me on CS Lewis and warned me we never got rid of the Nazis
As a conservative who voted for Trump, (watching after the election), I found this discussion extremely illuminating. While I might not agree with all the ideas presented here, this is a fascinating look into the intelligentsia on the other side. I would LOVE to see a discussion between you and Jordan Peterson.
@@letsroll492 I've read a bunch of Bible and it never says that anywhere... It is from an interview where he was asked about Justin Trudeau when he was still trying to get elected.... He knew exactly what he was saying...
I thought I had a good grasp on the English language until I listened to these two men speaking. It's not just the words, it's the way they articulate. Very intelligent blokes
Comments on this comment by people who have never had something so interesting to say that would get 12m views on a channel with 3m subscribers. Everyone’s a critic, but give them a blank sheet and it’ll come back with a collection of scratched doodles 😂
Got into a discussion with a liberal along the lines of bias in the work place. I asked, "Go into work tomorrow wearing a MAGA hat and see what happens." He responded with "Shit, I would be fired before I got to my desk." he trailed off at the end realizing what he had just said. It was a Red Pill moment.
I've already lived that reality. I worked for a healthcare company for 10 years. I knew most of the team were Democrats. I managed to make them believe that I didn't follow politics at all until we were doing a Zoom call and when I went to share my screen, I goofed and had a browser window open that had a pro-Trump page up and a bunch of the people on the call got all weird and quiet. The next day, a few of them kept bringing up derogatory "maga" topics like they were trying to get a response out of me. One of the guys I work with let it out that he was Republican and it shouldn't matter what I believe. They eliminated both our jobs (we are software engineers and we were already understaffed). Luckily we got a severance and I had enough saved that I haven't had to go back to work yet.
@@StrangersIteDomumthat's not cognitive dissonance. Liberalism is not inherently meritocratic. Meritocracy ideals are liberal by category, but that doesn't make them one in the same. Liberals believe in 'personal freedoms' and "equity" above all else, not pragmatism. Otherwise they would be the 'pragmatic' party rather than the "liberal" party.
That's totally opposite from jobs that people use their hands to work. People that use their hands to work are more real world experience. College a.k.a. Educated. Has a tendency to be indoctrinated. Are taught to believe whatever the government tells you is true. Do you honestly believe that they got rid of operation mockingbird. Or operation MK ultra. They say they did but I seriously doubt that they did not according to the political landscape these days. No matter what side of the bird you fly It's the same bird. And our overlords like to keep us confused and fighting with each other so that we don't rebuild against them. Can you imagine how much taxes we would pay if we united. One thing is for sure though this country is heading towards an economic disaster. . Socialist marxist
I studied electrical engineering in the 80’s. 5 years for a 4 year degree. NOT ONCE was the name Tesla mentioned. It was only several years later that I read about him independently. (Nearly all of our ac tech has its roots in Tesla’s discoveries.) I have since observed that nearly every subject has been altered to hide things. His comments on ‘manufactured reality,’ etc. are the ‘tip of the iceberg.’
It's because Tesla wanted to give the world wireless electricity and you can't put a meter on wireless electricity. And if you are even tangentially associated with electronics and electricity and you go looking into or experimenting with Tesla's ideas you're a crazy person.
Listening to Eric is like breathing in fresh air after a rain. A healthy jolt to your system. His discussions are thoughtful, intelligent, articulate all at once
What i like is even though his background is liberal, he still tries to be objective, as he can try to do. So def someone who is a good example that models what "Unity" sounds like. a logical democrat
I planned to give it 30 minutes but of course stayed to the end, the refreshing difference is because they just talk the honest truth, instead of the twisted lies and propaganda that mainstream media push onto us.
I mowed the lawn, cleaned the kitchen, and did laundry. thank you guys for helping me do all that. Now if I could just get 3 more hrs I could clean my room too.
I have no idea how this video ended up on my feed but I am absolutely fascinated by this conversation. Admittedly, I've never heard of either of you but I will be seeking content from both of you from this point forward. Thank you both for this highly intellectual interaction.
@JohnJosephBurhop it arrived on your feed to engage you in their brainwashing and suppress the vote. He packages it all up to sound so smart and of course there's always truth mixed in. Watch out. This stuff is designed for a purpose and he has a dog in the fight. He and his theories have been rejected by the scientific community. Look up criticisms of his work by people who haven't lost the notes that prove their premise.
Chris, I've been listening to your podcasts literally daily for a year, I'm hopelessly addicted. You continue to evolve into an immensely knowledgeable, articulate and well adjusted man, the topics you broach are very often the most avant garde, you approach them in a fair manner, and your guests are brilliant. You've put me onto so many other super sharp intellectuals who I now closely follow, but Eric Weinstein is my all time favourite. I become entranced listening to your discourse with him. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for all you have taught me. I'm a 31 yr old woman in Sydney Australia who is halfway through her masters in clinical psychology. Watching the steady upward projection in your career brings me much joy.
Mr. Weinstein. I am not an American. I am an Dutch guy who for the last 40 years studied everything what i could about what was happening behind the screens. Like the coup in Iran to get rid of the Shah. And everything around that. And so so much more. I want to speak out that i have an incredible amount of respect for you. Not once have i heard something put it all so together as you. It even shocks me how right you are. Those behind the screens wants to still keep the veil closer. Even if that means the death of millions and millions of innovent lifes lost. We are at the brink of some sad times. With terrible suffering for many.
I disagree with the "Trump is really intelligent" he's instinctive not a thinker. He will say and believe 2+2=22 if he thinks it will get the right reaction. The people who worked with him in the past administration all say the same thing he's dangerous to reinstate as POTUS because this time around he knows to surround himself with people who won't or cannot oppose him not to mention his mental decline as described by high profile psychologists. As bad as or imperfect things are under Trump for the USA and the world it would be analogous to a cancer cell taking control of the body it won't evolve into a better system. Wars can bring catastrophic and uncontrollable change but Trump can be avoided. Plus is having a fraudster and convicted rapist as your leader how you want to be represented on the world stage. Trump may not be a lizard person but he's very close 🦎
"But it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother." George Orwell, 1984
My god there is still emotionally intelligent /high IQ people having a civil conversation on the internet how refreshing. This is what I expect from our politicians this is what Americans deserve.
Not really, just need politicians who actually care and work for the people, accountability and getting rid of the corruption. A majority of the problems are the intell agencies and federal reserve which have allowed the USA to destroy half of the world
Why would any of you expect a politician to be concerned with anyone but themselves? I am not being cynical; it’s just the nature of the beast. Politicians are not leaders; they are there to consolidate and continue power and influence for their own and benefactors interests. Not ours.
At the beginning, Weinstein talked about 2 kinds of conflicting democracy, popular and institutional. Our founding fathers addressed this. They said democracy means majority rule, which always ends in tyranny. This was a known fact back when people were truly educated. So they gave us a constitutional republic instead, which gave us choice but more of a cushion against tyranny. Even so, the people must occasionally fight and correct a system that becomes corrupted over time. We are overdue now.
I am so impressed at how intellectual and transparent this podcast is. I’m blown away how honest Weinstein is with himself, and how he isn’t fixated on being right or forcing his opinion. Rather, these guys just want to both explore concepts, ideas, and problems. I believe this is how genuine thinkers have honest discussion, admit not knowing, and can concede to possibly being mistaken or wrong. Wow.
I really, thoroughly, enjoy listening to Eric. 75% is beyond my understanding, and it mesmerizes me. Chris is a fantastic person for him to sit down with. The level of intelligence and understanding in the room amazes me. Thank God for men like these two men.
I'm 29 minutes in and this is everything I've been waiting for and more so far. Thank you Eric And Chris for this. Everyone in America need to watch this. This needs to be shown in every high school
@@trevorryan2591 I generally need 1.25... but for some reason, I'm having to pause to listen and then process everything he's saying. I almost wonder if I'm being hypnotized by this subject matter. Does he want to confirm everything we believe to be true, but then tell us we need to just accept and live within the reality that's been created for us?
I agree, but for the wrong reason. Eric is like audible porn --- sounds really nice at first glance but completely empty of meaning, and then you feel kinda dirty afterwards.
Man oh man. The last 30 or so minutes was just jaw dropping. This man’s brain is on a level that mankind will one day wish it never lost. Thank you Eric and Chris.
This keeps coming up on autoplay even though I've already heard it, but I just let it play every time, and have a hard time turning it off! I've probably listened to this in its entirety 4 times now. No regrets😂
After listening to Eric, I suddenly have a deep sadness for all the boys who went off to war to "keep our country free" only to die for a corrupt government "establishment" who is part of a global organization.😢
A great plant plays both side to point. His leftest allure draws in the left with smart phrases and analogies that mean nothing but psudo-intellects fall for hook line sinker. Call him out. Don’t let the sense force you to empathize with the deception.
At least they thought they were heros. I feel sorry for the veterans that know they helped create today's world. I love you guys. ❤️ It's not your fault you were lied to as teens. But now you know. Save our boys from war and tell them to stay home where they can protect us best.
Dude, this guy isn't smart. Nothing can be learned from him including any emotional insight. And there are plenty of girls in the armed forces. Does their sacrifice mean nothing? I just checked my samsung watch and it is 2024. Feel bad for the poor MAGA people who don't know how to ingest facts anymore. It is crippling to this nation, but imagine how chaotic their life must be.
"I don't like getting energy from hurting people." That's why I respect Eric. That statement, in my opinion, is an aura around him. Classy and raised right. 💯👏🏽
How can a human being be so! Fascinating, funny, sharp and eloquent. I set on the edge of my seat , literally, for almost the entire episode. That was one of the best, most unique, complex conversations I've seen in a long time! Thank you.
This was 3 and a half hours of pure wisdom and insights into the very confusing world we live in now. Eric and his brother Bret are two men I have the upmost respect for. This may have been the most overall interesting podcast I've ever watched/listened too.
Agreed. While it’s clear he’s a very smart guy, it’s more important that he’s genuinely inquisitive and is asking questions to consider the answer, not to signal his own belief. Similar to Rogan, and likely why they’re both popular.
I like him as a person but he's not a good fit for interviewing this guy. He just isn't, he needs to stop pretending he knows what Weinstein is talking about half the time and just ask questions. I can tell when Weinstein is losing him, and Chris is too insecure to say "what does that mean?", anywhere near to the extent necessary for him to truly follow along.
This was very thought provoking, I'm glad it showed up on my feed. Sometimes 3 1/2 minutes is too long to watch someone talk, but in this case, 3 1/2 hours wasn't long enough.
I have a really bad habit of starting Eric Weinstein podcast episodes 15 minutes before the bed time I was planning for and then getting 3 hours less sleep than I was hoping for
I joined the Navy after high school, not too long after September 11th, 2001. My first deployment was a CD ops, during the deployment we off loaded tens of tons of pure cocaine. Every 2.2 lb brick was loaded on pallets, then loaded on 18 wheelers. During the deployment we captured the same mule, twice... On my second duty station, a Naval Hospital, I met a Vietnam veteran who was covered in a full body rash. As a Hospital Corpsman, I checked him in, while taking his vitals and looking over his medical history, he told me a story about his job during the Vietnam War. This veteran has had the same rash, documented, since the late 70's. After the doctor checked him out, I spoke to the commander about the patient and I was informed this rash was all in his head. I questioned this theory because I could see it. I was ordered to drop it. Months later, I volunteered to join the green zone in the Middle East. During this deployment after seeing things and talking to multiple USA B. contractors, spec. Ops, and other soldiers, I became extremely depressed. I came to realize my beautiful republic did not have Honor or at least not at the standards I held, the standards I was taught by my government. The standards that separate us from the terrorists. 17 years and multiple careers later, I have come to realize this infection has infected business, families, social movements, churches, local government, etc... I see this everywhere and it's sad. Now, I work for a 501 (c)3 organization and one day, I woke up and realized my entire life is a badly managed matrix and I am apart of the problem.😢
But you had concern for others and that sets you apart . Your standards are not those of the government you served. That's why we need God back in our country. Keep us sane . Thank you for your service ❤
You joined for the right reasons. There’s no way you could have known the Military Industrial Complex had turned into a global criminal organization. They are very good at keeping the truth compartmentalized. God Bless you. 🫡
Ask Jesus Christ for forgiveness, many were decieved, that's on them and not you. The only one who can save us is Christ alone.God Bkess you as you.Pray for discernment, understanding, wisdom and prudence and Christ will give you those gifts.
