Eric Weinstein - Are We On The Brink Of A Revolution? (4K)

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… - 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 S