We Need More Intellectual Tension Like This - Eric Weinstein

[@ChrisWillx]

Watch the full episode with Eric here - kzbin.info/www/bejne/gnvbc6GJrq1jipY

[@rsd3637]

well said

[@TheToeOfEarl]

No thanks.

[@carefulcarpenter]

_Synchronistic Mathematics_ Question reality= spiritual/cognitive growth. "Without growth everything turns pathelogical." Eric Weinstein

[@MortimerDuke83]

@@TheToeOfEarlHarris apologist?

[@TheToeOfEarl]

@@MortimerDuke83 nothing to apologize for. He actually says things with some substance. So far I've heard nothing up empty rhetoric from Eric. "Don't trust anyone! They're all lying! Of course I'm not..." standard right wing b.s.

[@David-cf2iq]

Free speech is not the ability to speak. It is the ability to question.

[@windtunnel5267]

Well said.

[@odoylerules4503]

THANK YOU, JFC

[@jm5386]

Speech speech is great, but also requires attention to language.

[@markstuber4731]

Questioning is a type of speech. If you don't have the ability to speak (a catch all for communication), you don't have the ability to question. Think harder .

[@markstuber4731]

​@@windtunnel5267That was horribly said. Questioning is a type of speech. If you don't have the ability to speak (a catch all for communication), you don't have the ability to question. Think harder .

[@davidsfuntimes9899]

" The machine is stronger than the vision we have for democracy", wise words. We have lost our ability to distinguish the values and principles that govern democratic principles instilled from years past. " TRUST" has been defiled and reduced to non-existent. I love how Eric and his brother Bret easily bring forth their arguments.

[@BillBoard.]

he understands himself to the point that he is himself - as light as that may sound. someone who is behind their idea can never bend it to what it should be but being THE idea and living it gives you complete freedom to even describe it in the most watered down nature of it.

[@jameseverett4976]

No "we" haven't. A certain segment of the population has. Otherwise you wouldn't be able to point it out. You have not lost your principles, and the only solution is to separate people, not get rid of institutions because someone else has polluted them. A country should consist of people who have a general agreement on how they should govern themselves. If you have 2 opposing ideologies of what is good and bad, you don't have to collapse with the opposition, you can separate from them. That's what our founders did, and held out for us to do, when our institutions become filled with those of an opposing ideology. They kicked the British out and demanded we live and let live - you have your country with your ideology and we'll have ours...."if you can keep it"- as Franklin warned. Meaning you have to be willing to call it quits when there is no convincing hope of agreement on crucial issues. But everyone acts like that is not an option, or not a solution, and yet that is how every country / government was formed, including ours. Ireland was originally formed by people who shared a single religion, and thus an agreement on principles that would govern their society. They started having problems only when they started disagreeing on what principles they should be governed by. The current Right and Left will never get along side by side, given how they see each other. It's time to part ways and let them have their way, so we can have ours. But the stupid Right is now afraid of it's own shadow, and more worried about a Right leaning government - their own philosophy -than being forced to live under the Lefts ideology. How stupid can you get? The Right has succumbed to the programming of the Left, which conveys that if we agree "too much" on how we should be governed, then something must be wrong, and we aren't "balanced" enough. Since when do we need a heaping dose of the Left to stay "centered"? We have lost our minds. And there's no solution from inside the stupidiy of the Right's own self-rejection.

[@Rickpa]

Our distrust in authorities is well-earned.

[@marlow769]

I’d like to add that to a certain degree, it’s intentional. There’s nothing more powerful than having the ability to point attention away from anything you don’t want to reach the light of day for your own ends.

[@coldfirelightpoe6803]

Our own government has shown time and time again that they don’t work for us, however, if that’s the case why do we still bleed our tax money with every transaction?

[@PoorEdward]

Absurd.

[@mischiefovery0nder]

Delusional ​@@PoorEdward

[@PoorEdward]

@@mischiefovery0nder you’ve opened my eyes

[@xslonk]

Free speech is the right to upset, offend, question, contrast, and be heard. It's about making sure ideas have sunlight on them constantly instead of a damp dark wet environment.

[@outnabout6966]

xslonk- your comment is correct in all respects. Do you find it interesting that the radical left ideologues seem to maximize their enjoyment of free speech and instantly deny it to those who deign to disagree.

[@ronobrien7187]

The importance of free speech is not to protect that which you agree with. It is to protect the speech that you don't agree with.

[@bethdumont9020]

"Free speech is the right to upset, offend, question contrast & be heard." I'd like to take issue with the first two - upset & offend. Especially offend. Why? Because to offend or upset someone CAN cause harm. Real psychological harm to real people. How do people offend others? We demonise them. We seek to other them, deny them the right to exist based entirely on personal attributes such as their ability, gender expression, race, religious creed, or sexual preferences. Morally & and ethically, we have ZERO rights to cause harm to others. Ethically, we're bound to promote good & avoid harm. But there's two ways things can go. One is to promote good in yourself at the expense of the other - in such circumstances, ethically, we harm ourselves & promote good in the other. And if you MUST cause harm in the other, you seek to cause the LEAST AMOUNT OF HARM POSSIBLE - so you cause short-term harm to avoid greater long-term harm. That's what ethics & morality demand of us. By all means - question, contrast & be heard. Question & contrast the narrative you hear. Learn to recognise hidden agendas being pushed by people - because they absolutely exist. If we look at the story of the boy who cried wolf from another angle - I guarantee you that at least 3 villagers saw the wolf when they were called by the shepherd AND/OR had seen the wolf on prior occasions. AND SAID NOTHING. For reasons of their own - it was an old wolf that was perceived as not being able to cause much by way of damage and so was Fred who just wanted to be left alone in peace to end his days; Jimmy's vegan, knew there was an entire den in the treeline and also believes in not interfering with things, letting things that are meant to happen, well, happen; Bob - he's after power over the village and can use wolf attacks on the livestock & villagers to obtain that power. Given enough time - and a willingness to actually look - stuff like that comes out. As villagers - we have to be awake to its existence to begin with. And we don't want to. We just don't want to see into the depths of evil (Bob) that exist - because that could be us in the right circumstances. But evil makes itself known to us if we have the capacity to look for it.

