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

Eric Weinstein is a mathematical physicist and podcaster. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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OUTLINE:

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(00:00) - Introduction

(07:27) - Aliens and physics

(11:12) - Breaking the frame of conversation

(12:56) - Time travel across multiple dimensions

(19:07) - Is the government in possession of alien spacecraft?

(25:31) - Freedom of speech

(36:49) - Elon Musk

(38:07) - Idealism of every era

(41:26) - Non-locality of free speech in the Internet age

(47:03) - Glenn Beck

(48:57) - Joe Rogan

(53:41) - Freedom and fear

(55:14) - Jeffrey Epstein

(58:53) - Aaron Swartz

(1:04:29) - Jeffrey Epstein and Geometric Unity

(1:24:04) - Cancel culture

(1:26:06) - Alex Jones

(1:35:01) - Curtis Yarvin

(1:39:40) - Michael Malice

(1:42:00) - Intellectual Dark Web

(1:48:52) - Innovation

(2:02:10) - Economics

(2:09:29) - Cryptocurrency

(2:15:37) - Geometric Unity paper

(2:32:42) - David Goggins challenge

(2:34:05) - Father and son