Eric Weinstein Part 2: Parenting, Peak Prosperity, & Weinstein University (#052)

Into the Impossible With Brian Keating

Brian Keating

Physics, Natural Sciences, Science

4.7 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2020

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Part 2 of Brian Keating’s conversation with Eric Weinstein on the INTO THE IMPOSSIBLE podcast pivots from faith & family to the course catalog at “Weinstein University” (fictional, for now!) which would combine scholarship with wonder. We also contemplate the notion of legacies, not just for our actual children, but for our ideological children as well. Show notes and, by popular demand, Eric’s slides from his famous 2013 “Geometric Unity” lecture at Oxford are available when you join my mailing list: http://briankeating.com/mailing_list.php Highlights: 00:12:18 A place for the rituals of religion in an atheist’s life. 00:19:26 Crisis of faith versus crisis of reason. 00:25:20 Eric Weinstein’s parenting philosophy. 00:33:05 Resolving dualities in human lives and behaviors. 00:36:05 Rapid fire questions about God and aliens. 00:40:26 Eric’s legacies in space and time. Eric Weinstein has a Ph.D. from Harvard in mathematical physics. He is the managing director of Thiel Capital. Weinstein hosts the podcast The Portal Watch part 1 of this interview with Eric Weinstein here. Buy your own Klein bottle: here https://amzn.to/3e2apWP Find Eric Weinstein on the web: https://ericweinstein.org and Twitter: https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein ‍♂️ Find Brian Keating on Twitter at https://twitter.com/DrBrianKeating Find Brian Keating on Instagram at https://instagram.com/DrBrianKeating Buy Brian’s book LOSING THE NOBEL PRIZE: http://amzn.to/2sa5UpA Subscribe for more great content https://www.youtube.com/DrBrianKeating?sub_confirmation=1 ✍️Detailed Blog posts here: https://briankeating.com/blog.php ️Please subscribe, Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Hello everyone. This is Brian Keating, your fearful host of the Into the
0:18.9	Impossible podcast, the production of the Arthur C. Clark Center for Human Imagination at the University of California, San Diego.
0:26.0	It's a pleasure to welcome back our guest, Eric Weinstein.
0:30.0	This is actually part two of an interview we recorded back in May of 2020 early May of 2020
0:36.6	And it's just impossible to overstate how much has happened in the past few weeks since part one was released and now in June of 2020 I had
0:47.4	originally hoped to release this episode segment part two on Father's Day because of all the very interesting advice and
0:57.4	insights that and wisdom that Eric shares in this episode as you're about to
1:01.8	hear but Eric kind of beat me to it in that he actually interviewed his son an earlier
1:07.4	episode on the portal podcast which I am a religious subscriber to and I recommend that you do as well. And speaking of religion, this
1:15.2	podcast will cover some of his insights into rituals and our shared religious practices in some sense and where we differ in religion
1:25.2	along with such notables as Sam Harris and folks like Sasha Sagan we've had on
1:31.7	the show.
1:32.9	And I want to encourage people to continue
1:36.1	giving Eric's work, its fair share, its attention
1:41.0	that it's due, whether or not you think it is ultimately correct.
1:44.6	He's certainly an extremely deep thinker and he has a tremendous amount of wisdom,
1:49.8	which is a rare commodity to offer.
1:52.0	Time will tell if he's correct and I think it's fascinating always
1:56.8	to spend time with him. I encourage you to check him out. Of course his podcast needs no introduction from me to you but I do recommend it with my highest
2:08.8	recommendation. So with that I will ask you to sit back enjoy this episode of Into the Impossible.
2:16.0	If you would do us a big favor and leave a rating and review on iTunes
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