#158 – Zev Weinstein: The Next Generation of Big Ideas and Brave Minds

Zev Weinstein is a young man who thinks deeply about the world.
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the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click
the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) - Introduction (06:52)
- Philosophy becomes dangerous in difficult times (12:15) - The
power of radical ideas (17:06) - Changing your mind (21:19) - Fear
(22:58) - Labels (28:02) - Thomas Aquinas (32:32) - Nietzsche
(37:02) - Nature of truth (39:22) - Jordan Peterson (44:54) -
Mediums of communication (53:24) - Free will (57:48) - Simulation
(1:02:05) - Transcending the limits of human life (1:05:09) - Elon
Musk (1:09:30) - Aliens (1:13:01) - Is math invented or discovered?
(1:15:36) - Theory of everything (1:17:30) - Eric Weinstein as a
dad (1:33:17) - Music (1:40:32) - Advice for young people (1:42:31)
- Mortality (1:46:19) - Meaning of life