Zev Weinstein: The Next Generation of Big Ideas and Brave Minds | Lex Fridman Podcast #158

Zev 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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