My guest this episode is my friend, Eric Weinstein (@ericrweinstein), managing director of Thiel Capital, a Ph.D in mathematical physics from Harvard, and a research fellow at the Mathematical Institute of Oxford University. We recorded at my house after Eric emailed me this question: “Wanna try a podcast on… psychedelics, theories of everything, and the need to destroy education in order to save it?”

He’s brilliant and hilarious. If you enjoyed my podcasts with Derek Sivers or Sam Harris, you’ll love this one.

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00:00 Start
5:23 An accidental economist
8:03 The mathematician at Thiel Capital
13:28 Firstprinciple thinking and facing criticism
17:18 On playing music
21:58 On learning languages
29:58 Explaining the Overton Window
36:33 When an innovator leaves a successor
40:43 How autodidacts can pave a path for successors
44:28 How to see the world like a highagency person
47:18 Most gifted books
49:58 Contemplating a move to the Bay Area?
51:33 Understanding Peter Thiel’s Zero to One
54:23 Seeing what others can’ see
59:18 How Thiel Capital approaches problems
1:01:58 Canonical design and commonplace solutions
1:06:38 And ideal high school class
1:14:43 Embodiments of success
1:18:33 A favorite purchase under $100
1:20:33 Morning rituals and work cycles
1:25:18 Eric’s billboard
1:26:43 Advice to Eric’s 30yearold self
1:28:28 A request of the audience
1:31:33 Eric’s first experience with psychedelic drugs

Eric Weinstein on Challenging “Reality,” Working with Peter Thiel, and Destroying Education to Save It
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