Lex Fridman Podcast: #134 – Eric Weinstein: On the Nature of Good and Evil, Genius and Madness

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Eric Weinstein is a mathematical physicist, podcaster, and intellectual. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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00:00 – Introduction

07:46 – Eddie Van Halen

15:26 – Leonard Cohen

23:22 – Battle between ego and humility

28:38 – Darkness and beauty

35:20 – Jimi Hendrix

38:08 – Good Will Hunting

42:16 – Revolutionary minds

53:49 – Next Elon Musk should come from MIT

58:14 – Love with save the world

1:03:30 – Are we headed toward a civil war?

1:15:04 – Joe Rogan

1:28:52 – Our political leaders

1:34:11 – Younger people should have more power

1:44:30 – The Portal

2:09:20 – Money

2:11:26 – Roger Penrose

2:19:06 – Jeffrey Epstein

2:37:44 – We need to get off this planet

2:40:41 – An update on Geometric Unity

2:46:33 – Gratitude