[@sinesaii]

@@ronobrien7187absolutely

[@brandinshaeffer8970]

We had towns in Oklahoma that never changed a single thing for Covid. They were cautious for the 2 weeks to "slow the spread" but then went right back to normal. Their numbers of dead or sick were average. Biggest result is that the people didn't become deranged. I know ppl who literally never owned a mask.

[@ToddSchul]

You live in a part of the country that is still sane. Sadly, the direction of the country is being driven by the high population areas, which are much less sane...

[@There-Is-No-Virus]

Sensible because ☝️☝️☝️☝️

[@immanuellitzroth1905]

But, Oberammergau in southern Bavaria was saved from the bubonic plague in 1633. Legend has it that they made a vow to God that they would produce a play for all time every 10 years depicting the life and death of Jesus Christ.

[@ChrisInAVan]

I know of people who didn't take Covid seriously either. They died.

[@paulg6274]

Well you know 2 horse towns and huge cities are quite different when it comes to spread of a virus

[@ninagohlsson6053]

Great clip! You kept the conversation succinct with your questions - and asked for much needed clarifications. I've watched quite a few interviews with Eric, and not all interviewers do that. And it's easy to get lost in his reasoning if you get to preoccupied with keeping up with the minutiae you don't quite understand. Well done!

[@margaretmaeda2548]

I so agree. I understood almost nothing of the triggernometry interview. I understood this one. It's hard to follow a lot of academic jargon without clarifications.

[@margaretmaeda2548]

@@Chris_Patton Thank you for your answer. It gives me a clearer picture of what's going on!

[@HoosierBenzo]

I feel like EW talks in riddles sometimes. CW was great in cutting through that

[@aaronataman892]

easy to get lost because he quite purposefully tries to obfuscate his meaning with superfluous language and circular reasoning. charlatan and quite honestly not even a very good one. For the life of me I don’t understand the appeal, he sounds like an aggrieved fool who makes facile arguments that not only are unsupported with anything remotely resembling evidence but they’re also completely irrelevant! A fool with a megaphone.

[@johndrumpf9888]

Well, I've been watching Eric for years, and he's a fraud and an intellectual pretender. This is a guy who wouldn't spend the years needed to develop his theory into a fleshed out paper, nor try to explain it in detail to others, and then got mad other scientists wouldn't accept shoddy work. The only thing Eric is good at is managing Peter Thiel's money. He might have been a smart physicist, IF he loved science and hard work more than he loved money and ego gratification through media appearances.

[@ChristianPusateri]

17:25 this is the most powerful and true statement I’ve heard in a very long time. ‘The number of people I see liquidating everything so that they live out their final days in the style to which they’ve become accustom is impossible in a world where people love their children.’

[@nathancook373]

What does this mean? I didn’t get it?

[@tomjohnson971]

I don’t get it either. What does selling your assets in your 70s or 80s have to do with loving (or not loving) your children?

[@marccas10]

What it means is in days gone by a parent would be consoled if in old age they could leave their children better off through leaving them assets. What he is saying is that many are just saying "stuff the kids" I want my 3 holidays a year and new car every 3 even in retirement. The only way to do this is to slowly liquidate the potential inheritance of their children. It's basically the boomer me generation taken to its logical conclusion. The "oh well the kids will be fine anyway!....I mean I was, with my free education, full employment, low cost housing and rising stock market!" That is the point he is making.

[@stevenw2933]

@@tomjohnson971 the presumption is that historically people build on their families from one generation to another, each generation exist to serve so that the next is a bit better off. He is saying that people today are willing to consume the world as we know it rather than pass off a better one to their children.

[@sup1e]

@@stevenw2933 Yep. Like a lot of us he's well aware the boomers have completely crushed us. And on top of it they think they're killing it lol

[@RichardHarlos]

Chris, your roster of guests, and quality of interviews, sets a high bar of expectation for what interviews that are 'worth their time' ought to approximate. Well done! With all the buzz via short-form videos, your full-length interviews and even these 20-ish minute excerpts are a warm, welcome breeze in an era of increasingly diminishing attention spans. Thank you!

[@SimonHaestoe]

Your first sentence set the bar high for what word-saladeers ought to approximate.

[@79Glitch]

Isn’t his roster of guests just the regulars from Joe Rogan’s podcast? And isn’t his interview style and format just a milquetoast, safer version of the JRE?