15 years ago: "Its just a small number of people. And theyre not bothering you!" Today: "That small number became teachers/politicians/judges. And now theyre forcing this decadence onto your kids." Ron DeSantis said it best; if you have a small problem, solve it before it becomes a big problem!"
I have to comment again: Eric says he was a B- student. My expensive school told that I was "ineducatable". Yet I graduated from Oxford in the subject I found most difficult - economics, despite being hopeless at math (I still have no idea how I passed math). And I've had a 40'year career as a quantitative analyst/economist. So I find Eric's story heartwarming and relatable. Great interview. Thanks.
It's like he said you leverage the thing you are good at. Maybe it was an inhuman degree of persistence, or patience, or making your own analogies to understand rather than memorizing for a test. The funny thing is there's a lot of examples of this part of intelligence being a distinguishing factor, but as a society we still like to reduce it down to how you do on a test. And determining often at the earliest moment possible if you're a "failure" at this attribute, and let that determine your entire future. I guess you found some version of the "cheat code." Good on you.
The same thing was said about Thomas Edison when he was kicked out of school. Me thinks he was too smart for the public school system and intimidated teacher by default.
@@deralufe9094grow up and pull yourself up by the bootstraps. I don’t have a degree. I went to a posh school and ended up dropping out of uni and became a jobbing gardener. Then studied property mastermind and converted my house into 3 flats. Since then have written a book and trained as a counsellor. I don’t belong to a regulatory body cuz they are all ‘woke’ but I get referrals word of mouth. Where there’s a will there’s a way!! C’mon - find a path and follow it. Put your energy behind it. 🤜
Grades are not indicative of intelligence. Grades are indicative of how well you regurgitate what any teacher/professor wants you to regurgitate on things that are given a grade. No adult with a high IQ has difficulty understanding this, as long as that adult has about 3-3.5 decades of experience under their belt and their eyes open.
You know what I love? the comments. This has for the most part started a dialogue that I haven’t seen in a long time. (Barring the nasty folks that just have to put people down for some reason.) This reminds me of discussions we’d have in college. Like a think tank of views. I hadn’t realized how much I’ve missed this type of info sharing. Really good points of view that get you thinking in perhaps a little different direction. Thank you 🌼
I wish I had these kinda conversations, just started a sociology class and chapter 1 from the textbook, bashing Trump and Republicans, and praising the dem party. 🤬
It's conversations like this that simultaneously soothe my soul and terrify it at the same time but ultimately remind me that I'm not alone noticing the insanity.
What bothers me, my gf, desires to live in blissful ignorance to all of it. And blames corporate greed for what most all Americans are facing. I can’t change her mind, I can only keep being me. But can’t help but think, that there are a lot of people out there just like her. That choose to ignore what may be on the horizon.
No alone for sure. My wife keeps complaining about me, my highlighting(?) all the "issues", i.e. too many to name here, the condition of America and the world, but I still try to explain, educate yet, it is times that try men's souls. Sometimes it's like watching the waste in the toilet go round and round, as the water rushes over it and the final sound as it goes bye bye in the dark hole in the bottom of the abyss(toilet). God helps us all.
I hadn't heard of either Chris or Eric before but I'm ending up watching the entire, very long interview. It's truly refreshing to hear two good, highly intelligent men have a calm, reasoned discussion on many interesting topics. A genuine thank-you to both.
You have a lot of catching up to do then! Brett Weinstein, Jordan Peterson, Douglas Murray… You could start with the beginning of Dave Rubin’s show and just binge the first 5 years.
i love Eric- as a Right leaning Republican, his intelligence and composure is the quality opponent we deserve. I wish the left was more like him, we are all Americans first and we should at least fundamentally agree that we strive to be better no matter what side your on.
@@glamoagency5642he’s by all former standards left leaning. As I could say for myself and many others, however, now we are no longer considered left. We aren’t the ones who have moved. The goalposts have.
@@Avas_2cool4u: That's right. Too few people realize that American "conservatives" are trying to _conserve_ the best parts of a _liberal_ revolution/experiment. ("Classical Liberals," they're sometimes called.) Meanwhile, the American left, who formerly called themselves "liberals," have given up on anything liberty-oriented. They are now _totalitarian leftists_ (but, in Orwell-speak, that's called "progressives"). This means the American left are no longer liberal. That means that the American right are the only remaining liberals, and they're trying to _conserve_ the part of liberalism (the "classical" part like free speech, right-of-conscience-to-dissent, Federalism, economic autonomy, and firearms rights) which the left-liberals either have abandoned (freedom-of-speech) or never supported (economic autonomy and firearms rights). That's how it happened that the Democrats became anti-liberal, while the Republicans, who once didn't _seem_ liberal because their _form_ of liberalism was Burkean (pro-traditions, pro-non-governmental-communities), are the _only game in town_ for those who're still liberal.
I am 53, when I talk to my daughter 25, I see her head tilt to see my point of view. When I watch and listen to this podcast I feel my own head tilt. Trying to see things from Mr Weinstein point of view. Thank you.
Life is an illusion of choice, but that's too deep for most people to really consider. Eric, like just about everyone else on every side of every issue, continues to find a way to profit off his own narrative.
And who would ever have thought it, but Alex Jones said it 35 years ago... brilliance can quickly become an understatement when it comes to these incredible minds. May God protect the brave who are both outspoken AND 'out there', where millions can hear it, in the face of a demonic monolithic global entity.
14:13 What's crazy about this clip is that Joe was describing Tulsi. But the MSM claimed that he was talking about Kamala. The part that gives it away is when Joe says, "she served overseas." Kamala has never served overseas nor has she ever been in the military.
I've heard a lot of people speak who sound more educated than intelligent. This man is not one of them. I love how he recalls songs that are relevant to the conversation. There are so many complex thoughts that are distilled well in good music. It's astounding that so few people do this.
@Rockall__ Read it in a leadership book. Smart people don't know how to make people follow them because they cannot articulate what theyre thinking to influence people to follow them. In other words, they struggle to get other people to see their vision and describe their vision.
I don’t know why, but I find this guest to be one of the most fascinating, interesting and entertaining people to listen to. He has a way of speaking the keeps you on the edge of your seat and begging for more.
I always enjoy whenever you sit down with Eric Weinstein. Not only is it packed with knowledge but it's always such a genuine, truth seeking discussion.
When it's too dangerous for college faculty to dissent you know we have problems. College faculty used to LOVE to dissent. They thrived on it. It's really what they are supposed to do.
Yes , when being a proper person was the norm and dissenting meant not wearing a tie or saying Jackson Pollock was talented… that was praised.. now dissent means calling out mass media and modern art as a massive psy op… for control… in many ways the nefarious agenda is the same but the sheep are awakening
This absolutely true. The problem is that the alternative is Project 2025, where _no_ _one_ is able to dissent. Or even vote. Certainly a lesser of evils, but I prefer the illusion where some modicum of self-determination exists. And the world is only faced with 3 or 4 imminent disasters. I guess it beats 4 or 5. $.02 (nominal)
It's the result of power. The same people who once dissented now have power and power corrupts. It's why Democrat have become the Republicans of the early 90s and vice versa. When ever any group attains too much power for too long they become a mirror image of what they replaced.
The Weinstein brothers are 2 of our finest national treasures. You simply leave a better person everytime you listen to them. I would love to listen to a 3 hour plus sit down with Eric/Bret and Peterson
@@CriticalLinkerthis podcast here, I’m having to listen to it, overtime. I can’t take in all of what he is saying, at once, it’s simply too much for my ADD-Brain to handle.
this showed up randomly after what i was previously watching. never heard of Eric Weinstein, barely heard of the interviewer. this was absolutely mindblowing. i didnt think i could be entertained while fully confused at times and out of my comprehensive league. i dont even want to risk sounding phony by raving further but this man is brilliant. he may have sparked an real interest in physics for me. absolutely excellent. 👏🏾
Funny how you are easily 🤔 influenced by this just doesn't pop on but intentional to keep the cabal going. To believe your in control but your not. You got gas lighter by professionals. 😆 I look at black outfits differently now. You are all mourning for the loss of Harris. More like the control crime syndicate will be booted out of The US.
Chris I'm only about 15 minutes in and I want to recognize you for how much you've developed as an interviewer, particularly for a guy like Eric. So far, you've really let him speak, you've prodded for specificity. World-class and well done
After listening to Eric & Chris for 3 hours I am both alternately inspired and tragically, existentially terrified! This has been one of, if not the, most important discussions I've been party to. With all my heartfelt civility, gentlemen, I thank you.
Thank you, but also... now what? We just accept it and stop trying to tell the others? Ignorance really is bliss... but we didn't come here at this time in the history of our souls just to mind our own business.
I still have faith in humanity. It will be slow, but I don’t think humans respond well to being dumbed down, and they’ve taken it too far. People are starting to feel it. They don’t know what it is, but something is up. I wish I had another 60 years to be part of whatever happens!
Thank you very much for this RUclips. This is the second viewing of this work in its entirety. I made it out of 1965 high school by the skin of my tooth. But following your work validates to me that I am not nearly as stupid as my high school teachers constantly told me I was. Eric, you are a breath of fresh air in that I believe you feel you are talking to adults and not children. I will say you have changed what life this 78 year old has left. The highest compliment I can give a person with my limited knowledge is that I would love to float around with you in a small boat fishing for Bass or Crappie. God Bless you and I pray the Force continues to shine on you and yours.
Wow I truly relate to your comment as well. Just found this, maybe the powers that be thought I would ignore this. Nope I love a challenge, like you both do.
I have to say, you literally came up with the best idea ever- to sit in a boat with Eric, undistracted, just to listen to him think, and have time to ask him my own questions. I guess we should buy his book. Lol
His son's experience mirrors the experiences of homeschooling every day. There is so much that is being missed by so many. Kids can get a legit extraordinary education for almost free and be done with their work by noon in high school. The rest of the day can be spent on music, art, creation, business. When people start to figure this out there is going to be some beautiful things happening and the teachers unions and systemic schools will be...angry and beat. Homeschool if you can my friends.
@@strait6Socialization is good, but HS, as it is now, trains them to be serfs. Not citizens. Can a HS graduate navigate the tax code, budget, do math, write properly, or has good health? In general, the standards are lower than it was for our forefathers. It trains them to be docile wrecks.
@@strait6That's only the perception from the outside bc it is so different to the orthodox way. Once you start it, and you discover you get through the curriculum quickly, there are several hours of unstructured and structured play with kids and adults in sport clubs, skateparks, beaches, the neighbourhood park, etc. In the experience of our family it is the opposite......that many school kids become anti social....ironically.
@@gavtalk958 I'm interested. What do use as a curriculum, may I ask? I would love to homeschool, but not sure where to start. I have a 7th grader in private school.
I spend more time pausing Eric's discourse to look up his ideas, acronyms, tropes and memes than I do on entire podcasts by some people. And Chris' willingness to open himself up to be instructed and corrected is key to what I learn. Chris stands in for us, using his own intelligence and knowledge to grease the wheels. We can never know how authentic Eric is being, but even if he is, at times, playing a role, speaking in allegories (rather than truly laying himself bare) there is no question that his intentions are pure. Thank you, both of you.
