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

Eric Weinstein is a mathematical physicist and podcaster. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Indeed: https://indeed.com/fridman to get $75 credit - Theragun: https://theragun.com/lex to get 30 day trial - Wine Access: https://wineaccess.com/lex to get 20% off first order - Blinkist: https://blinkist.com/lex and use code LEX to get 25% off premium EPISODE LINKS: Eric's Twitter: https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein​ Eric's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ericweinsteinphd The Portal podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-portal/id1469999563 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/ YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/lexfridman YouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/lexclips SUPPORT & CONNECT: - Check out the sponsors above, it's the best way to support this podcast - Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman - Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LexFridmanPage - Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman OUTLINE: Here's the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. (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