James Altucher: Seinfeld Unfriended Me! A Special Livestream Edition (#071)

Into the Impossible With Brian Keating

Brian Keating

Physics, Natural Sciences, Science

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🗓️ 5 September 2020

⏱️ 89 minutes

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A conversation with @James Altucher about the explosive controversy surrounding his LinkedIn piece “NYC is DEAD”, the repercussions of which are still resonating around the globe! We begin by chatting about Jerry Seinfeld who inveighed against James in a shallow, but widely read Op-Ed in the NY Times. Judge for yourself — whose argument is more convincing and less full of ad hominem attacks? James harangued online by NYC Mayor DeBlasio: (https://twitter.com/jaltucher/status/1298079402983673857?s=20) https://youtu.be/0wpalJRusz8?t=1344 Seinfeld’s criticism: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/24/opinion/jerry-seinfeld-new-york-coronavirus.html or James’s piece — that drew Jerry’s ire: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/nyc-dead-forever-heres-why-james-altucher/ James’s response to Jerry Seinfeld https://nypost.com/2020/08/24/sorry-seinfeld-your-love-of-nyc-wont-change-the-facts-about-its-crisis/ We also discussed James’s phenomenal piece in LinkedIn about the persuasive power of Eminem: Eminem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7UQHgZZAfU https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/12-secrets-persuasion-i-learned-from-eminem-james-altucher/ Here’s my appearance on THE JAMES ALTUCHER SHOW https://youtu.be/HeRWBR_fFOw?sub_confirmation=1 and James’s appearances on my show: https://youtu.be/K-1tB0X85ZE?sub_confirmation=1 Brian Keating’s most popular Youtube Videos: Eric Weinstein: https://youtu.be/YjsPb3kBGnk?sub_confirmation=1 Jim Simons: https://youtu.be/6fr8XOtbPqM?sub_confirmation=1 Noam Chomsky: https://youtu.be/Iaz6JIxDh6Y?sub_confirmation=1 Sabine Hossenfelder: https://youtu.be/V6dMM2-X6nk?sub_confirmation=1 Sarah Scoles: https://youtu.be/apVKobWigMw Stephen Wolfram: https://youtu.be/nSAemRxzmXM Brian Keating’s most popular Youtube Videos: Eric Weinstein: 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.
0:07.0	Oh, hey James, Mayor DeBlazio was just referring to me live on a press conference,
0:16.5	which is just insane that I'm not, I think my article is not that important
0:24.1	compared to many of the issues that my article brings up yes oh I think yeah
0:30.0	related my article to being an issue I'm not creating the problem. The article is not creating the problem. The article is pointing out the problem and even DeBlazio's like, oh, this person wants to leave and give up on the city.
0:46.2	I said no such thing, of course.
0:48.3	I just, I point out the facts that are undeniable, but, and I talk about my own love for the city and everybody went insane
0:57.4	so James first of all thank you so much for your courage I always tell you you've got the
1:01.8	rarest human trait which is courage because this
1:04.3	wither I mean imagine like if I told you two weeks ago you're gonna wake up one of the
1:09.2	most famous human beings who's ever lived a billionaire is is going to be besieging you, attacking you, not for something
1:15.8	you did, you didn't do anything, and the mayor of the largest city in America would be
1:20.7	attacking you, assailing you, criticizing you.
1:24.5	I mean, you thought 2020 was a simulation before.
1:27.7	Where's your mind out right now?
1:30.0	It's so funny you bring up the simulation thing
1:32.0	because, first off, off I woke I mean the article was already creating way I wrote the article a week and a half ago.
1:39.4	You know our title is New York City is dead forever, here's why.
1:43.0	And I really wanted it to be a wake up call.
1:45.7	These, this is my city too.
1:47.6	I was born in this city.
1:49.2	I've lived in it.
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