[@RichardHarlos]

@@79Glitch wrote, _"Isn’t his roster of guests just the regulars from Joe Rogan’s podcast?"_ If you truly wish to know, consider making a list of the most recent 25 guests on each show, with air dates. 79: _"And isn’t his interview style and format just a milquetoast, safer version of the JRE?"_ Learn to distinguish between 'what something is', and 'how you respond to it'. Quick example: Imagine two young, attractive women sitting at an outdoor cafe in Paris. They're having a quiet conversation. Suddenly, one of them notices an older man a few tables away. He seems to be staring in their direction. The woman who noticed the man seems bothered. Her friend notices, and asks what's wrong. She motions with her eyes in the direction of the old man's table. When her friend looks at him, she smiles. The irritated woman asks her friend why she's smiling at some old guy who's obviously leering at them? Her friend replies that he reminds her of her late grandpa. Meanwhile, the man never noticed the women who are reacting to him. He's sitting at the very table where he met his wife 53-years ago. His gaze is unfocused as he fondly remembers their first day. Earlier that morning, he received news that his wife had passed away, so this is the start of his grieving process. Notice how each of the women projected onto the man qualities that weren't actually describing him. Instead, they were describing what was going on in their inner world. It seems to me that you're doing the same thing by referring to the interview style as "milquetoast". Many people find that style engaging and insightful. So, it's at least possible that you're projecting some sort of baseline dislike for Chris by asking about a "recycled roster of guests from Rogan' and commenting on a 'milquetoast interview style". You're entitled to your opinion, but at the same time, you're also responsible for discerning between your inner world and what's actually true 'out there' in the real world. Failure to make this distinction results in psychological projection. Some do it consciously, others subconsciously. What about you? Are you aware that you're doing this or no?

[@Brian-os9qj]

Eric never stops making us think. Thx guys

[@dmitryspivak4586]

And what we mostly think is "What in the world happened to the poor guy?"

[@Brian-os9qj]

@@dmitryspivak4586 a step above goes with a step beyond. Existence is complicated, no sacred cows. Life is a grind, smile or cry.

[@briansotosf85]

Yeah, Eric never stops making us think for arbitrary and unnecessary reasons. He's a master obfuscationist.

[@Brian-os9qj]

@@briansotosf85 to some, that is true. I would say too many refuse to think deeply for the thoughts that matter, and make the world move better, with possibilities. Perfection, that many seek, and find in their minds stifle the inquisitive. Peace

[@AlbertoTorres-wl9mt]

This guy is full of shit. At least Sam speaks about real issues

[@fredventure]

The cinematography is kicking through the roof!! This could've been a Masterclass production

[@RicharDRobin56]

He’s so right. I’m French, my country is in the same state. The world is in the same state… we need a change. A big one. All humanity is stagnant for too many time, just a he says, WW2 is finished since almost 80 years, and we didn’t choose the right leaders since

[@craigphillips6308]

And when we do choose the right leaders, they are assassinated (JFK).

[@AnEnquiringMind]

They learned the lessons that Goebbels taught about propaganda.

[@ShamanMcLamie]

Institutions grow old like people. Basically the systems we once relied upon no longer works, or make sense. The world has changed too much. Now instead of addressing our issues for real lasting change which would require making sacrifices today. Politicians instead choose to kick the can down the road because they don't want to be be blamed for letting things get bad. The problem is the more can kicking we do the worst the problem gets and once things come crashing down it will be a lot harder. Basically things will reach crisis point before they can seriously get better. Also this cycle isn't new. In the English speaking world there is a crisis roughly every 80 years the dramatically changes society, changes the ruling elites and sets on our path going forward. The last one was World War II when the college educated managers took over. Before that the American Civil War when the industrialist businessmen took over. Before that the American Revolution and the plantation owners. Before that the English Civil War brought the coastal merchants in charge and so on and so on.

[@taylorc2542]

If you don't stir the pot, all the scumm rises to the top.

[@jm5386]

You need to source your French governments site to understand initiatives, objectives (plans) before you throw yourself ignorantly into a political camp (ideology). You’ll find specific issues that fit, and those that don’t. Focus your attention on that, (your nation building, or destruction of you so choose that Blvd) and take your concerns home to your representatives.

[@pabloisuarez]

I feel like sometimes, the "smartness" of people can get the worst out of them.

[@djknox2]

Actually, with Sam Harris, it's a matter of being intelligent without being smart. To me, smartness has an element of wisdom - or at least experience - in it. Academics like Sam Harris have very little worldly or practical experience. They live inside intelligencia bubbles. Eric Weinstein is also a form of intelligencia - ie not overflowing with practical experience - but he doesn't live inside the normal bubbles, and that at least allows him to see bullshit when it is served on a platter for dinner. To be smart, one needs knowledge, experience and high intelligence to process the data. One also needs to not be inhibited by cultural/ideological impedance. Without experience, intelligence has serious limitations.

[@tdcaudio]

@@djknox2 Sam meditated himself into a corner and tried to argue his way out

[@robertblackwell8611]

I see this as relating to Eric tbh, not Sam

[@MrMawnster]

​@@djknox2😂. Do you know how life? Weinstein is now of an academic than him😅. Sam has traveled and so much other stuff. You speak out of ignorance

[@biyidesalu2869]

​@@robertblackwell8611Same, I think Sam is one of the few popular intellectuals who has kept a clear pov

[@mattskyblue]

This was the cleanest description of the current world I have heard. Good to see that Eric has kept his humor - but what clearer description of an honest person’s aspiration and badge of honour in these cowardly times is the phrase “I am a pre-bunked malinformant”.

[@jpw5029]

U have to be kidding? Eric is a long winded blow hard

[@dingai]

the cleanest description of a paranoid, cartoon version of the world... yeah. Eric is on a relentless campaign to embarrass himself among qualified academics, and ingratiate himself to people in the general public who like a good vs evil fairy tale. Life is not star wars, people. It's not the matrix. These are fiction stories. You've watched too many "they're out to get us" movies... It's almost impossible to get a worse description of how the world actually works than to listen to the Weinsteins... They live in a fantasy world, in which they are at the centre... heroic champions of truth somehow too lazy to do the actual work of researching and publishing real grown up scientific papers... oh yeah, because the "establishment" is trying to suppress them. right. or because they're too lazy or incompetent to do what normal adult scientists and academics do day-in, day-out all around the world. because it's actual hard work. not as easy as podcasting...

