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Slavoj Žižek is international director of the Birkbeck Institute
for the Humanities at the University of London, visiting
professor at New York University, and a senior researcher at the
University of Ljubljana’s Department of Philosophy. This is
Slavoj’s fifth appearance on the show. On episode 109, he and
Robinson discussed wokeness and psychoanalysis. On episode 118,
he, Sean Carroll, and Robinson discussed quantum physics, the
multiverse, and time travel. And on episode 206 he, Lee Smolin,
and Robinson discussed quantum physics. In episode 212, Robinson
and Slavoj talk about ancient philosophy, god, communism, quantum
mechanics, and psychoanalysis. In this episode, they discuss
current political events, marxism, quantum mechanics, and
artificial intelligence. Slavoj’s upcoming book is Quantum
History: A New Materialist Philosophy (Bloomsbury, 2025).
Quantum History: https://a.co/d/7WFcAGi
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OUTLINE
00:00 Introduction
01:07 Marxism and Quantum Mechanics
07:34 Why We Aren’t Pessimistic Enough
16:29 The Wisdom of the First Philosopher
29:27 The Assassination of Charlie Kirk
38:10 On Curtis Yarvin
49:23 The Naivety of Pete Hegseth
51:06 The Contradiction in American Fascism
57:43 Could a Coup Overthrow Trump?
01:04:17 The Utter Shamelessness of Today’s Society
01:14:15 The Danger of the Disappearing Left
01:18:06 AI Is a Tool of Authoritarian Suppression
Robinson’s Website: http://robinsonerhardt.com
Robinson Erhardt researches symbolic logic and the foundations of
mathematics at Stanford University, where he is also a JD
candidate in the Law School.
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