#158 Zev Weinstein: The Next Generation of Big Ideas and Brave Minds

Published: Feb. 5, 2021, 7:59 p.m.

Zev Weinstein is a young man who thinks deeply about the world. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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\nOUTLINE:
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\n(00:00) - Introduction
\n(06:52) - Philosophy becomes dangerous in difficult times
\n(12:15) - The power of radical ideas
\n(17:06) - Changing your mind
\n(21:19) - Fear
\n(22:58) - Labels
\n(28:02) - Thomas Aquinas
\n(32:32) - Nietzsche
\n(37:02) - Nature of truth
\n(39:22) - Jordan Peterson
\n(44:54) - Mediums of communication
\n(53:24) - Free will
\n(57:48) - Simulation
\n(1:02:05) - Transcending the limits of human life
\n(1:05:09) - Elon Musk
\n(1:09:30) - Aliens
\n(1:13:01) - Is math invented or discovered?
\n(1:15:36) - Theory of everything
\n(1:17:30) - Eric Weinstein as a dad
\n(1:33:17) - Music
\n(1:40:32) - Advice for young people
\n(1:42:31) - Mortality
\n(1:46:19) - Meaning of life