This Will Collapse The West | Bret Weinstein PT 2

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Impact Theory

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🗓️ 9 August 2024

⏱️ 98 minutes

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In this compelling episode of Impact Theory, join host Tom Bilyeu and guest Dr. Bret Weinstein for a thought-provoking exploration of societal issues, personal empowerment, and intellectual growth. Tom recounts a powerful story of someone who secured a high-paying job through goal-setting and belief, emphasizing the importance of actionable skills and a growth mindset. Dr. Bret Weinstein delves into controversial topics, from the evolution of human bonding mechanisms to the dismissal of logic and science as exclusively "white." They discuss the dangerous implications of cancel culture, the attack on public truth-seeking institutions, and the potential manipulation by powerful elites. The episode also examines the interplay between empathy and personal responsibility, the friction between big ideas and practical execution, and the crucial balance of mutual respect in political discourse. Tune in as they navigate these intricate subjects, aiming to inspire informed debate and a deeper understanding of our complex world. SHOW NOTES: 00:00 Feeling the momentum towards disunity and conflict. 13:06 Living by your principles limits societal influence. 21:36 Preserve opportunities, liberate people, enable individual advancement. 40:27 Climate science lacks open, countervailing evidence. 43:58 Elite collusion, control, and agendas in society. 59:36 Dynamic tension between polite society and radicals. 01:03:51 Honest exploration on both sides; no responsibility. 01:16:41 Fear of enlightenment and resistance to change. 01:30:52 Rejecting and celebrating people based on beliefs. 01:44:50 Data analysis uncovers surprising and fascinating insights. 01:50:21 Democratic party aligning with Black Lives Matter dangerously. 02:00:18 Eliminate abuse, promote freedom, improve education system. 02:16:24 Understanding and preventing rape and genocide. 02:23:33 Market drives exploration of suspect motives in erotica. 02:30:11 Distinctions between populations not based in genes. 02:41:04 Belief in conspiracy involving Gates and vaccines. 02:49:01 Inappropriate and offensive comments about son and Jews. SPONSOR: Shopify: Go to https://impacttheory.co/shopifyAugust24pod right now and sign up for a $1 per month trial. Butcherbox: Go to https://impacttheory.co/butcherboxpodAugust24 and use code IMPACT at checkout and enjoy your choice of bone-in chicken thighs, top sirloins, or salmon in every box for an entire year, plus get $20 off Eightsleep: Head to https://impacttheory.co/EightSleeppodAugust24 and use code IMPACT to get $350 off your Pod 4 Ultra. Netsuite: Head to https://impacttheory.co/NetsuitepodAugust24 for Netsuite’s one-of-a-kind flexible financing program for a few more weeks! SchwankOutdoor: Visit https://impacttheory.co/SchwankGrillsPodAugust24 and use promo code IMPACT to get $150 OFF a Schwank Grill. RangeRover: Explore the Range Rover Sport at https://impacttheory.co/landroverpodAugust24 - AG1: Get 5 free AG1 Travel Packs and a FREE 1 year supply of Vitamin D with your first purchase at https://impacttheory.co/AG1pod. Aura: Secure your digital life with proactive protection for your assets, identity, family, and tech – Go to https://aura.com/impact to start your free two-week trial. Quickbooks: Go to https://impacttheory.co/quickbooksJuly24 to get 50% off 3 months of Quickbooks Payroll! FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here. If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. LISTEN AD FREE + BONUS EPISODES on APPLE PODCASTS: apple.co/impacttheory Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Why are you worried about shutdown stem?
0:06.0	I agree with you.
0:07.2	It is absolutely the most terrifying piece of this.
0:11.6	It's also the most absurd piece.
0:13.7	But I think the reason that it is so terrifying is that it speaks to a willingness to un-invent insight in order to make progress, right?
0:29.0	And that tells you what kind of progress they want to make.
0:32.6	So to the extent that one is willing to take a tool as universal as the scientific method
0:38.6	and to critique it a to declare it some sort of a uh a european thing right to declare it white
0:51.7	in order to nullify its power to speak is, I mean, I guess, I know exactly what it is.
1:02.3	It's Plato's Cave. And, you know, you started talking about the Matrix and Plato's Cave is the Matrix.
1:09.5	And the thing about the Matrix and Plato's Cave is the matrix. And the thing about the matrix in Plato's Cave is the desire of most people, many people, some important force not to be enlightened, right? That there's something that is served by, you know, the killing of the person who's seen what's outside the cave when they come back and try to report.
1:34.1	That's the most frightening process of all.
1:37.4	And those of us who have tried to convey something about the danger that we are in know that there is this force of resistance that is very powerful
1:49.0	that wants to kill the messenger in order to keep doing what it's doing and to hear it spelled out.
1:55.9	I mean, we are fighting about so many things, which are just simply unambiguous that five years ago
2:04.8	you would think there's no way we're ever going to have an analytical argument about whether
2:08.9	or not men and women are effectively the same thing right because everybody everybody knows
2:14.4	that they're not the same thing right and then to find yourself there and to find yourself trying to fend off arguments that make no sense tells you that there is some, that the momentum behind this is not driven by any sort of analysis. It is driven by just a naked desire for power. And I think the thing is,
2:38.6	we know how that ends. We don't necessarily know who the winners and losers are, but it
2:43.5	ends with something of which we will all be terribly ashamed. And spell out why that's true. I agree aggressively, but I want I want you to say why that's true.
2:55.9	So I've been thinking a lot about this of late. And it occurred to me at one point that the United
3:02.4	States is special and it's special because it attempts to do something that I know is possible but is very, very
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