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Part 1 of 2: Eric Weinstein n- WTF Happened in 1971: An INTO THE IMPOSSIBLE Birthday Extravaganza 🎉! (#181)

Sep 12, 2021
Guest Eric Weinstein discusses events from 1971, time dilation, covectors, genetics, consciousness, beauty in physics, economics disparities among professors, challenges faced by physicists, and wealth, currency, and Bitcoin discussions.
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ANECDOTE

Orthodox Jews' Physics Anecdote

  • Eric Weinstein shares a story of Orthodox Jews explaining biblical time dilation using physics concepts.
  • They imagined God's speed relative to Earth to reconcile scripture with science via the Lorentz factor.
INSIGHT

Leadership Avoids Real Solutions

  • Eric is pessimistic about the future due to leadership's lack of interest in innovative solutions.
  • Leadership tries to avoid disaster rather than fix systemic problems, dooming progress.
INSIGHT

Global Leadership Decline

  • The global problems aren't local to any region like California but global and systemic.
  • Less evil yet less talented leaders have failed to uphold critical societal conventions, threatening survival.
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