[@pancaked7777777]

Bunch of nonsense

[@drjerry5389]

*Cases of dead science* The Gate-Keepers exist in legions within every field! Engineering-Dead-Hydrogene car cover-up. How did Building 7 fall at 9/11 according to the official narrative? Archaeology- Dead- The Bosnian pyramid 58 000 years old according to Carbon dating and it was made of a concrete material we cant replicate today. Micheal Cremos "Forbidden Archaeology" highlights the most incredible Archaeology findings and they are way more older than the "official narrative" of mankind's origin. Biology- Dead- Bosnian pyramids and the true age of the Sphinx kills current biology. Medicine-Dead- Covid Vaccine and the Cancer Cure Cover-up. Physics-Dead- Quantum physics is currently killing the old-school science of physics. Also, see the impossible 9/11 narrative. On and on it goes within every scientific field, I haven't time to bring up the death of all the other scientific fields. Have they lied about everything?

[@joshuaedwards3322]

Alex Jones was way more entertaining though. Eric should start pulling his hair out and foaming at the mouth, maybe sell some testosterone vitamins.

[@jacklangley861]

I'm so glad so many are focusing on and discussing the truth.

[@BillBoard.]

my worry is im barely seeing any action but...that could just well be my impatience

[@duncansteedman9986]

Must’ve watched this three times by now. Thanks for posting 👍👍

[@michaelb.255]

superb. much needed well articulated observation many of us share. Eric Weinstein, thank you. The C. Willimamson + E. Weinstein combo for the win! Thanks fellas.

[@Keystoneexperience]

Spot on Eric! Especially your closing remarks....."It comes down to not loving your children." Thank you Eric.

[@PaulStringini]

It's heartbreaking to watch society collectively looting our children's future.

[@jasonzacharias2150]

Eric hit it right on the head, but the undertones are creepy

[@jasonzacharias2150]

​@PaulStringini they are looting our children's youth and childhood experiences as well

[@nikitaw1982]

feminism is supported so women give up their children. take them from their own familys. make government the dad

[@zoomingby]

Nah, the "not loving your children" thing doesn't make sense and is a spurious conclusion. It's way more complicated than that, and is a combination of many factors. It would also be interesting to determine whether Eric's lifestyle, possessions, creature comforts, etc reflect the kind of person who "loves their children;" if it does, I'd expect that his life and daily routine would be radically different than that of the average person.

[@winstonsmith8240]

I think a lot of people may be struggling because although they know they're being lied to, they're overwhelmed by actually quite how much.

[@highheartwellness]

Loved this part of the discussion. This is where Eric is best, and his narration of the broader picture of society is spot on. Wish they would've explored further Eric's statement of the ruling generation "not loving their children" and how "people who love their children don't drill holes in their children's life raft" I've heard him mention this before, yet the podcasters choose not to delve into this. I'd love to see Eric explore that narrative further... and more so, have an on-air discussion about what to do about this now that it's been done.

[@markpmcd]

probably this is to do with his take on the growth obligation built into the economy since Bretton woods 1971

[@jamesthecat]

​@@markpmcdWell said! He's absolutely right when he said that 'without growth, everything becomes pathological'. I've seen the resentment in my own community for many years now, because imo we've been reeling from huge events that we haven't really adjusted to, or accounted for. The 'growth' since the financial crash has been invisibility attenuated, so we never regained that 'feel good' factor that spontaneously fosters hope, confidence and genuine generosity.

[@CC3GROUNDZERO]

@@jamesthecat The growth since the financial crash was very real, it was just pocketed by the capitalist class.

[@medstud]

Are you people for real? Eric is incapable of formulating a cogent idea if his life depended on it. His entire grift is reliant on implying what he's saying is profound, but he never really says anything of substance.

[@CC3GROUNDZERO]

@@medstud It's a trick many neoliberals use, they deliberately obfuscate their ideology, they strictly avoid being open, honest and specific about their political goals and even alignments.

[@justbecause4557]

I had a guy I worked with that said something interesting. Roughly is that they don't have to kill you they just have to make it toxic professionally and personally to listen to you and share your ideas.

[@TheSpecialJ11]

I've noticed a similar phenomenon with government employees. In any given institution, I'd say 10% believe in the mission, 10% do not agree at all with the mission, and the 80% in the middle are on some sort of spectrum depending on a variety of factors. The fascinating thing is, between the 10% diehard non-believers and say half of the 80% being in a state of non-belief, with 50% of agents not on board the whole thing should fall apart, but it doesn't. The institution keeps running. Why? Because while those individuals in their minds don't agree, their actions still do, because they want their paycheck, they want to avoid harassment from higher ups, they want to go home at 5 pm and see their family instead of being stuck doing overtime because they didn't care to do it right the first time. In essence, they are brought to compliance, typically without any sort of malice forcing them in that direction. The system just makes compliance the easiest route, and people follow it. This is true of all sorts of organizations, but it's really stark with government work, because the opinions you hear in break rooms are often libertarian or even anarchist, but the actions are still in line with the system. I'm guilty. I was a code enforcement intern in the suburbs early in college. The funny thing is, the code I was enforcing was mostly lawn maintenance, yet I vehemently oppose the idea of the government telling you you have to cut your grass. But I did my job anyways, because that was the easiest thing. Although, I definitely was more lax with my enforcement than maybe someone else would be. On borderline cases I didn't issue a warning, and put off issuing tickets until several days if not a couple weeks after I could have given one. Although the moment we received any sort of complaints from neighbors, I was on the case, issuing warnings and tickets way more readily. Frankly, that's how totalitarianism would enter this country. "See something, say something" applied to totalitarian rules.