I like Eric but there are some obv holes in his reasoning. People were willing to take a lark/shot on trump in 16. He's a known quantity as a pol now. And despite what hardcore trumpers say--they are not a majority of the country hell they're not even a majority of republicans more like somewhere around half. Just another faction. If all of the populist/silent majority rhetoric were true he wouldn't have lost last time and wouldn't be in a street fight this time. He'd be sitting pat on an obv landslide. Everything is not a conspiracy. Being on the podcast circuit/trying to stay relevant somehow in a part of it and he has to continually find a way to tell a certain segment something along the lines of what they want to hear. He knows all too well it can be swiped away if he goes too far off-script.
Having worked at both Los Alamos (LANL) and Lawrence Livermore (LLNL) on nuclear weapons and having an active Q clearance at both LANL and LLNL, what Weinstein is talking about, starting at 45 minutes is spot on…dead nuts on…
@@rossgalbraith3878 actually that’s not correct..your allowed to say it, put on your resume, etc. it is a privilege. One you get it, your are educated on exactly what you allowed to do and or sat, and every document etc is classified as to level of security. I take it vey seriously as I completely support my country.
@@chrishartz2397 That's not the training I received. Putting it on your resume is a lot different than broadcasting it to the world on RUclips. But you do you.
In all three cases, Pol Pot, Stalin, and Mao embraced a version of the belief that societies could be remade by breaking with the past. The quote, “What can be unburdened by what has been,” captures the essence of their efforts to destroy history, culture, and people in the name of creating a new order. Their methods of “unburdening” were extreme, often leading to violence, oppression, and the death of millions, as they sought to erase the past to impose their vision of the future.
3 great role models! Let's go for a fourth! I prefer the version of illusion without an overt attempt to "relocate" (read: dislocate) 10mm + human beings. Just sayin' ...
So the 2nd democracy that is supposedly in place to hold up the foundations of democracy one is now purposely trying to destroy democracy one. All the American ideals, traditions, sovereignty, and culture are being puposely destroyed. They are done with the allusion of a democracy. "We fight not against men but against principalities and dominions of darkness"-God Evil has come out of the darkness, it isn't going to hide or pretend anymore. God help us.
I've met DT at a Mar a Lago charity event. I have to agree that his on-screen persona is 100% acting. He is cordial, well-mannered, deliberate, intelligent, and you immediately understand that this person is purely superhuman.
I believe it. Anyone can look up his interviews back in the day with Oprah, Larry King, Tom Snyder, and Rona Barrette and see for yourself how thoughtful, intelligent, and articulate he is and the respect these people had for him or at least the respect they gave him.
I’ve written to him twice while President. Once for sympathy for the death of this brother and he wrote back - a thank you note hand signed the second was to thank him for going to South Korea and stepping across the DMZ in front of the world and our troops, one happened to be my son in the Air Force. I thank him for that on a letter. It took six months, but he sent me back another note thanking my son for his service. A very honorable letter he sent and signed both are framed. That’s the kind of man he is.
Ok, I have heard in interviews from many many individuals that have worked with him directly and have said that his ability to judge and deliberate complex geo strategic positions was close to zero. How do you argue the multitude of individuals that worked with him over his administration speaking out against him? Are they all stupid and/or crazy?? I'm a Reagan Republican and I have never seen such a outpouring of negative opinions from individuals in a presidential cabinet about ANY president, ever.
@@bernardzsikla5640 The only explanation that I can think of is that they were either paid to say those and those individual are within the elite group to propagate the same talking point. So either they are trying to confuse you or its real. I dont expect Donald Trump to have sharp knowledge of Geo politic complexicity from the get go. All president rely on their military head or someone other intelligent to advise them on these issue. so I am not surprised if his judgement was zero. I have never seen a president make China pay for what they did. I never seen a president that was able to make NATO pay their fair share. Things like these doesnt happen if you are in controlled opposition.
@@bernardzsikla5640 Who are these "many, many" individuals? And who was giving these many, many unbiased interviews? I wonder if they were on his side in the first place. Don't you? The "Cabinet" speaking out against him says something about them, don't you think? I'm not calling them stupid or crazy, maybe dangerous and disloyal. You have people that were never willing to support Trump's vision of ending the 20 year wars. Pompeo and Bolton come to mind. I think he is better prepared to surround himself with people he can trust. The comment that "his ability to judge and deliberate complex geo strategic positions was close to zero", I believe that.That is the job of his Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, and many other experts that are part of the Bureaucracy. The same was said of George W. Bush. Same can be said of Bidden and Kamala Harris. However, Trump is able to see and deliberate on the complex economic disaster our country is in. Previous Presidents, including Biden, and proxy Harris, ZERO comprehension. Trump's got a lot to battle, the radical left, Democrats, bureaucracy, intel, military, and people like you, that evidently support what the people against Trump are doing. What are they doing? "What Can Be, Unburdened By What Has Been." They are going to unburden us with what has been and give us a clean slate. No past or history holding you back. Just think, if we didn't have that pesky little Constitution to deal with, but only "What Can Be."
There is a dying breed of classically trained men. Listening to Eric "tap" the "Archival" is a succession plan, that I would like more of. His worldly experience is the most refreshing educational dopamine.
Chris, Good talk with Good talk with Eric. I highly enjoyed that. Long form talks aka ways seem better to me, because we get to see a person behind versus how they represented. I think you have an outgoing personality. Despite your not wanting confrontation. That is a positive
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Here's the timestamps:
00:00 Will They Allow Trump to Be President?
12:02 Making Joe Rogan Look Like a Kamala Supporter
16:48 The Illusions of Politics
31:07 Is Google Influencing the Election?
43:03 How Physics Became Boring & Safe
52:40 Is String Theory Just a Shiny Distraction?
1:03:44 Why String Theory Still Gets Funded
1:07:41 Science’s Main Problems
1:13:45 The Danger of Criticism Capture
1:26:19 Eric’s Antidote for Cancelling People
1:36:15 Why Content Creation is So Exhausting
1:53:21 Why Chris Memes Everything
2:06:10 The Dynamics of Interviewing & Conversation
2:16:18 Trying to Live a Life of Agency
2:25:53 Advice for People Who Don’t Fit in
2:33:38 Overcoming Impossible Situations
2:38:17 Complex Shapes, Geometry & Dimensions
2:49:09 The Internet is Destroying the Sacred
3:02:44 “What Can Be, Unburdened By What Has Been”
3:19:06 Eric’s Thoughts on JD Vance
Sure but then this is a managed dicatorship.
never was the allegory of the cave more valid - people see the reality they want ---- its a lesson 2500 years ago
The 'brink of revolution' may well hinge on how we choose to implement AI in our society. If AI is leveraged primarily to benefit an elite minority, as we've seen with many technological advancements, we could be headed for significant social upheaval. I think that will be the final nail in the coffin.
Looking forward to this
Something is seriously f'ed when a dude with a long, long, long history of making money with the same man who has hand groomed JD Vance's VP selection and funded Trump's campaign election has his lead hedge fund guy come on podcasts to tell us something "strange" is happening out there. Are you kidding me??? Billionaires like Peter Thiel (and his "Paypal Mafia" buddy, Elon Musk) buying up social media entities, going on podcasts with former reality show contestants (Williamson) and hosts (Rogan) while supporting reality show hosts (Trump) for the highest job in the land is what is "strange" out there. Not only is all this strange, it is f'n weird that these dudes think they can pull the wool over our eyes and tell us up is down and black is white. Wake up, people...
14 minutes in and Weinstein said the smartest thing I've ever heard him say. "They aren't trying to fool you, they are instructing you".
I don't know if I understood that, fully.
So, it's not to show you a fake reality and make you think it's real, which I think "fooling" is.
But instead, instructing. As in, what, gaslighting? I don't fully comprehend.
Got any ideas for me?
@@father3dollarbillinstructing the way an “instructor” leads an orchestra.
Yup its called KARMIC REPTRABUTION. The Sheep will VOLUNTEER to be DESCIEVED WITH OUT EVER KNOWING THE TRUE INTENTION. So its like EVIL people will be evil with out ever being noticed hahaha and lol they wont go to hell hahahah
@@father3dollarbill instructing you as to the borders of acceptable discourse and what "the good people" are allowed to believe.
@@father3dollarbillPeople are being instructed in the United Kingdom. They are unhappy with the mass illegal migration of foreigners who are roaming around cities in mobs with machetes unchecked by the police whilst those who complain about them on social media get sentenced to prison for multiple months. The latter is instructive in the same way yanking on the choke chain of a puppy makes it into an obedient dog who loses the impulse to think for himself. The former demonstrates an injustice of two-tier policing which is an apparent _de facto_ enforced authoritarianism extending out of a _status quo_ which gave forces more powers under the pandemic lockdowns, and if you question it you are islamophobic and if you complain about exhibitionists cavorting in front of small children then you are transphobic. It is intolerable, but thankfully I got banned from Twitter for questioning who really shot at Trump. So much for free speech, Elon.
As one of the aforementioned hillbillies from Kentucky, I was stunned when Eric started talking about my home and my people and the demoralization and depression we've faced for decades. It's refreshing to hear someone mention us on a platform as big as this. Corporations came in and stripped our resources and then left us for dead. Coal camps, company script were the slavery he was referring to. The government never gave a shit about us. All I can feel is cynical towards America. If there's a politician who does care, they'll be assassinated. The tragedy is waking up on a planet full of wonder and mystery and excitement, and the next moment realizing you have to go do some bullshit you hate all day because the psychopaths managing reality just see you as a piece of meat to rape for their profit.
Southern WV born and raised...amen brother. My grandfather grew up on Whitehouse Rd. And migrated here from Kentucky in the 50s. He was a Kentuckian to the end.
It’s a bit of theater in America. They tell you to be terrified of the unknown and support wars everywhere. But the greatest country in the world can’t even take care of its own citizens yet we can supply the world with weapons to bring us closer to WW111.
@@victoryovergravity truth
So sad. So cynical. So true.
Hi there Mr Hillbilly - don't be sad/cynical. When I saw Harris on the horizon I promised myself (and others) I'll never be cynical again and stop me if I am. Regardless if there is/are gods/goddesses/inbetweeners - we the believers determine our own reality! The universal sign of mental health is to affirm life. Nothing more. Nothing less. Try it!
I think the Amish figured it out a long time ago. The only way to win in a corrupt game is to opt out of playing the game.
it's not the way to win, but to not to lose.
@@samuelphillian1286 Unfortunately for the Amish in Pennsylvania the game doesn't care that you don't want to play. The game plays them and is forcing their rules into their world. Check out Robert Barnes who is defending them (Amos Miller) against the State shutting down their farms for selling unpasteurized milk and dairy products.
@@mikevars8979 well the ones I interact with as a trucker have massive farms, tons of land, better food than us, huge families, a community, etc
I'm gonna have to choose the corrupt game without the soaking
@@drmedwuast I thought that was Mormon kids in Provo 😆
This is the 2nd time i watched through this podcast and i still can't help shedding a tear when Eric W relates his Hoi An's experience. It's the best part of the podcast for a VNmese who fled Communism after the war. Thank you to both of you for this precious broadcast. ❤
Everyone, including you, isn't asking the question,
"Who is they?"
🤦🏻♂️
@@AllTheWorldsAStage88Do you mean the CIA, USAID and the Atlantic Council? The CiA is basically the stick, or sometimes the snake. USAID is the carrot, but sometimes the club, and the Atlantic Council is mostly the hidden influence directing both, sometimes in harmony with but sometimes in spite of any particular leadership.
