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The James Altucher Show

472 - Eric Weinstein: How to Question the World Around You & Find Your Core Theories (Part 2)

The James Altucher Show

James Altucher

Education, Business

4.62.7K Ratings

🗓️ 18 July 2019

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Eric Weinstein was going to drop out of college. But he got a degree... from Harvard. In mathematical physics. And now he's the Managing Director of Thiel Capital (Peter Thiel's investment firm). And he's the host of the new podcast "The Portal." In Part 1, we talk about his background. And in this episode (part 2), we talk about the hidden ways you're being suppressed, how to "unspin the world" and see it differently, what Eric recommends to practice "first principles" thinking and more.    I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast. Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts: Apple Podcasts Stitcher iHeart Radio Spotify   Follow me on Social Media: YouTube Twitter Facebook Linkedin Instagram ------------What do YOU think of the show? Head to JamesAltucherShow.com/listeners and fill out a short survey that will help us better tailor the podcast to our audience!Are you interested in getting direct answers from James about your question on a podcast? Go to JamesAltucherShow.com/AskAltucher and send in your questions to be answered on the air!------------Visit Notepd.com to read our idea lists & sign up to create your own!My new book, Skip the Line, is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever books are sold!Join the You Should Run for President 2.0 Facebook Group, where we discuss why you should run for President.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltuchershow.com------------Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" wherever you get your podcasts: Apple PodcastsiHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on social media:YouTubeTwitterFacebookLinkedIn See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0

This isn't your average business podcast and he's not your average host.

0:06.4

This is the James Altiger Show on the Choose Yourself Network.

0:12.4

Today on the James Altiger Show.

0:15.2

You're managing director of a big DC fun slash hedge fund.

0:20.8

So we're going to talk about our hair.

0:22.8

What do you do during the day other than brushing your hair?

0:26.4

It depends. Sometimes I'm working on physics, sometimes I'm thinking about markets and

0:33.2

contributing in our research group. Sometimes I'm listening to somebody

0:40.8

talking about a company or we're trying to think about where we might

0:44.8

take the philanthropic arm. But I don't get a chance to talk too much about Peter

0:50.4

Teal and I consider him not only my employer but he's an amazing friend, an amazing human

0:56.1

being and a great teacher. What's a couple of your takeaways from interacting with?

1:01.3

Part of the problem you see the reason I don't talk about Peter almost at all is

1:04.9

that the news media created a fictional character called Peter Teal.

1:10.5

And the two of them are totally different. The real Peter Teal and the fictional

1:13.6

Peter Teal aren't the same person. So every time I talk about the real Peter Teal,

1:17.6

people imagine that I'm talking about a vampire who lives on a seastead,

1:22.1

off of New Zealand drinking the blood of virgins to stay young and I've just never met that person.

1:27.5

They figured out a very effective gambit for trying to silence his insights.

1:32.0

But I'll give you one insight that I think was really particularly good.

1:41.7

So let's take this to the you know you coined the phrase the intellectual dark web.

1:46.6

You felt free to express opinions among the select group of friends and colleagues you chose

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