Eric Weinstein: Revolutionary Ideas in Science, Math, and Society | Lex Fridman Podcast #16
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN refers to it for Weinstein's views on advanced math and physics and academia's problems, though some find him a bit kooky.
What it is
Lex Fridman interviews mathematician and economist Eric Weinstein about science, mathematics, and society. The conversation ranges across physics, academia, AI and job displacement.
Recommended by 2 HN commenters across 2 different months, 2019 to 2019.
What Hacker News said
Recommends cronix · 2019-04 · on “Nearly half of young millennials get thousands in support from parents”
You'd probably be interested in watching Ray Dalios recent interview: [LINK] Here's a good one from Eric Weinstein. The whole interview is good (about AI), but at the end he discusses this kind of issue (time is bookmarked): [this video] This is part of a good lecture by Dr. Jordan Peterson on IQ, AI, and how AI is and will continue to displace people who will have no means to work to support themselves: [LINK]
Recommends abledon · 2019-09 · on “Even Physicists Don’t Understand Quantum Mechanics”
In this Lex Freidman interview, Eric Weinstein (a bit kooky) explains his view on the trenches of advanced mathematics/physics: [this video] He goes into depths about the problems right now in academia
Cites adaptiveValleys · 2019-03 · on “Revolutionary Ideas in Science, Math, and Society [video]”
He doesn't consider himself a physicist either.[1] [1] [this video] At 33:45 of the podcast after he gives the kinetic-potential energy analogy to describe his distrust of Pinker's optimism.