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Lex Fridman PodcastZev Weinstein: The Next Generation of Big Ideas and Brave Minds | Lex Fridman Podcast #158
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EPISODE INFO
- Released
- February 5, 2021
- Duration
- 1h 44m
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- Lex Fridman Podcast
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION
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EPISODE LINKS: Zev's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/GenerationZW Zev's Twitter: https://twitter.com/zev__weinstein Zev's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zev_weinstein/ PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ Full episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOdP_8GztsuKi9nrraNbKKp4 Clips playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOeciFP3CBCIEElOJeitOr41 OUTLINE: 0:00 - Introduction 1:38 - Philosophy becomes dangerous in difficult times 7:01 - The power of radical ideas 11:52 - Changing your mind 16:06 - Fear 17:45 - Labels 22:48 - Thomas Aquinas 27:18 - Nietzsche 31:49 - Nature of truth 34:09 - Jordan Peterson 39:41 - Mediums of communication 48:10 - Free will 52:34 - Simulation 56:51 - Transcending the limits of human life 59:56 - Elon Musk 1:04:17 - Aliens 1:07:48 - Is math invented or discovered? 1:10:22 - Theory of everything 1:12:17 - Eric Weinstein as a dad 1:28:04 - Music 1:35:19 - Advice for young people 1:37:18 - Mortality 1:41:05 - Meaning of life SOCIAL:
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SPEAKERS
Lex Fridman
hostZev Weinstein
guest
EPISODE SUMMARY
In this episode of Lex Fridman Podcast, featuring Lex Fridman and Zev Weinstein, Zev Weinstein: The Next Generation of Big Ideas and Brave Minds | Lex Fridman Podcast #158 explores Young philosopher confronts stagnation, danger of ideas, and meaning Lex Fridman speaks with young thinker Zev Weinstein about the power and danger of deep thought in times of societal stagnation, arguing that “philosophy” in the broad sense—radical, first-principles thinking and innovation—is both risky and necessary when systems are failing.
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