Zev Weinstein: The Next Generation of Big Ideas and Brave Minds | Lex Fridman Podcast #158
7,244Zev Weinstein is a young man who thinks deeply about the world. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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OUTLINE:
0:00 - Introduction
1:38 - Philosophy becomes dangerous in difficult times
7:01 - The power of radical ideas
11:52 - Changing your mind
16:06 - Fear
17:45 - Labels
22:48 - Thomas Aquinas
27:18 - Nietzsche
31:49 - Nature of truth
34:09 - Jordan Peterson
39:41 - Mediums of communication
48:10 - Free will
52:34 - Simulation
56:51 - Transcending the limits of human life
59:56 - Elon Musk
1:04:17 - Aliens
1:07:48 - Is math invented or discovered?
1:10:22 - Theory of everything
1:12:17 - Eric Weinstein as a dad
1:28:04 - Music
1:35:19 - Advice for young people
1:37:18 - Mortality
1:41:05 - Meaning of life
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