Ummm this didn’t age well😂😂 He won and won “bigly”!! And very much on his way to power😂
Trump hasnt been inaugurated yet...@@brooklyndecker9470
@@brooklyndecker9470 I can’t imagine why anyone ever thought he _wouldn’t_ win. Weinstein’s point was that he didn’t know if he’d be allowed to be president. There’s still almost a month to go before he takes office, and 2 attempts have already been made on his life. Those are just the ones we know about.
But yeah, it was always a bold prediction. Eric has set himself up to defend his claim vs most scenarios. If Trump is president and gets nothing done, Eric can say that is what he meant by not “being allowed” to be president. If he dies of natural causes, Eric will question the naturalness. If there’s turmoil or drama within the executive brace, still Eric can say that was always what he meant
Every day, I say "today is the day I will not think of these things - I'll give it a rest". But, then I can't seem to turn away. I am so torn between just controlling what I can control and thinking that if I don't pay attention then I will be part of the problem.
This is my daily struggle. Discernment of truth and reality doesn’t allow any rest or breaks these days. It’s an every waking moment job.
I know people like that, and I'm the same. Some people can do that with no problem.
others, like myself (in the past), can't seem to decide which path/way to follow.
To pay attention, otherwise we think we're part of the problem.
Or don't and only focus on what we can do.
There is a way to do both and not suffer.
It's a mindset. I won't bore people with a long post, though.
I’m so fcking tired of it all. Lied to, poisoned, corruption - all of it in front of your face and no one can do anything about it?
I want to get away from it all, I have no social media, and I still can’t.
@@father3dollarbill I'll gladly read your long post. I think part of my issue is that I have 13 year old. I'm not so sure that I would be as torn if she weren't here.
@@kimberlyf4888Same, I could let go of it easily when I was younger, but now I am reaching my 30 and thinking about having children and my mind just became obsessed with the world’s potential problems. If we don’t have children it doesn’t matter, almost all religions believe eventually we would be doomed and need external help, it’s kind of obvious, why bother even trying in an unbeatable game if you were just alone.
Eric Weinstein’s ability to articulate unprecedentedly complex societal problems/issues, without belittling others in the process, is an extraordinarily rare skill/talent that we need so much more of in the world today.
He said Trump was very intelligent. I can't take EW seriously
@@AKaczor2024then half the country can't take you seriously. He found a way to be president with every public and media apparatus against him.....after he found a way to be a celebrity.......after he found a way to be a best selling author......after he found a way to be a billionaire. How many of those do you check off?
@@AKaczor2024 Trump is clearly very intelligent. There is no way you can lead a life like his, being successful in so many endeavors, without being very intelligent.
@@marcusbrsp Give me at least $300 million and 45 years, and I'll be a shitton richer than Donald Trump with his exact advantages in life.
I guess, by your logic, all the Real Housewives are brainiacs.
No.
Fortunately, we are not a Democracy, are a Sovereign Representative Republic, and are not ruled by an International Order. That is the Fear of that " World Order " , and that they will do ANYTHING to prevent Trump from being certified as President again, if he is duly elected by the Electoral College. It is also fortunate that our Founding Fathers were aware of those that would come along like Weinstein in his Ivory tower, and to beware of them. Individual freedoms surmount Democracy, which is why the word is not written into the Declaration of Independence.
When my husband applied for Social Security for the first time at 66, we were met with two of the most dismissive and less than knowledgeable women to handle his transition into retirement.
When I posed a couple of relevent questions on his behalf, I received nothing less than sarcastic laughter and/or a glare of disdain.
I have heard many other similar experiences when dealing with a civil service employee.
Perhaps trimming the fat is long overdue. Pontificate all day, but I admire Trump's tenacity to clean house.
We do no healthy body any favors when we allow them to skate through the system on the dime of hard working citizens.
You poor thing .. The fat trimming is going to be to your husbands social security and to Medicare . And to the VA and to every other program to help the elderly , poor , middle class . People like you are going to suffer from what Trump is going to do to you . I’m sure you will choose not to believe that . But you will eventually . Remember this post when the day comes that you realize what you and every other person that voted for Trump has done to themselves and this country .
They are going to cut social security 15% by 2035 to keep their tax cuts
Eric’s grandfather saying, “You owe the world your eyes.” Only you see what you see, from your perspective. Beautiful!!
I am a 50 year old woman, a housewife for 25 years , and now a single parent. I savor these conversations, between the two of you. Literally, listening and pausing to reflect. It gives me such hope, to continue to offer myself, as myself, to a culture that wakes up to demoralize and destroy the beauty of simplicity. Thank you for your offering, of each conversation!
Absolutely agree 💯 with you in the entirety of your comment
Only one side is doing the destruction of us! Js
I hope your life as a single parent is going okay ❤
I am about 50 minutes and it's obvious Eric is trying to sound smart without making any point at all. Apparently he thinks the government knows enough about physics to trick the smartest physicists in the world to work on string theory for 5 decades?
@LouisFML1 I concur. It is Good VS Evil. God wins in the end.
As someone with at least one foot remaining in academia as a physicist, Eric's comments about how ideologically captured that field is is spot on. One of the things that surprises me is how fast people go from thinking critically and in detail about their own field/research, and then as soon as a subject with political connotations comes up the brain turns off and the orthodoxy emerges.
Like he said, they’re not trying to fool you. They’re instructing you.
Academics don't like to think of themselves as such but they are just humans responding to power just as a plumber would.
@@Billtwiggmeisterbut the instruction is to make the people fools 🤷♂️
@a.cameron207 Hi Cameron, I agree completely, and I've never heard anyone voice those thoughts. I've been thinking the exact same thing for a long time. It's very refreshing to hear someone say that. Highly intelligent, productive people, using their brains all day long, the moment politics enters the equation, none of that intellect or common sense seems to bleed over. It's always confounded me.
@@fernando3061 I think most of them like myself had left religion early in life and considered themselves unsusceptible to cults, which makes them even more susceptible. They also largely are not fans of athletics and need something like a political team to tap into that tribal warfare urge (which is why I think the left has gotten so censorial and militaristic)
I am a 75 year old wife (of 54 years), mother and grandmother. I have never been so challenged as I have been , while listening to these two very intelligent men ! Thank you both for sharing this , time -well -spent , and very appreciated by so many . My mind has been “blown away” ! It is 3 am and now I don’t know how I will be able to settle my mind down to be able to sleep !!! It was well worth it dear gentlemen . Good night and again , thank you both . 👍👏🏻😴
They are wonderful, aren't they? 🥰
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We have many of those late night moments. My grandfather for many, many years was a hardcore Democrat. 2002 he switched over to Republican and said those Democrats are crazy and he developed a fierce hatred for Nancy Pelosi. FIERCE! He passed in 2017 at 102 and lived a very healthy 100 years. Unless there is a complete rebuilding of our government starting from FDA, CDC and AMA, then work our way to remove Corporate dominance, we will never regain the US and we as seniors just worry what will our family in the future suffer?
they are frauds.. kinda funny how bad your people judgement is after 75 years. weinstein talks about string theory and physics and HE NEVER EVEN PUBLISHED A PAPER. HES A NOBODY IN THE FIELD! REAL SCIENTISTS LAUGH ABOUT HIM!
At least you finally came around. I've been aware of all this for 40 years. I am 57 years old now. I'd suggest you read a book POLITICAL PONEROLOGY. Read it and your enlightenment will increase a thousand times.
The good or bad thing about hearing Eric Weinstein speak is that you can’t listen to him on autopilot. Paying attention through the entire conversation is a must...
I keep rewinding
..and pausing.. 😊
@@ChristIsLord7he’s legit spewing Kremlin talking points
@@ChristIsLord7expound on that
@@ChristIsLord7my thoughts exactly
Chris Williamson!
This guy, Eric, is too intelligent for most people to interview for 3 hrs and get anything good out.... You did it fantastically!!!!🎉
Watching this AFTER the election is eerie
Yep
Facts man
same here
Watched a fair bit when it came out and again now .
Eric likes to play the maestro/pied piper alright, but what he saying are immutable truths ...or immutable truisms . Either way he has a fair idea of how the political and social landscape lays in the US
A GOOD eerie though
I'm here to leave a positive comment. I struggled at times with the conversation intellectually, I understand my own limitations. Listening to this conversation pushes me. That's positive. Well done. I know I'm not the only one who felt this way.
You're not alone! Yes, you will be challenged, we all are when these two are engaged. Society needs examples of proper discourse with tough topics that question narrative that defies logic or reason. RUclips is great for the ability to stop, reference check, contemplate, digest and continue. This podcast introduced some high level concepts and went further than expected into the complexity of the systems at play. I personally believe this podcast is a must watch, in it's entirety regardless of how long it takes.
Same here!
true
the more you absorb the easier it gets. My mom alwaYs said reading makes you smarter but also being exposed to conversations such as these, with a dictionary on the ready to look up defiintions (google) of words your not used to. It does indeed make you smarter. Never stop learning ;).
@zac2877 listen to enough of these conversations and you might stop using Google out of principle.
These talks with Eric are some of the most important talks we're having about our society. I wish more people would have these conversations in this manner.
Some are happening on Tucker’s show.
Both Eric and Bret are fascinating how they blend science, Physics, biology, philosophy, theology, sociology with integrity!
Nothing like this will appear in our superficial MSM.
I don't believe in some careful balance. I believe there are people making self centered decisions and they are exploiting each other. The Democrats publish talking points for the team and they all have to repeat those points if they want to be part of the party.
Talks.........all weasels are talking
Appreciate Eric's explanation/definition of 'democracy' in the first 10 minutes or so. Can't be any clearer.
Whatever it is is not trying to fool you it's trying to instruct you.
All I can say is, "Please re-read 1984!!" It is more important today than any time in history.
@@joannehart9624 amen
Yesssd absolutely, those who've read 1984... PLEASE RE-read it before then end of 2024.
See you at the top of the hill Winston .
I tell everyone this all the time. It’s so scary how accurate that book has been
Same goes to Frank Herberts "Dune"
1970's movie The Network
Eric is touching on a key point here, that Trump is a Nationalist, not a Republican or Democrat, and is against the agenda of the Military Industrial Complex
Trump has been talking about that (key point) for 40 years.
Not anymore - for Trumps entire life until 2020 he was a nationalist, that’s what MAGA is about, and “America First” is about.
However, after they kept raiding him, having the FBI bust into his property and fake photos of “classified” documents, have DA’s in NYC target him unconstitutionally and get ridiculous NYC juries to convict him for a misdemeanor accounting issue that was already past the statute of limitations, DA turned it into a felony and he got convicted / fined insane money - a clear weaponization of the judicial system, literal banana republic stuff - and why? Because he wasn’t compromised, he wanted to put AMERICANS first, he questioned the purpose of NATO and why America is primarily funding it while all the European nations rip us off and give their citizens universal healthcare and tons of social benefits because they don’t need to maintain their own defense industry - Trump upset the corrupt global order - globalists, internationalists etc and they’ve attacked him ever since.
This time around he’s become much softer in his approach, he’s staying away from all those hit button issues, and most importantly he’s taking HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS from special interest donors - especially from Israeli interests.
Trump is now MUCH more like a standard Republican, they’ve apparently captured him like they capture everyone - he wants to allow MORE “legal” immigration and H1B visas, costing more Americans their jobs…. He’s not the same Trump anymore at all.
Trump made a back room deal for a second term. He supports Israel and stops the Ukraine conflict while also resupplying nato with more European money involved. He also agreed to step up the domestic surveillance and do nothing regarding section 230 and free speech. He may talk about free speech but he will make no move outside of talk to protect it.
