David Deutsch's "The Beginning of Infinity" - a retrospective in 99 minutes

[@rayhan3654]

Ahh this is literally the best channel on KZbin (until a better one comes along 😄) Over the years your confidence, tone, clarity of speech and enunciation, video quality and sound has vastly improved! Well done Brett 👌🏽

[@Lance_Lough]

B of A is, in my opinion, one of the truly great books. Certainly amongst the most important of our time in terms of its great many world-changing concepts and insights. Your work in illuminating and expanding these ideas is very much appreciated. (also like your idea for a theme of the 99th posting) Well done, sir!

[@murraymckechnie2086]

“Nothing is a resource until the knowledge of how to use it as such is discovered” Brilliant!

[@thephilosophicalagnostic2177]

this is precisely what we need to keep in mind when activists claim "we've stolen the natives' resources." No we didn't. Because they weren't resources for the natives!

[@spearheadbyshivavignesh930]

a quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson ! ☺🙌🙌🙌

[@thephilosophicalagnostic2177]

I love this summary. David Deutsch just became one of my gurus on how to think well. Thanks for posting.

[@ArunCannan]

Big thanks Brett for this channel. Repackaging BOI and related ideas is one of the most important work for humanity IMO. Please share how we can support your work.

[@ArunCannan]

Never mind, I saw the Patreon link. I just became a patron. Happy to support your work.

[@timing_X_]

Thanks for making this video. ⭐️ Wonderful insights and aptly explained. Back to reading the book.

[@El_Diablo_12]

1:31:40 fantastic, a very moral message

[@remybaccam1428]

Bro, I fucking love you.

[@thegreattyler7878]

Highly relatable!! haha

[@overflowhidden2421]

This kind of videos that I can't dare do 1.25x speed even if I want to😅

[@barrycrump6189]

Fascinating. Thank you.

[@dannyiskandar]

This reminds me of technology drives cultures ... That means technology is the upstream of dynamic society ... This is because dynamic society is part of cultures. This is also make sense, that the 'error correcting' mechanism is the upstream of science and technology. Yes, this is the beginning of ♾️ indeed. Thank you Brett!

[@chrisdavey3113]

.75x required. Thanks Brett

[@shariqueahmadazizy1946]

49:00

[@TheThirdAttractor]

If this book is the most important work for this century, how about the last century?

[@threecubed]

What book is this about?

[@Lance_Lough]

uh, read the title..

[@alexxccccxbbb9952]

Is this book very hard to read? I’m 24 and probably average intelligence

[@alquinn8576]

it is a moderately difficult popularization, but mostly because it is info-dense, so going through a few times might be needed to get all of the ideas. But nothing as bad as Penrose!

[@alexciobanu3819]

ty)

[@Lance_Lough]

Just noticed your 'wizard' bookend...an exercise in irony I take it.. Ha!

[@bretthall9080]

Homage, in part, to David’s use of “a wizard did it” bad explanations. And Lord of the Rings. And my maternal grandmother who made it.

[@Lance_Lough]

@@bretthall9080 My first thought: ..Ah! "Wizard did it." (Your grandmother does fine, complex work!)

[@AxelRios]

🤜🏻🤛🏻

[@Gullinnova]

no offense but, if you listen to your own intro you basically repeat yourself 3 times

[@bretthall9080]

Yes. I’ve said before in podcasts that I do this as a pedagogical tactic. In other words: I have an explanation (in part because your comment is rather unique. Most people say: but you never said. Or: I don’t get why…when actually I did say and did say why). This is from long years spent as a teacher. I know it’s frustrating for some but the “some” are actually in a minority. Which is yet another problem among many with “teaching” - and here too it’s a feature not a bug, but one that tends to work.

[@Gullinnova]

@@bretthall9080interesting, thank you for sharing i was blind to this problem.