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#833 - Eric Weinstein - Are We On The Brink Of A Revolution?

2024/9/2
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Eric Weinstein discusses his thoughts on the 2024 presidential election, the potential for Joe Biden and Donald Trump, and the implications of the international order on American politics.
  • Eric speculates on the likelihood of Joe Biden having a debilitating event before November.
  • He explains the concept of the 'rules-based international order' and its impact on American politics.
  • Eric discusses the paradox of democracy being the greatest threat to democracy due to different concepts of democracy.

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Eric Weinstein is a mathematician, economist, former Managing Director of Thiel Capital and a podcaster.

It feels like the world is reaching a fever-pitch. From deep fakes to cheap fakes, AI girlfriends to senile presidents, we've never had more access to information, and yet it's never been harder to work out what is true. So, what do we do?

Expect to learn Eric’s thoughts on the 2024 presidential election, whether we are being gaslit on a global scale by the media, the future of string theory and what's next for theoretical physics, why we have canned humour and what that means as a society, Eric’s thoughts on Joe Rogan, what my biggest weaknesses as a human are and much more…

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