Ya him increasing military spending during his term really made them sad lol
And a populist
Chris, you have become one of the best interviewers of all time! I’m almost 60 years old and I’ve never seen an interviewer provoke such thoughtful and awe inspiring conversations with your guests and your own intelligence and insights, especially for a young person, give me hope in the future for my adult children.
Agreed. It’s only a matter of time before the left come for him. Sexual allegations seems to be their calling card…
Neither of these two people in this Video have No Solutions, So Please don't hype either of these two guys up!
Simple. As soon as you wake up from the brain-washing it liberates your ingenuity. We are a lot more powerful and creative than they want us to think we are
@@Delmar-to6ny "Neither... have No Solutions". Two negatives makes a positive, this means, Both Do Have Solutions.
@@froukjematthews3421 What are their Solutions?
Wow what a great conversation. Marvelous host and incredible guest. Thank you for this.
The first 12 minutes of this podcast blew my mind. I had to stop it after an hour to digest what was being said.
This morning I started it again and the first 12 minutes hit harder than the first time I listened to it, so I stopped and listened to the first 12 minutes again.
What I think of it comes down to this quote:
“Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety”
Benjamin Franklin
I could write a 1000 word article on this, but Eric Weinstein says it more concisely, eloquently and brilliantly than I ever could.
Suffice to say, the rules based international order structures that were put in place to keep the world from war and keep the markets open (post WW2) have hit a wall. It’s also obvious to all, that trying to push through that wall is causing the status quo to collapse through the implementation of population control tactics. Though they’ve kept them more or less in place through the illusion of democracy, the deep state is fearful that you can’t keep international alliances and agreements stable with someone at the helm (a populist candidate) willing to risk changing the status quo.
The problem of course now is the rot eating at the core of these institutions tasked with keeping the status quo, is only growing and has been for decades.
The warmongering, the money laundering, the criminal activities are so blatant at this point that the American public have become the human shields (and victims) of the deep state.
These international agreements and interests are giving license to these players to feel justified in abominable behaviors, operations, crimes, and thefts, while hiding them behind claims of national security and the democratic process.
Slowly over decades they’ve managed to turn over the safeguards of the constitution to maintain their illusionary visions of keeping the world safe.
I think it's worse than that. They are just looting the system because they know it will collapse soon. All of these machinations are designed to milk the last little bit. Once that is done they will default on the debt and usher in the new totalitarian regime. It will be easy, because everyone will be starving.
That’s what I was pondering too. Are they trying to maintain the status quo because that’s the only thing propping our system up? Or are they doing it to keep themselves in power? Some of both maybe? I’m going to listen to the beginning again myself.
@@Scott_Buchanan It is Malthusian Ecosocialist Cryptofascism.
Watch enough of James Lindsay's _New Discourses_ podcasts and you will realise that this is the trend which opposes Trump.
12mins and 5 ad reads in yeah
@@n0rton its called adblock
9:11 "Right now we have no idea who's running the United States of America".
Frightening.
I keep seeing Biden on the beach with a towel on his head, almost in defiance...to whom?? To whom?? The real puppetmasters. THAT'S FRIGHTENING
It is the same oligarchy running what has become a Puppet State illegal unconstitutional Shadow Government the past 3 years with Biden as a figurehead. Empty suit Kamala will be just a puppet figurehead too.
You haven't known who has been running the government for 3 years. Joe Biden was not. All the people that were in charge when Obama was in charge are still in charge. Obama was a puppet. Biden was a bad puppet. But it's the same people in charge. That's why they threw such a hissy fit when Trump got into office and tried to get rid of him as fast as possible because they couldn't do their job
Have we ever had an idea?
Al
Oh man. I thought that I was gonna listen to an entertaining and informative conversation between two great thinkers..... But instead I'm gonna struggle sleeping for the foreseeable future. We really are living in absolutely terrifying times. We need more conversations like this.
there isn't much you can watch these days that doesn't lead to existential dread, it is permeating everything from sport, music, science entertainment media ect.
@@mattrennie6876
Try watching something made by people who aren't trying to scare a vote out of you.
Fear not! God is in control. The Bible outlines ALL of this as well as the near and distant future events to come. Brace yourself… things are going to get MUCH MUCH worse before the glorious end.
@@LoveIsEverything-356well I’m scared shitless, thanks.
The most important thing we can do as a society is wake the hell up. Realizing that there is a problem leads to making a decision to learn more about the problem, talking to others and waking them up too, and deciding whether you will go along with whatever happens or if you will do your part to affect change.
One of the best podcasts of 2024. Bravo.
Harlan County Kentuckian here 🤚 I appreciate Eric recognizing our history and that we are a forgotten people.
Never forgotten. Would love to be invited back to Kentucky.
@@EricWeinsteinPhDI am inviting you to Tonga. The people of Tonga need you.
One of my favorite areas and a lot of family in Hazard KY then on through the gap into VA. Amazing people ❤!!! Come from a long line of coal miners from Bonny Blue, VA (in fact both of my parents’ families were there at the same time which had nothing to do with my parents meeting & marrying much much later in life. I know my maternal grandmother was a child at that time and my paternal grandfather, a very young man who worked as police officer for this small town & truly mining community). Ironically, my paternal grandfather also ended up working at the “Energy Plant” in Oak Ridge TN … yes that area & maintained a full farm in Pennington Gap, VA … so much there .. layers of history that most do not know about and I’m still learning. Thank you for sharing ❤! @EricWeinsteinPhD
@@learntonganwithandrewTonga!!!
Same here !!!! I think there was 13 kids in the Family !!! Coal mining was a must if you like to eat . From Preachers on the hill above Bunny Breads Facility and Gulf Oil and Gas which my dad worked there ! Been many a moons since I’ve been there but Harlan’s my home while I was a kid !!! Loved those mountains !!!
I often wish I could thank Eric personally for his willingness to continue to speak publicly even though I know he would rather have led a much less well known person in the public square. He is the one person who has the largest budget with me. He’s earned it and then some. You allow him to be free and to be himself, Chris. I really appreciate that. He often ends up bogged down by the person he is in conversation with instead of being given the space to bring his vast knowledge and unique experience of the world to bare in trying to make sense of the strangeness we are all living in.
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I agree to a degree. I don’t appreciate Chris interrupting him like a kid trying to regurgitate or toss in other points, to appear as smart or smarter. Chris can be a tiresome host. He stops the thought flow and changes directions way too often. I wish he’d host the conversation with a less invasive approach.
Once public knowledge is held to a standard of honesty that matches our authority, We the People will come back into our power, and the gov't criminals will no longer influence our lives negatively or be able to hide their crimes. Then, and only then will the division between two "factions" of Americans be smoothed by knowledge into unity. It can't be fixed with criminal dirt acting as if THEY are "helping' us. Trump will return suddenly and the criminals will fry. We've KNOWN something was wrong, before the vietnam war cost so much that all that printed money forced Tricky to dissolve gold convertibility and ensure that inflation moved us into poverty. This is the root of the anger from young folks. If they understood that when they work hard and smart, that they will be able to live like Americans of old. Gold backed money is key, and honest gov't are the keys and are coming soon.
This was honestly one of the best podcasts episodes of 2024. The depth, the brutal honesty, the questions…
Yeah very intelligent stuff, I agree 💯
Great comment, very demure
Absolutely wonderful I have been in this fight with the Buckleys and the Kochs my whole life and my father and his friends who were born around 1889 and in the 1890s before me. They were close to 50 when I was born and they raised me on CS Lewis and warned me we never got rid of the Nazis
As a conservative who voted for Trump, (watching after the election), I found this discussion extremely illuminating. While I might not agree with all the ideas presented here, this is a fascinating look into the intelligentsia on the other side. I would LOVE to see a discussion between you and Jordan Peterson.
"When the devil comes he never looks like the devil" - Norm MacDonald
To quote Jimmy Dore, the devil comes in glasses and cardigan.
Precisely
@@jimvick8397 he was quoting the Bible... only he was Norm Macdonald and couldn't quite get it right😇
@@letsroll492 I've read a bunch of Bible and it never says that anywhere... It is from an interview where he was asked about Justin Trudeau when he was still trying to get elected.... He knew exactly what he was saying...
@@jimvick8397 The bible says satan disguises himself as an angel of light in 2 Corithians chapter 11 verse 14
I thought I had a good grasp on the English language until I listened to these two men speaking.
It's not just the words, it's the way they articulate.
Very intelligent blokes
Nah. They’re just talking twaddle. It’s hot air conspiracynonsense.
@@jamesnathan5909oh yeah you must know everything
No one of them is an idiot. Listen to the meaning of the words. He's talking rubbish.
dude same i was like looking around like i wonder if anyone else needs a time out. Flag on the play
Comments on this comment by people who have never had something so interesting to say that would get 12m views on a channel with 3m subscribers. Everyone’s a critic, but give them a blank sheet and it’ll come back with a collection of scratched doodles 😂
Got into a discussion with a liberal along the lines of bias in the work place. I asked, "Go into work tomorrow wearing a MAGA hat and see what happens." He responded with "Shit, I would be fired before I got to my desk." he trailed off at the end realizing what he had just said. It was a Red Pill moment.
The cognitive dissonance is real
I've already lived that reality. I worked for a healthcare company for 10 years. I knew most of the team were Democrats. I managed to make them believe that I didn't follow politics at all until we were doing a Zoom call and when I went to share my screen, I goofed and had a browser window open that had a pro-Trump page up and a bunch of the people on the call got all weird and quiet. The next day, a few of them kept bringing up derogatory "maga" topics like they were trying to get a response out of me. One of the guys I work with let it out that he was Republican and it shouldn't matter what I believe. They eliminated both our jobs (we are software engineers and we were already understaffed). Luckily we got a severance and I had enough saved that I haven't had to go back to work yet.
@@MongoLolzwow! Thats crazy.
@@StrangersIteDomumthat's not cognitive dissonance. Liberalism is not inherently meritocratic. Meritocracy ideals are liberal by category, but that doesn't make them one in the same.
Liberals believe in 'personal freedoms' and "equity" above all else, not pragmatism. Otherwise they would be the 'pragmatic' party rather than the "liberal" party.
That's totally opposite from jobs that people use their hands to work. People that use their hands to work are more real world experience. College a.k.a. Educated. Has a tendency to be indoctrinated. Are taught to believe whatever the government tells you is true. Do you honestly believe that they got rid of operation mockingbird. Or operation MK ultra. They say they did but I seriously doubt that they did not according to the political landscape these days. No matter what side of the bird you fly It's the same bird. And our overlords like to keep us confused and fighting with each other so that we don't rebuild against them. Can you imagine how much taxes we would pay if we united. One thing is for sure though this country is heading towards an economic disaster. . Socialist marxist
I love listening to both of these guys. It feels like I’m listening to a father and son discussing their interests together. Excellent conversation.
I studied electrical engineering in the 80’s. 5 years for a 4 year degree. NOT ONCE was the name Tesla mentioned. It was only several years later that I read about him independently. (Nearly all of our ac tech has its roots in Tesla’s discoveries.) I have since observed that nearly every subject has been altered to hide things. His comments on ‘manufactured reality,’ etc. are the ‘tip of the iceberg.’
Niagara Falls, Goat Island has a great memorial to him. Griffith Park Observatory in Hollywood has an original operational Tesla Coil.
"Tesla" was not mentioned? So what was the unit of magnetic field strength back then? What was the unit of magnetic flux density?
Could it be “informational degradation” rather than intentional manipulation?
It's because Tesla wanted to give the world wireless electricity and you can't put a meter on wireless electricity. And if you are even tangentially associated with electronics and electricity and you go looking into or experimenting with Tesla's ideas you're a crazy person.
@@stuartharris5693 Tesla was the man. No one like him.