[@Trazynn]

This was necessary. Thank you.

[@eliyale99]

That last line was powerful. Worth a complete listen.

[@xkben90]

The last minute of this clip where he talks about love for children: eye opener. Never thought of it that way, or at least have never heard someone verbalize it that way.

[@jasondashney]

It’s funny how the same crowd that talks about leaving a good environment for their children and grandchildren are the same ones who do everything in their power to make sure their children and grandchildren have to suffer under the weight of monetary debt that is unpayable in their lifetime.

[@timhockenberry]

“in the absence of real growth, everything turns pathological” -BW 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆

[@authentic_existence]

Eric is so good at verbalizing what the rest of us are thinking and feeling, I love him for continuing to tell the truth to himself & the rest of us!

[@BrewskiBoy]

I project my lacking intellect to man saying big word I don't fully understand 🤗

[@timetravelfacebag]

He's an articulate person, no doubt, but I don't see any truth here. What did he actually say here that is valuable? Don't trust our institutions? You can just tell when experts are lying? I don't see what is so enlightening... The host nailed it when he asked: is this just skepticism tuned too high? In my mind, the answer is yes. Eric is just adding more chaos, not clarity.

[@dingai]

This is true but it's not a good thing... He's verbalizing what others are thinking. and he's spreading distrust and making more and more people think these cartoonish thoughts. He tells almost ZERO truth, but spins a good yarn that always just happens to position himself as sooooo smart and sooooo important and soooo connected to these elite networks....

[@palestalemale1779]

Not for me, I hear a lot of grandstanding and very little insight, but that's just me

[@pancaked7777777]

He literally said nothing

[@PeterHealthyLifestyle]

Trying to follow his train of thought is like chasing a squirrel on an espresso binge

[@fvr12345]

Dude is just another talking head. Charismatic clown talking around in circles about nothing and an average intelligence interviewer nodding his head in agreement to anything that he says.

[@vasatvnow]

I can follow along without any problem. 🤔

[@RTFLDGR]

no. He is lucid. His mind is brilliant. Try to keep up.

[@terrykomst6278]

I think your problem is you don’t want to follow. You’re just another sheep. Shut up and don’t ask questions.

[@johncallahan3753]

His umbrage with being compared to Sam is questionable.

[@frankforcinelli4645]

It’s great to hear Eric ..it’s a breath of fresh air

[@deadmanwalking6342]

More like the smell of rotten egg fart.

[@benz0317]

And terrifying at the same time 😂

[@frankforcinelli4645]

@@benz0317 how so?

[@benz0317]

@@frankforcinelli4645 Because he was illustrating how we still need institutions, as a society, but can no longer trust them.

[@frankforcinelli4645]

@@benz0317 ok I see

[@HighPriestess-x2e]

I agree, the check sums are all off. I have zero trust in our institutions. It's a sad time in history.

[@TheCjbowman]

Discernment is the most important skill one has in modern times. The politicians are certainly a problem, but it's the unelected bureaucrats and powerful elites that worry me the most.

[@danahodgson7478]

Thank you Eric Weinstein. "Comes from not loving their children." Exactly right.

[@nealorr5086]

They love their children... they just don't care about my parents' children or grand children.

[@captainiceberg8637]

Beautifully put, Eric.

[@robertheitner1534]

"There are giant farms of people and bots that are dedicated to spreading bad feelings about anybody who is contradicting narrative." great quote

[@dingai]

Yeah... totally not the paranoid self-centred dark fantasy of someone who is completely intolerant of being challenged and criticized for his ignorance and reckless conspiracy mongering...

[@fvr12345]

Yeah, countries like Russia and China. Not the US. Try again.

[@dingai]

@@Paul-zu2hd kind of. But what do you mean?

[@gtlogic6023]

It’s easy to contradict the narrative when you don’t have accountability yourself nor have any solutions.

[@Powderfinger07]

That makes us “dysfunctional to the institutions.” I do not have the ability to be a synthetic yes-man inside synthetic institutions, I can only be my authentic self, therefore an outcast to the institutions.

[@PurcellAdam]

Beautiful interview shot, BTW.

[@jonathanharoun5247]

"selective incompetence and madness" Hearing that phrase gives my brain so much euphoria

[@danielalexander3406]

Man that last line about loving your children hit the nail on the head

[@RobbWolfVideos]

That was a ton of bricks moment. Wow.

[@kirkgeorgia6058]

I immediately thought of the book "A generation of sociopaths: how the baby boomers betrayed America." If you like that quote, the author of the book gets into the nuts and bolts of it.

[@yuane45632]

I do have some hesistancy about when someone says you can’t trust anybody but you should trust me.

[@coniferous4637]

The end was really profound and depressing. I hope we can regain our love for our children and our families.

[@shanak1733]

Excellent! Thank you for saying what so many are thinking, stay brave🕊️

[@fvr12345]

He literally said nothing

[@batswbennett]

Brave?

[@daCATgraphics]

Well he managed to articulate all of my fears, frustrations and concerns. I love my children. Lets make the world a better place

[@simongraham7343]

I'm usually more of a Bret fan than Eric but damn, he hit it out the park in this. Glad to have watched this.

[@Think-dont-believe]

@@shannontreiber1070Better… so limited amount of space or he only looks good if compared to his brother … or you need to take that word out of your vocabulary and see how things change…

[@jonny.rubber]

Love listening to Eric. Thanks.

[@tomcotter4299]

Damn, man. Your production quality is insane.

