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