Listening to Eric is like breathing in fresh air after a rain. A healthy jolt to your system. His discussions are thoughtful, intelligent, articulate all at once
Communication skills off the charts
and thinks the earth is a ball. oh an orb
What i like is even though his background is liberal, he still tries to be objective, as he can try to do. So def someone who is a good example that models what "Unity" sounds like. a logical democrat
@@garygoven6152
Objectivity ist verboten
I planned to give it 30 minutes but of course stayed to the end, the refreshing difference is because they just talk the honest truth, instead of the twisted lies and propaganda that mainstream media push onto us.
I mowed the lawn, cleaned the kitchen, and did laundry. thank you guys for helping me do all that. Now if I could just get 3 more hrs I could clean my room too.
Same for me, but planted in garden spinach, green beans, beets. Becoming self sufficient
Cleaning while listening and now planning to plant too...oh my!❤
Cleaning the apartment, unpacking from a trip, making some food.
Finished a bottle of whiskey, successfully smoked several cigarettes, and took a massive, much-needed shit (IBS).
You too
You both are awesome human beings. 3.5 hours, that's wild. Thank you both for the genuine curiosity in your discussions
I have no idea how this video ended up on my feed but I am absolutely fascinated by this conversation. Admittedly, I've never heard of either of you but I will be seeking content from both of you from this point forward. Thank you both for this highly intellectual interaction.
Same
@JohnJosephBurhop it arrived on your feed to engage you in their brainwashing and suppress the vote. He packages it all up to sound so smart and of course there's always truth mixed in. Watch out. This stuff is designed for a purpose and he has a dog in the fight. He and his theories have been rejected by the scientific community. Look up criticisms of his work by people who haven't lost the notes that prove their premise.
Same. I have never listened to this guy before and now I’m hooked!
He’s Peter Thiel’s puppet …
They are instructing you.
Chris, I've been listening to your podcasts literally daily for a year, I'm hopelessly addicted. You continue to evolve into an immensely knowledgeable, articulate and well adjusted man, the topics you broach are very often the most avant garde, you approach them in a fair manner, and your guests are brilliant. You've put me onto so many other super sharp intellectuals who I now closely follow, but Eric Weinstein is my all time favourite. I become entranced listening to your discourse with him.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for all you have taught me.
I'm a 31 yr old woman in Sydney Australia who is halfway through her masters in clinical psychology.
Watching the steady upward projection in your career brings me much joy.
Ditto. It’s amazing how far from the Love Island guy he’s come. 💜
Lol you type like he talks! Truly inspired!
@@ArthurWilson-qf5hk please. Why would you be addicted to the thoughts and words of another operative?!$
RTT will blow clinical psychology away shortly, be ready 😮
Mr. Weinstein. I am not an American. I am an Dutch guy who for the last 40 years studied everything what i could about what was happening behind the screens. Like the coup in Iran to get rid of the Shah. And everything around that. And so so much more.
I want to speak out that i have an incredible amount of respect for you. Not once have i heard something put it all so together as you. It even shocks me how right you are. Those behind the screens wants to still keep the veil closer. Even if that means the death of millions and millions of innovent lifes lost. We are at the brink of some sad times. With terrible suffering for many.
You mean like the same coup that got rid of Mosaddegh in Iran too?
The truth will shine through the darkness and bring bliss
Does anybody believe someone like Eric Weinstein would actually fight for what they believe?
@@scienceoffreedom He literally does by speaking about it...smh
I disagree with the "Trump is really intelligent" he's instinctive not a thinker. He will say and believe 2+2=22 if he thinks it will get the right reaction. The people who worked with him in the past administration all say the same thing he's dangerous to reinstate as POTUS because this time around he knows to surround himself with people who won't or cannot oppose him not to mention his mental decline as described by high profile psychologists. As bad as or imperfect things are under Trump for the USA and the world it would be analogous to a cancer cell taking control of the body it won't evolve into a better system. Wars can bring catastrophic and uncontrollable change but Trump can be avoided. Plus is having a fraudster and convicted rapist as your leader how you want to be represented on the world stage. Trump may not be a lizard person but he's very close 🦎
"But it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother." George Orwell, 1984
So very chilling.
@@Cinnabar_and_Chalcanthite I taught that book to high school seniors. It was disturbing.
My god there is still emotionally intelligent /high IQ people having a civil conversation on the internet how refreshing. This is what I expect from our politicians this is what Americans deserve.
This dude just sold you a fairy tale. If u wish upon a star ⭐ 😂
None of our politicians are this intelligent. Nor are they this genuine. Ever. So your expectations are way too high.
Not really, just need politicians who actually care and work for the people, accountability and getting rid of the corruption. A majority of the problems are the intell agencies and federal reserve which have allowed the USA to destroy half of the world
@@mackdog865in spite of all the evidence out in the open?
Why would any of you expect a politician to be concerned with anyone but themselves? I am not being cynical; it’s just the nature of the beast. Politicians are not leaders; they are there to consolidate and continue power and influence for their own and benefactors interests. Not ours.
At the beginning, Weinstein talked about 2 kinds of conflicting democracy, popular and institutional. Our founding fathers addressed this. They said democracy means majority rule, which always ends in tyranny. This was a known fact back when people were truly educated. So they gave us a constitutional republic instead, which gave us choice but more of a cushion against tyranny. Even so, the people must occasionally fight and correct a system that becomes corrupted over time. We are overdue now.
No, we are not going back. Vote blue 💙
@@mackdog865 Silence when grown ups are talking.
We are overdue.
@@mackdog865please exit the conversation. You’re nowhere near bright enough to understand the context of what was just written.
😂
@@fernandoalarcon8534 It's a bot. Look at Its other comments.
I am so impressed at how intellectual and transparent this podcast is. I’m blown away how honest Weinstein is with himself, and how he isn’t fixated on being right or forcing his opinion. Rather, these guys just want to both explore concepts, ideas, and problems. I believe this is how genuine thinkers have honest discussion, admit not knowing, and can concede to possibly being mistaken or wrong. Wow.
I really, thoroughly, enjoy listening to Eric. 75% is beyond my understanding, and it mesmerizes me. Chris is a fantastic person for him to sit down with. The level of intelligence and understanding in the room amazes me. Thank God for men like these two men.
I'm 29 minutes in and this is everything I've been waiting for and more so far. Thank you Eric And Chris for this. Everyone in America need to watch this. This needs to be shown in every high school
I'm a simple man, I see Eric, I click.
always!
Right? No click bait title even needed.
True, he speaks true... if you listen
same here lol
All day everyday
What a fucking banger of a podcast. Eric and Chris should do this at least once a month. Always a phenomenal episode every time he’s on.
that's the most perfect discription of Eric and Chris going at it I've read to date .... '' a fucking banger'' .... and it was
Dude, loose the bad language . .
@@johngagne33 He loosed it alright! :)
@@jasoncy31😂😂😂😂
At this level, once a month seems exhausting!
Very few people I'd listen to for 3+ hours. Eric is one of the few.
I recommend 1.25 speed for him, but still…
@@trevorryan2591 im at 1.75 my bro
Agreed, him and Jordan Peterson are it
@@trevorryan2591 I generally need 1.25... but for some reason, I'm having to pause to listen and then process everything he's saying. I almost wonder if I'm being hypnotized by this subject matter. Does he want to confirm everything we believe to be true, but then tell us we need to just accept and live within the reality that's been created for us?
I agree, but for the wrong reason. Eric is like audible porn --- sounds really nice at first glance but completely empty of meaning, and then you feel kinda dirty afterwards.
Man oh man. The last 30 or so minutes was just jaw dropping. This man’s brain is on a level that mankind will one day wish it never lost. Thank you Eric and Chris.
I completely agree. I think the first 10 minutes and the last 30 minutes need to be seen by everyone.
A bunch of intellec-geenotice how smart I am.
Pscho-babble bs
This keeps coming up on autoplay even though I've already heard it, but I just let it play every time, and have a hard time turning it off! I've probably listened to this in its entirety 4 times now. No regrets😂
After listening to Eric, I suddenly have a deep sadness for all the boys who went off to war to "keep our country free" only to die for a corrupt government "establishment" who is part of a global organization.😢
A great plant plays both side to point. His leftest allure draws in the left with smart phrases and analogies that mean nothing but psudo-intellects fall for hook line sinker. Call him out. Don’t let the sense force you to empathize with the deception.
At least they thought they were heros. I feel sorry for the veterans that know they helped create today's world. I love you guys. ❤️ It's not your fault you were lied to as teens. But now you know. Save our boys from war and tell them to stay home where they can protect us best.
corporations and the %1 is cool though amirite?
Dude, this guy isn't smart. Nothing can be learned from him including any emotional insight. And there are plenty of girls in the armed forces. Does their sacrifice mean nothing? I just checked my samsung watch and it is 2024. Feel bad for the poor MAGA people who don't know how to ingest facts anymore. It is crippling to this nation, but imagine how chaotic their life must be.
That just occurred to you?
"I don't like getting energy from hurting people." That's why I respect Eric. That statement, in my opinion, is an aura around him. Classy and raised right. 💯👏🏽
FAKE NEWS MEDIA PLATFORMS ARE ALMOST ALL LYING. DESTROYING USA 🇺🇸 😢
How can a human being be so! Fascinating, funny, sharp and eloquent. I set on the edge of my seat , literally, for almost the entire episode. That was one of the best, most unique, complex conversations I've seen in a long time! Thank you.
the type of intelligence that includes that introspective emotional intelligence is great.
This was 3 and a half hours of pure wisdom and insights into the very confusing world we live in now. Eric and his brother Bret are two men I have the upmost respect for. This may have been the most overall interesting podcast I've ever watched/listened too.
@a1b1c184 Oh snap, they are brothers? I was thinking they both have that exacting way of speaking. No ummm's or uhhh's. Now I know why.
And Eric is great too
@yaadhassan4261 I hear you!! This was food for though and for the heart. Loved it so much that I wished it had been even longer.
Wow! The man is killing me. It's a pleasure to listen to somebody smart and healthy to get humbled from time to time.
Chris does a great job of getting the most out of Eric in these interviews. In such a simple way. Great interview brother.
I'm so impressed by Chris. He's becoming one of my favourites. He's inspired me to rediscover my love of books.
Agreed. While it’s clear he’s a very smart guy, it’s more important that he’s genuinely inquisitive and is asking questions to consider the answer, not to signal his own belief. Similar to Rogan, and likely why they’re both popular.
@@twistedfocus good take. he's an upmarket Rogan.
I like him as a person but he's not a good fit for interviewing this guy. He just isn't, he needs to stop pretending he knows what Weinstein is talking about half the time and just ask questions. I can tell when Weinstein is losing him, and Chris is too insecure to say "what does that mean?", anywhere near to the extent necessary for him to truly follow along.
He asks questions for his followers. Thanks Chris!!
This was very thought provoking, I'm glad it showed up on my feed. Sometimes 3 1/2 minutes is too long to watch someone talk, but in this case, 3 1/2 hours wasn't long enough.
I have a really bad habit of starting Eric Weinstein podcast episodes 15 minutes before the bed time I was planning for and then getting 3 hours less sleep than I was hoping for
I just did the same thing 😂
Same lol
LOL! Revenge bedtime procrastination
Same here. Oops!
This is happening to me now😅
Re-listened to this and found it one of the best interviews/podcasts I’ve heard.
I joined the Navy after high school, not too long after September 11th, 2001.
My first deployment was a CD ops, during the deployment we off loaded tens of tons of pure cocaine. Every 2.2 lb brick was loaded on pallets, then loaded on 18 wheelers.
During the deployment we captured the same mule, twice...
On my second duty station, a Naval Hospital, I met a Vietnam veteran who was covered in a full body rash.