[@BobbyDillon-ug5te]

I still don’t know exactly what the beef is between Sam Harris and the Weinsteins regarding vaccines. I’m somewhat new to this argument, but every time I hear either of them speak about this topic, the details are never mentioned. There’s always these vague implications about what their differences are, but I never hear any specifics. Can someone just briefly fill me in? Thanks.

[@j.t.r1409]

The last 5 minutes is brilliant. I need to cut and paste Eric's example of the commercial airliner to lots of people who think the institutions are sacrosanct.

[@sup1e]

Safety being compromised will absolutely hurt the bottom line--the seat not reclining/some comfort loss can be skimped on/easy place to cut corner$ with no real downside is my guess.

[@illyriandescendant7963]

I don't know anyone who thinks that the institutions are "sacrosanct". But a lot of people do think that institutions are necessary and broadly useful. As imperfect as they are, they make the system work.

[@ibnyahud]

Wow, this is one of the best discussions I've listened to in quite a while. Eric Weinstein understands

[@ellekewilms6891]

Yes, the institutions have crumbled, they are done. We deserve better. I have been reading about initiatives on many fronts - economic, banking, medical, education, agriculture, etc - since 2008 and I have been impressed by how much is understood and how much better things can work for all of us if we put our mind and muscle to it. However, we need a shift in attitude, better yet: a change of heart. Our future is at stake.

[@jacklangley861]

They did spit in our faces! Biggest scam of all time.

[@Dan-mc7xg]

"You're dead to me!" Eric said it all, right there.

[@beeman4266]

Can you give me some context on this? I've never actually listened to Sam Harris at all. Was Sam Harris very pro vaccine and believed the mainstream covid narrative and attacked Eric for going against it? I'm just confused on the context of this whole thing. Eric speaks so metaphorically and esoterically it can be hard to understand what he's refuting at times.

[@DutchDiederik]

@@beeman4266 Sam Harris went all-in on the mainstream narrative during covid. He was completely unwilling to have an honest discussion, basically dismissing any counterargument in the typical arrogant way we have come to know from him in the last few years. He also made some truly abhorrent comments on the Triggernometry Podcast about a year ago that he has yet to account for. He caught so much flak over it that he deleted his Twitter. It revealed him to be ideologically posessed, and when pressed on the issue since, he only doubles down instead of taking an honest look in the mirror. To me (and many others), he lost all credibility, both as an intellectual and especially as an authority on morality.

[@billj4525]

I'm curious as well since I don't really follow any of these guys a ton. I have heard Sam Harris and Bret Weinstein go back and forth on COVID. I can tell you that Sam is pro vaccine and Bret is anti vaccine. It got to the point where they weren't just debating each other. They were both being immature and insulting each other, attacking each others character at times, and it was actually sad to see, especially since they were friends, they both let their disagreements on COVID drive them apart, which I find absolutely ridiculous. I know they're both better than that. I have not heard Eric's position on these topics, but I assume he takes the same stance as Bret, since they're brothers and given what he said here. I have not heard Sam mention Eric specifically, or Eric mention Sam specifically regarding this topic until now, so I am also curious to the context of this. I'm curious to Sam and Eric's specific context , and what they have both said about each other before this, and how it got to this point from Eric's perspective. I'm also curious to Sams current perspective on Eric and his opinions.

[@uhnborhn5032]

The your dead to me refers to no longer trusting anything fauci days because he's be shown to have lied bold faced. Sam has been a stern supporter of "trusting the experts", which in this case is fauci, who has been shown to be a liar, but this doesn't bother Sam so much, so erik groups Sam into being similarly an issue.

[@xsu-is7vq]

@@uhnborhn5032interesting. What has Fauci had lied about exactly? And can you distinguish between HIS lies vs lies he was ordered to tell by Trump?

[@surfnbacker84]

Eric and his brother Brett always do a phenomenal job speaking what the rest of us are thinking.

[@kenyonorama]

But they can’t ever back it up.

[@acetate909]

@@kenyonorama Yes they can and they often do. Some people just refuse to listen because they're blinded their ideology.

[@darkfeign]

They are not in the same camp lmao. Brett is in full audience capture. He's got nothing to support his vaccine skepticism.

[@farbrorknark]

Eric is both sharp and truthful, deadly combination

[@hedheb2619]

Eric is both terribly uncharismatic and bore, a deadly combination.

[@sabejreid2072]

Nothing is deadly without power

[@hedheb2619]

@@sabejreid2072 Aye, there's truth in that.

[@David-Field.Stuff01]

What impresses me about Mr W is his ability to talk on absolutely any subject.

[@rjbullock]

That shouldn’t impress you. Typically people who speak about any subject know very little about any of those subjects.

[@MacTeee]

Dianne Feinstein can't beat you anymore. Fascinating perspective Eric and right on the money.

[@kari8187]

The philosophers are fighting again! ❤ thank you for having Eric on!

[@MullicanDesigns]

This is the way thank you Eric

[@Stiggandr1]

That final point hurts. Even in my family I see the past generation liquidating their assets to live in an RV or a cruise until they die. hundreds of thousands of dollars of potential generational wealth being squandered for just a bit more fun before the end. In my situation, I feel as though I've been regularly asked to sacrifice my own future, health, and financial resources to get housing and healthcare for dying parents before I've even had the chance to build a life of my own. "You have to take care of them, it's your responsibility" As if my first responsibility is to the past generation instead of the future generation. It's totally inverted from how it should be.

[@ANonymous-uo3yb]

Same.

[@juergenernst1320]

So your parents are living it up with your money, aren’t they? Was it passed down to them from your grandparents or did they actually work for it?

