PSA: The Eric Weinstein who appears on podcasts is almost unrecognizable from @EricRWeinstein on Twitter.
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I’m not a fan of his Twitter feed. Friends I’ve spoken with are also turned off by it. But at this point I’ve listened to most of his podcast appearances, and in that format he’s much less of a provocateur. In fact he’s highly empathetic — not to mention broad, cogent, incisive.
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He recently launched his own podcast, The Portal. Ep. 1 was a 3-hour interview with Peter Thiel. Among other things, I loved the extended discussion on political violence. But ep. 2, in which he describes his plans and goals for the podcast, has me unreasonably excited.
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If you’re in the market for some new listening material, I heartily recommend it. It’s available as a regular audio podcast (which is how I listen), but also apparently on YouTube:https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1152307926180270080?s=20 …
We just dropped the video for our first episode of “The Portal” w/ guest Peter Thiel, teacher & legendary Silicon Valley billionaire technologist/investor. Please subscribe to our YouTube channel & click the
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Can you recommend any podcasts with him that you particularly enjoyed?
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His appearance on Sam Harris is what initially endeared me. Then I listened to this: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TKeMIWVOnbo … and fell in love with the clarity of his thinking. And his interviews with Tim Ferriss, Lex Fridman, and Joe Rogan were all pretty good. You kinda can’t go wrong.
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Wow. Missing the point much? Have you considered his Twitter is appropriately empathetic, broad, cogent and incisive, but you're too lazy or afraid to accept that someone with a popular, but low-status view could be that way?
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@EricRWeinstein isn't actually unrecognizable from his Twitter feed, you just find verbal discourse more palatable because verbally we all hedge 1000x more from telling the truth to save face and appear gracious. If you like Eric's podcast but not his feed, that's on you. - 3 more replies
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Haha I guess we all have different sensitivities? I find him too combative on Twitter. Seems to like picking fights etc. Maybe he gets called out a lot? I dunno. I could also be misreading things.
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describes my view almost exactly. thrilled for the new podcast
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