As a Hospital Corpsman, I checked him in, while taking his vitals and looking over his medical history, he told me a story about his job during the Vietnam War.
This veteran has had the same rash, documented, since the late 70's.
After the doctor checked him out, I spoke to the commander about the patient and I was informed this rash was all in his head.
I questioned this theory because I could see it. I was ordered to drop it.
Months later, I volunteered to join the green zone in the Middle East.
During this deployment after seeing things and talking to multiple USA B. contractors, spec. Ops, and other soldiers, I became extremely depressed. I came to realize my beautiful republic did not have Honor or at least not at the standards I held, the standards I was taught by my government. The standards that separate us from the terrorists.
17 years and multiple careers later, I have come to realize this infection has infected business, families, social movements, churches, local government, etc... I see this everywhere and it's sad.
Now, I work for a 501 (c)3 organization and one day, I woke up and realized my entire life is a badly managed matrix and I am apart of the problem.😢
But you had concern for others and that sets you apart . Your standards are not those of the government you served.
That's why we need God back in our country. Keep us sane .
Thank you for your service ❤
You joined for the right reasons. There’s no way you could have known the Military Industrial Complex had turned into a global criminal organization. They are very good at keeping the truth compartmentalized.
God Bless you. 🫡
As a former government employee 20 years. to thyself be true
Ask Jesus Christ for forgiveness, many were decieved, that's on them and not you. The only one who can save us is Christ alone.God Bkess you as you.Pray for discernment, understanding, wisdom and prudence and Christ will give you those gifts.
In this world, you are not alone. Make peace with yourself and others, now that you are enlightened in this way.
15 years ago: "Its just a small number of people. And theyre not bothering you!"
Today: "That small number became teachers/politicians/judges. And now theyre forcing this decadence onto your kids."
Ron DeSantis said it best; if you have a small problem, solve it before it becomes a big problem!"
And no doubt Ron and Eric will be there to profit from it.
conservatives: If we just ignore it hard enough it will go away on its own.
DeSantis only cares about his master in Israel.
@@illbeyourmonster1959 Also conservatives: don't blame other people for your problems...unless it's liberals.
@@CMA418 Right now I see the conservative right paying the price for several decades of them refusing to fight back no matter their losses.
I have to comment again: Eric says he was a B- student. My expensive school told that I was "ineducatable". Yet I graduated from Oxford in the subject I found most difficult - economics, despite being hopeless at math (I still have no idea how I passed math). And I've had a 40'year career as a quantitative analyst/economist. So I find Eric's story heartwarming and relatable. Great interview. Thanks.
It's like he said you leverage the thing you are good at. Maybe it was an inhuman degree of persistence, or patience, or making your own analogies to understand rather than memorizing for a test. The funny thing is there's a lot of examples of this part of intelligence being a distinguishing factor, but as a society we still like to reduce it down to how you do on a test. And determining often at the earliest moment possible if you're a "failure" at this attribute, and let that determine your entire future. I guess you found some version of the "cheat code." Good on you.
Intelligence and degrees have an inverse relationship.
The same thing was said about Thomas Edison when he was kicked out of school.
Me thinks he was too smart for the public school system and intimidated teacher by default.
@@deralufe9094grow up and pull yourself up by the bootstraps. I don’t have a degree. I went to a posh school and ended up dropping out of uni and became a jobbing gardener. Then studied property mastermind and converted my house into 3 flats. Since then have written a book and trained as a counsellor. I don’t belong to a regulatory body cuz they are all ‘woke’ but I get referrals word of mouth. Where there’s a will there’s a way!! C’mon - find a path and follow it. Put your energy behind it. 🤜
Grades are not indicative of intelligence.
Grades are indicative of how well you regurgitate what any teacher/professor wants you to regurgitate on things that are given a grade.
No adult with a high IQ has difficulty understanding this, as long as that adult has about 3-3.5 decades of experience under their belt and their eyes open.
Thanks!
You know what I love? the comments. This has for the most part started a dialogue that I haven’t seen in a long time. (Barring the nasty folks that just have to put people down for some reason.) This reminds me of discussions we’d have in college. Like a think tank of views. I hadn’t realized how much I’ve missed this type of info sharing. Really good points of view that get you thinking in perhaps a little different direction. Thank you 🌼
I come to RUclips just as much for the comments, as I do the conversations or interviews
Me too 😃
Your point can’t be overstated. What a wonderful observation 👍🏻
I wish I had these kinda conversations, just started a sociology class and chapter 1 from the textbook, bashing Trump and Republicans, and praising the dem party. 🤬
Yeah I miss long nights doing what I call "philosophy-ing" (pronounced fil-o-so-fy-ing) back in my college days. Always a ton of fun and refreshing.
It's conversations like this that simultaneously soothe my soul and terrify it at the same time but ultimately remind me that I'm not alone noticing the insanity.
What bothers me, my gf, desires to live in blissful ignorance to all of it. And blames corporate greed for what most all Americans are facing. I can’t change her mind, I can only keep being me. But can’t help but think, that there are a lot of people out there just like her. That choose to ignore what may be on the horizon.
Wow. I feel exactly the same way.
Well said
No alone for sure. My wife keeps complaining about me, my highlighting(?) all the "issues", i.e. too many to name here, the condition of America and the world, but I still try to explain, educate yet, it is times that try men's souls. Sometimes it's like watching the waste in the toilet go round and round, as the water rushes over it and the final sound as it goes bye bye in the dark hole in the bottom of the abyss(toilet). God helps us all.
I hadn't heard of either Chris or Eric before but I'm ending up watching the entire, very long interview. It's truly refreshing to hear two good, highly intelligent men have a calm, reasoned discussion on many interesting topics. A genuine thank-you to both.
You have a lot of catching up to do then! Brett Weinstein, Jordan Peterson, Douglas Murray… You could start with the beginning of Dave Rubin’s show and just binge the first 5 years.
@newintellectual - Ditto🎶
This is one of the most important videos i think I have ever seen. Thank you both so much for having this conversation and share it with all of us.
i love Eric- as a Right leaning Republican, his intelligence and composure is the quality opponent we deserve.
I wish the left was more like him, we are all Americans first and we should at least fundamentally agree that we strive to be better no matter what side your on.
what makes you think he's left
@@glamoagency5642he’s by all former standards left leaning. As I could say for myself and many others, however, now we are no longer considered left. We aren’t the ones who have moved. The goalposts have.
@Avas_2cool4u Trump has definitely moved the goalposts more to the right by illegally trying to stay in power after losing an election
@@mremington8 well there’s definitely people on the left like that you allow the wrong people define the left for you
@@Avas_2cool4u: That's right.
Too few people realize that American "conservatives" are trying to _conserve_ the best parts of a _liberal_ revolution/experiment. ("Classical Liberals," they're sometimes called.) Meanwhile, the American left, who formerly called themselves "liberals," have given up on anything liberty-oriented. They are now _totalitarian leftists_ (but, in Orwell-speak, that's called "progressives").
This means the American left are no longer liberal. That means that the American right are the only remaining liberals, and they're trying to _conserve_ the part of liberalism (the "classical" part like free speech, right-of-conscience-to-dissent, Federalism, economic autonomy, and firearms rights) which the left-liberals either have abandoned (freedom-of-speech) or never supported (economic autonomy and firearms rights).
That's how it happened that the Democrats became anti-liberal, while the Republicans, who once didn't _seem_ liberal because their _form_ of liberalism was Burkean (pro-traditions, pro-non-governmental-communities), are the _only game in town_ for those who're still liberal.
I have been listening to Eric for years. He talks to people, never talks down to them and provides provocative content.
@Malenti he's the always THE smartest guy in the room. Can't listen anymore.
I'll never forget how cruel he was to his brother when Brett was on Eric's podcast.
I love Eric lot's of people don't enjoy how he speaks.
@JM-vh7oc what was that podcast? I completely missed that
@@JM-vh7ocwhat?! I missed that. Which was it? I’d be very disappointed because I like them both so much.
“They aren’t trying to fool you, they are trying to instruct you.” Eric Weinstein
Translation : *''Listen. Accept. Obey. Repeat.''*
I think we're beyond the need for instruction we're in the it doesn't matter what you think/say it's gonna happen anyway
They think they can fool the intelligent but they instruct the sheep.
"They" tell us what to do all the time...waking up is a must.
And Weinstein himself is their mouthpiece.
"Whatever it is..." stfu. You know what it is. Does anyone buy the pretense that he's not in and of it?
Eric is a TRUE TREASURE. America needs him. I hope people are really
Listening to him.
I am 53, when I talk to my daughter 25, I see her head tilt to see my point of view. When I watch and listen to this podcast I feel my own head tilt. Trying to see things from Mr Weinstein point of view. Thank you.
At least yours is willing to listen. I’m at a loss.
I wouldn't try too hard... this guy has warped himself by being too confident in ideas that lead to other ideas with no check in between...
He nailed it, it's an illusion of choice. Remember, if voting worked, they wouldn't let us do it.
Life is an illusion of choice, but that's too deep for most people to really consider. Eric, like just about everyone else on every side of every issue, continues to find a way to profit off his own narrative.
And who would ever have thought it, but Alex Jones said it 35 years ago... brilliance can quickly become an understatement when it comes to these incredible minds. May God protect the brave who are both outspoken AND 'out there', where millions can hear it, in the face of a demonic monolithic global entity.
That one always makes me laugh. Although probably true, I'd still like to have and exercise at least some level of real choice at the ballot box.
However, if voting wasn't important, why is there so much money spent on trying to get your vote?
when he said that; Ouch! cope harder? But Ouch all the same. And now I think I may be able to see D4,5,6, maybe? Cheers
"Just because they're not sitting at the table doesn't mean they haven't cut the deck" - Eric Weinstein
14:13 What's crazy about this clip is that Joe was describing Tulsi. But the MSM claimed that he was talking about Kamala. The part that gives it away is when Joe says, "she served overseas." Kamala has never served overseas nor has she ever been in the military.
I've heard a lot of people speak who sound more educated than intelligent. This man is not one of them. I love how he recalls songs that are relevant to the conversation. There are so many complex thoughts that are distilled well in good music. It's astounding that so few people do this.
I agree
Very well said
Well said... I agree..
He is one of the smartest humans we have. I've paid attention to him for years. The smartest people can be the hardest to follow
@Rockall__ Read it in a leadership book. Smart people don't know how to make people follow them because they cannot articulate what theyre thinking to influence people to follow them. In other words, they struggle to get other people to see their vision and describe their vision.
Eric and his brother, Bret, are amazingly brilliant people!
Bret can be very sloppy in his reasoning.
I don’t know why, but I find this guest to be one of the most fascinating, interesting and entertaining people to listen to. He has a way of speaking the keeps you on the edge of your seat and begging for more.
Because it is actually ideas and words, as opposed to Constant Lying and Deception from our media
Same here. Love to hear Eric and Bret speak. Eric a little bit more, even.
Ask a simple yes or no question and he'll give you a 3-hour, possibly related anecdote.
@@TheDionysianFields The answer to every Yes/No question is "It Depends"
His brother Brett is equally brilliant and eloquent.
I always enjoy whenever you sit down with Eric Weinstein. Not only is it packed with knowledge but it's always such a genuine, truth seeking discussion.
When it's too dangerous for college faculty to dissent you know we have problems. College faculty used to LOVE to dissent. They thrived on it. It's really what they are supposed to do.