[@Stiggandr1]

​@@juergenernst1320 There's two points here. Firstly I bought my mom a house. I've taken care of her medical troubles. I've had to bend over backwards to take care of many problems she's created. So literally yes. She's "living it up" on my money, and that was crippling during the times I should have been investing that money in a home for myself, or my family. Secondly, Sure, they worked for it. They worked for it in the healthiest middle class economy literally in the history of the world. The 1980s, economically speaking, pulled that ladder up behind them, and now they're spending that money at such a rate, even they will run out of that money before they die. It's obscenely selfish in the face of the selflessness they are demanding of the next generation.

[@Stiggandr1]

@@juergenernst1320 This is a particularly bitter point today, because after literally 15 years of busting ass I graduated from college debt free. And what's my graduation party? Running off to take care of some very serious problems my mom has made for herself during the brief time I wasn't actively caring for her so that I could focus on my studies.

[@HighDefinitionVideo]

3:10 I’m so happy to hear Brett say this. I was wondering if it’s me.

[@h.malbis6760]

The tragic events surrounding the famous heroic New York police officer Serpico comes to mind…..

[@Meru112]

Eric is so spot on in this entire clip, holy hell.

[@Moist_yet_Crispy]

Holy Shit Chris! This episode is an absolute logic bombshell! This needs to be downloaded before it gets taken down.

[@katelane8016]

I burst out laughing (instead of crying) as Eric described those in power - Nancy trading!😂It is unbelievable, truly, the upside down world we're witnessing. Eric, loved your point about travel - can't clean the seats, but the planes still fly. There is phenomenal incompetence in how businesses are run now. What a wonderful conversation. Thanks, Chris for breaking the 3 hour down into sections. Love Eric's rational and spot on views - and Chris, your points are so sharp - as are your timely questions. Lovely mix of wry/dry humour and serious observations.

[@betsyross2.065]

And,yet he says Dangerous right....

[@universeturtle]

@@betsyross2.065 The right has dangers indeed, like the passing of the patriot act. Tell me, who used the patriot act to spy on their political opponents making watergate look like child's play?

[@richardcrocker8048]

Yeh, take a look at American car companies …… I doubt these CEO’s could run a 12 unit supermarket chain.

[@amberyooper]

It's only partly incompetence, the other part is greed causing the cutting of as many corners as they can get away with for that little extra bit of profit. Nobody wants the plane to crash because then no one would get on the plane. However, a dirty seat because they don't pay people to clean them properly won't stop people from getting on the plane.

[@c172215s]

@@amberyooper There is hardly anything that someone can't make a little cheaper and sell for a little less. Those who consider price only are this person's lawful prey. Don't know who said it but it is true. Don't fly cheap airlines and you might find things are different. True in any industry with any product and with any company.

[@dag410]

I joined the Navy after high school, after September 11th. My first deployment was on a Unitas/CD ops. During the deployment we off loaded tens of tons of pure cocaine. Every 2.2 lb bricks were loaded pallets on 18 wheelers. During this deployment we captured the same mule, twice. On my second duty station, Naval Hospital Lemoore, I met a Vietnam veteran who was covered in a full body rash. As a Hospital Corpsman, I checked him in and while I was taking his vitals and looking over his medical history, he told me a story about his job during the Vietnam War. His veteran has had this rash, documented, since the late 70's. After the doctor checked him out, I spoke to the commander about the patient and I was informed this rash was all in his head. I questioned this theory because I could see it. I was ordered to drop it. Months later, I volunteered to join the green zone in the Middle East. During this deployment after seeing and talking to multiple USA Blackwater contractors, SEALS, and other soldiers, I became extremely depressed. I came to realize my beautiful republic was did not have Honor or at least not the standards I held, the standards I was taught by my government. 17 years later and multiple careers later. This infection has infected business, families, social movements, churches, local government... I see this everywhere and it's sad. Now, I work for a 501 (c)3 organization. One day, I woke up and realized my entire life is a badly managed reality matrix and I am apart of the problem.

[@javiervalenzuela8284]

Most of those people are rightfully discredited. The idea they are not is almost in itself discrediting to you.

[@Majnun74]

I listened to this entire podcast. Brilliant!🧐

[@snakejazz]

I'm so glad Eric had come around. He was super hard on Brett for bringing all of this stuff up for the longest time.

[@rocketpig1914]

Was he? Eric was questioning the covid narratives right from the beginning. Just never seen him brave enough to confront the most difficult of the issues (vaxxes).

[@ClassicJukeboxBand]

The wisest man I have ever heard was George Carlin. One of his best quotes: "I have certain rules I live by, the first one is that I don't believe anything my government tells me. Nothing."

[@godisbollocks]

I'm a huge Carlin fan, have been for over 20 years, but that quote always makes me cringe. To assume that *everything* the government says is dishonest is every bit as naive as assuming that *everything* they say is honest.

[@ClassicJukeboxBand]

As a rule though, it is smart. Nobody is 100 percent dishonest. @@godisbollocks

[@willcarter6806]

"Bukkake of the gaps" @ 11:30 just earned you a sub.

[@taracameron7922]

Really did you just hear what Eric said at the end? You cut directly from that point to an ad for Shopify? Did you miss the point?

[@escapekayak]

One of the most beautiful interview / video podcast setups I have seen. And content that matches. Keep it up.

[@Peter-rw1wt]

Very eloquent Eric

[@Cogbyrn]

I love Eric Wrinstein. I need to listen to more of his recent thinking.

[@gimmelyod]

CW: Do you know how to tell you have an excellent episode? People watch it more than once. This is round 3 for me. Absolutely excellent content. Keep up these great interviews.

[@richardokeefe7410]

Serge Lang's "The File" is a classic.

