#163 – Eric Weinstein: Difficult Conversations, Freedom of Speech, and Physics
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<p><b>OUTLINE:</b><br />
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(00:00) – Introduction<br />
(07:27) – Aliens and physics<br />
(11:12) – Breaking the frame of conversation<br />
(12:56) – Time travel across multiple dimensions<br />
(19:07) – Is the government in possession of alien spacecraft?<br />
(25:31) – Freedom of speech<br />
(36:49) – Elon Musk<br />
(38:07) – Idealism of every era<br />
(41:26) – Non-locality of free speech in the Internet age<br />
(47:03) – Glenn Beck<br />
(48:57) – Joe Rogan<br />
(53:41) – Freedom and fear<br />
(55:14) – Jeffrey Epstein<br />
(58:53) – Aaron Swartz<br />
(1:04:29) – Jeffrey Epstein and Geometric Unity<br />
(1:24:04) – Cancel culture<br />
(1:26:06) – Alex Jones<br />
(1:35:01) – Curtis Yarvin<br />
(1:39:40) – Michael Malice<br />
(1:42:00) – Intellectual Dark Web<br />
(1:48:52) – Innovation<br />
(2:02:10) – Economics<br />
(2:09:29) – Cryptocurrency<br />
(2:15:37) – Geometric Unity paper<br />
(2:32:42) – David Goggins challenge<br />
(2:34:05) – Father and son</p>