Yes , when being a proper person was the norm and dissenting meant not wearing a tie or saying Jackson Pollock was talented… that was praised.. now dissent means calling out mass media and modern art as a massive psy op… for control… in many ways the nefarious agenda is the same but the sheep are awakening
This absolutely true. The problem is that the alternative is Project 2025, where _no_ _one_ is able to dissent. Or even vote. Certainly a lesser of evils, but I prefer the illusion where some modicum of self-determination exists. And the world is only faced with 3 or 4 imminent disasters. I guess it beats 4 or 5. $.02 (nominal)
It's the result of power. The same people who once dissented now have power and power corrupts. It's why Democrat have become the Republicans of the early 90s and vice versa. When ever any group attains too much power for too long they become a mirror image of what they replaced.
The dissenters are now in charge, they achieved their goals. Ironic isn't it?
The Weinstein brothers are 2 of our finest national treasures. You simply leave a better person everytime you listen to them. I would love to listen to a 3 hour plus sit down with Eric/Bret and Peterson
It might be a feast too rich to digest in one sitting.
That would be a difficult podcast to digest. Full of information packed morsels of knowledge
😂
@@CriticalLinkerthis podcast here, I’m having to listen to it, overtime. I can’t take in all of what he is saying, at once, it’s simply too much for my ADD-Brain to handle.
Imagine their family dinner parties ?!
This is one of the most important conversations on RUclips. Love listening to Eric.
Main idea is it takes most everyone fifteen minutes to figure out what space ship is being defined
this showed up randomly after what i was previously watching. never heard of Eric Weinstein, barely heard of the interviewer.
this was absolutely mindblowing. i didnt think i could be entertained while fully confused at times and out of my comprehensive league. i dont even want to risk sounding phony by raving further but this man is brilliant. he may have sparked an real interest in physics for me. absolutely excellent. 👏🏾
Funny how you are easily 🤔 influenced by this just doesn't pop on but intentional to keep the cabal going. To believe your in control but your not. You got gas lighter by professionals. 😆 I look at black outfits differently now. You are all mourning for the loss of Harris. More like the control crime syndicate will be booted out of The US.
Chris I'm only about 15 minutes in and I want to recognize you for how much you've developed as an interviewer, particularly for a guy like Eric. So far, you've really let him speak, you've prodded for specificity. World-class and well done
After listening to Eric & Chris for 3 hours I am both alternately inspired and tragically, existentially terrified! This has been one of, if not the, most important discussions I've been party to. With all my heartfelt civility, gentlemen, I thank you.
Thank you, but also... now what? We just accept it and stop trying to tell the others? Ignorance really is bliss... but we didn't come here at this time in the history of our souls just to mind our own business.
I still have faith in humanity. It will be slow, but I don’t think humans respond well to being dumbed down, and they’ve taken it too far. People are starting to feel it. They don’t know what it is, but something is up.
I wish I had another 60 years to be part of whatever happens!
Thank you very much for this RUclips. This is the second viewing of this work in its entirety. I made it out of 1965 high school by the skin of my tooth. But following your work validates to me that I am not nearly as stupid as my high school teachers constantly told me I was. Eric, you are a breath of fresh air in that I believe you feel you are talking to adults and not children. I will say you have changed what life this 78 year old has left. The highest compliment I can give a person with my limited knowledge is that I would love to float around with you in a small boat fishing for Bass or Crappie. God Bless you and I pray the Force continues to shine on you and yours.
Same thing for me only I got out in 80.
Wow I truly relate to your comment as well. Just found this, maybe the powers that be thought I would ignore this. Nope I love a challenge, like you both do.
I have to say, you literally came up with the best idea ever- to sit in a boat with Eric, undistracted, just to listen to him think, and have time to ask him my own questions.
I guess we should buy his book. Lol
I luuuv this comment!
Me too ❤
I love it that Eric understands modern music perfectly.
I will give him that. Sung the penned song of a Coal miners wife.
His son's experience mirrors the experiences of homeschooling every day. There is so much that is being missed by so many. Kids can get a legit extraordinary education for almost free and be done with their work by noon in high school. The rest of the day can be spent on music, art, creation, business. When people start to figure this out there is going to be some beautiful things happening and the teachers unions and systemic schools will be...angry and beat. Homeschool if you can my friends.
To me the downside of homeschooling is the lack of peers and socialising.
@@strait6Socialization is good, but HS, as it is now, trains them to be serfs. Not citizens. Can a HS graduate navigate the tax code, budget, do math, write properly, or has good health? In general, the standards are lower than it was for our forefathers. It trains them to be docile wrecks.
Totally agree. As a homeschooler dad!
@@strait6That's only the perception from the outside bc it is so different to the orthodox way. Once you start it, and you discover you get through the curriculum quickly, there are several hours of unstructured and structured play with kids and adults in sport clubs, skateparks, beaches, the neighbourhood park, etc. In the experience of our family it is the opposite......that many school kids become anti social....ironically.
@@gavtalk958 I'm interested. What do use as a curriculum, may I ask? I would love to homeschool, but not sure where to start. I have a 7th grader in private school.
I spend more time pausing Eric's discourse to look up his ideas, acronyms, tropes and memes than I do on entire podcasts by some people. And Chris' willingness to open himself up to be instructed and corrected is key to what I learn. Chris stands in for us, using his own intelligence and knowledge to grease the wheels. We can never know how authentic Eric is being, but even if he is, at times, playing a role, speaking in allegories (rather than truly laying himself bare) there is no question that his intentions are pure. Thank you, both of you.
Ok.
Eric is one of my favorite modern day thinkers. May he live long and prosper
he's very unique. we say everyone is, but some are less and some are more. I believe that a 100%.
@@father3dollarbill He should be awarded with the 'Nobel Uniqueness Prize'. Only one can ever be given, otherwise it loses all its value.
I like Eric but there are some obv holes in his reasoning. People were willing to take a lark/shot on trump in 16. He's a known quantity as a pol now. And despite what hardcore trumpers say--they are not a majority of the country hell they're not even a majority of republicans more like somewhere around half. Just another faction. If all of the populist/silent majority rhetoric were true he wouldn't have lost last time and wouldn't be in a street fight this time. He'd be sitting pat on an obv landslide. Everything is not a conspiracy. Being on the podcast circuit/trying to stay relevant somehow in a part of it and he has to continually find a way to tell a certain segment something along the lines of what they want to hear. He knows all too well it can be swiped away if he goes too far off-script.
Cheers. I'm joigning to you. My best to them both.
hahaha this is deranged lunacy. but he's one of my favorite clowns, after bret/heather
I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of this podcast! I loved sitting in on this conversation!
I've made a terrible mistake , I started listening to this before breakfast. Days just gone boom!
Me too. 7am here
😂
Listen while you do things.
Boom?
Having worked at both Los Alamos (LANL) and Lawrence Livermore (LLNL) on nuclear weapons and having an active Q clearance at both LANL and LLNL, what Weinstein is talking about, starting at 45 minutes is spot on…dead nuts on…
Just wanted him to go deeper on electrogravitics
If you had such a clearance you would know you're not supposed to talk about it.
Talking about it on his anonymous RUclips account? Might be okay
@@rossgalbraith3878 actually that’s not correct..your allowed to say it, put on your resume, etc. it is a privilege. One you get it, your are educated on exactly what you allowed to do and or sat, and every document etc is classified as to level of security. I take it vey seriously as I completely support my country.
@@chrishartz2397 That's not the training I received. Putting it on your resume is a lot different than broadcasting it to the world on RUclips.
But you do you.
I am so appreciative of so many moments in this conversation. Thank you gentlemen!
Thank you, Chris, I appreciate Bret's contributions to your conversations! Keep him coming!
Personally I realized this 30 years ago.. it's a slide downhill that is so slow the perception of change is almost imperceptible.
In all three cases, Pol Pot, Stalin, and Mao embraced a version of the belief that societies could be remade by breaking with the past. The quote, “What can be unburdened by what has been,” captures the essence of their efforts to destroy history, culture, and people in the name of creating a new order. Their methods of “unburdening” were extreme, often leading to violence, oppression, and the death of millions, as they sought to erase the past to impose their vision of the future.
Terrifying
3 great role models! Let's go for a fourth! I prefer the version of illusion without an overt attempt to "relocate" (read: dislocate) 10mm + human beings. Just sayin' ...
So the 2nd democracy that is supposedly in place to hold up the foundations of democracy one is now purposely trying to destroy democracy one. All the American ideals, traditions, sovereignty, and culture are being puposely destroyed. They are done with the allusion of a democracy. "We fight not against men but against principalities and dominions of darkness"-God
Evil has come out of the darkness, it isn't going to hide or pretend anymore. God help us.
They were dictators and that's what trump will become. "Dictator on day 1"-drumpf
@@rougaroux228 Fair point.
I've met DT at a Mar a Lago charity event. I have to agree that his on-screen persona is 100% acting. He is cordial, well-mannered, deliberate, intelligent, and you immediately understand that this person is purely superhuman.
I believe it. Anyone can look up his interviews back in the day with Oprah, Larry King, Tom Snyder, and Rona Barrette and see for yourself how thoughtful, intelligent, and articulate he is and the respect these people had for him or at least the respect they gave him.
I’ve written to him twice while President. Once for sympathy for the death of this brother and he wrote back - a thank you note hand signed the second was to thank him for going to South Korea and stepping across the DMZ in front of the world and our troops, one happened to be my son in the Air Force. I thank him for that on a letter. It took six months, but he sent me back another note thanking my son for his service. A very honorable letter he sent and signed both are framed. That’s the kind of man he is.
Ok, I have heard in interviews from many many individuals that have worked with him directly and have said that his ability to judge and deliberate complex geo strategic positions was close to zero.
How do you argue the multitude of individuals that worked with him over his administration speaking out against him?
Are they all stupid and/or crazy??
I'm a Reagan Republican and I have never seen such a outpouring of negative opinions from individuals in a presidential cabinet about ANY president, ever.
@@bernardzsikla5640 The only explanation that I can think of is that they were either paid to say those and those individual are within the elite group to propagate the same talking point. So either they are trying to confuse you or its real. I dont expect Donald Trump to have sharp knowledge of Geo politic complexicity from the get go. All president rely on their military head or someone other intelligent to advise them on these issue. so I am not surprised if his judgement was zero. I have never seen a president make China pay for what they did. I never seen a president that was able to make NATO pay their fair share. Things like these doesnt happen if you are in controlled opposition.
@@bernardzsikla5640 Who are these "many, many" individuals? And who was giving these many, many unbiased interviews? I wonder if they were on his side in the first place. Don't you? The "Cabinet" speaking out against him says something about them, don't you think? I'm not calling them stupid or crazy, maybe dangerous and disloyal. You have people that were never willing to support Trump's vision of ending the 20 year wars. Pompeo and Bolton come to mind. I think he is better prepared to surround himself with people he can trust. The comment that "his ability to judge and deliberate complex geo strategic positions was close to zero", I believe that.That is the job of his Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, and many other experts that are part of the Bureaucracy. The same was said of George W. Bush. Same can be said of Bidden and Kamala Harris. However, Trump is able to see and deliberate on the complex economic disaster our country is in. Previous Presidents, including Biden, and proxy Harris, ZERO comprehension. Trump's got a lot to battle, the radical left, Democrats, bureaucracy, intel, military, and people like you, that evidently support what the people against Trump are doing. What are they doing? "What Can Be, Unburdened By What Has Been." They are going to unburden us with what has been and give us a clean slate. No past or history holding you back. Just think, if we didn't have that pesky little Constitution to deal with, but only "What Can Be."
There is a dying breed of classically trained men. Listening to Eric "tap" the "Archival" is a succession plan, that I would like more of. His worldly experience is the most refreshing educational dopamine.
"educational dopamine" I love that, well said!
How can one become like him?
He’s a Harvard elitist goofy.
Chris, Good talk with Good talk with Eric. I highly enjoyed that. Long form talks aka ways seem better to me, because we get to see a person behind versus how they represented. I think you have an outgoing personality. Despite your not wanting confrontation. That is a positive