[@fountainofyouth3.7]

Thanks Eric Weinstein!! I appreciate you and your dedication to education and TRUTH!!!!!

[@saintdominicreview]

Not to mention his undying devotion to the girls of Epstien Island!!!

[@skippylippy547]

@@saintdominicreview What are you trying to say? (or are you just simple-minded troll?)

[@fountainofyouth3.7]

@@skippylippy547 thanks I guess he has not heard him speak of meeting that demon

[@ZonarosaSmith]

This is very, very good.

[@maam-yj8ph]

It's a day late and a dollar short but I am glad that Eric Weinstein understands why no one wants to have sex and families anymore.

[@musashidanmcgrath]

In that case noting at all matters anyway, because we will be all but extinct in 2 generations of very low birth rates.

[@rocketpig1914]

Because we don't trust our institutions? I think there are other reasons.

[@utah20gflyer76]

@@rocketpig1914Our society has been captured by anti human ideology that focuses narrowly on the self and the short term. We are committing suicide as a species at the moment. I think people are starting to wake up though

[@the_velvet_void]

​@rocketpig1914 phony western materialistic culture

[@johnny-mnemonic13]

​@@rocketpig1914which are?

[@jonfreelove]

Such a brilliant mind eric has was another top level conversation

[@Vlad.the.Inhaler]

I'd love to hear him elaborate on his point about pathology in the absence of growth. Interesting!...🤔

[@airplanebuilder8685]

"It comes out of not loving your children". Profound.

[@stephenlight647]

I usually have a problem with Eric because of his elliptical discourse, but this is one of his most lucid and economical discussions! Bravo!

[@andrewblack7852]

I agree. He usually skirts the meat of the issue trying to avoid getting the leprosy

[@jasondashney]

Brett is that on steroids. Q: “Why didn’t FEMA act sooner?” A: “Well there are forces at play which seek to insert themselves into the unconscious hierarchies of establishment principles and thus attempt to predetermine the variables on which the discourse can take place”.

[@skippylippy547]

stephen - in what way is Erics discourse "elliptical"? 🤔

[@vipcress]

Fear can turn the brightest minds to fools. -Lukas Lion

[@QuinnieMae]

I love how many people here speak about what Eric is saying as though _they've_ been saying it all along lol. It's fascinating!

[@vdoggydogg3922]

Many of us have...it's called the silent majority.

[@alanschaub147]

Eric is right on target! 🎯

[@mikeward9870]

Nice naming of a key concept: " Lies as a checksum."

[@davidleonard37]

I am living in hope for the next generation to be better educated and understand what's happened and what's being done to us. We've been conditioned to not step outside our lane and question the corruption around us, to keep these people in power and keep them in the lifestyle they have acquired. Most of our leaders (with some exceptions) and institutions stay in the middle, change little and do what's necessary to stay in power and not to upset the status quo ie. a college would lose it's funding or an individual would be cancelled. I don't necessary always agree with Sam Harris, Jordan Peterson et al but I agree they should be allowed have their say and if your smart enough decide for yourself what's true and what's not. Critical thinking is a must and I'm trying to educate my daughter as such. My Dad used to say 'believe very little you of what you hear and only some of what you see'

[@fvr12345]

Eric Weinstein and Jordan Peterson have the right to say whatever they want. Folks also have the right to call them out and laugh at them for the perpetual victims/conspiracy theorists clowns that they are.

[@davidleonard37]

@@fvr12345 I kinda agree with you, just because you use big convuluted words and are very coherent doesn't mean you don't talk shite.

[@CJM6]

Harris is a mega LOON, without principles OR morality.

[@LaplantFilm]

Love the way he thinks through stuff and love your way of asking the right short direction giving questions

[@BANKO007]

Fabulous analysis. We have to get behind these guys.

[@TFlint_]

“I don’t agree with what you say, it offends me even but I would die for your right to say it nonetheless.” I thought America could be summed up in that once sentence? It was what I was taught about the first amendment all my life but it’s not what the idiot mob wants anymore & it’ll be the destruction of your nation. That’s what I was always taught & I don’t understand why that’s changed so drastically.

[@brianhillier7052]

@8:00 what dose our gov do when we stumble over something were not supposed to as civilians? I can give an example, the hearings on UFO/UAPs thats what happens. a show!

[@hithere6572]

I Love when he discusses that parents shouldn't drill holes in their children's life raft...Awesome

[@dustinwooden9802]

Eric put so fine a point on how I feel and think and it was a small weight off my shoulders to hear somebody describe it so well.

[@MikeWanDoe1]

Dropping truth bombs as usual. Keep it up you two…

[@adambarbatov1445]

I wonder what camera gear Chris is using? It looks amazing

[@tomcanty1904]

Great talk. Thank you!

[@gizzykatkat9687]

I love Eric, I could listen to him all day everyday

[@timwhite5562]

Me too, as long as he doesn't have a few drinks in him.

[@PinkyPanther11]

Even better

[@Demention94]

"I live in a completely fake world."

[@RalphTempleton-i9e]

As well as being highly intelligent, this man has an uncommon amount of common sense. This is an extremely rare combination

[@TheCompleteGuitarist]

Bret is clever, Eric is cleverer. I love them both. Bret is more active in his activism while Eric just talks and writes. Which I guess is how they balance each other out.

[@yasseford]

It's weird how he's clever because of the way he talks, when what he says about vaccine safety is a lie.

[@aarondyer.pianist]

The bomb dropped on my head when he said it comes from not loving your children. Eric has obviously thought this through for a while. This didn’t seem like he talked his way to this conclusion just now.

[@baledog148]

That

[@twodee5818]

Amazing words! Everyone needs to watch this but I sadly know that's impossible. 😢