April 4, 2020
The Shifting Media & Drug Landscapes | Eric Weinstein on Joe Rogan Experience #1453
Check out the Podcast Notes from Eric’s previous appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience
Key Takeaways
- The coronavirus is showing the true quality of our leaders and experts (it has not been impressive…)
- Eric Weinstein believes Nancy Pelosi, Bill DeBlasio, and other politicians should resign for encouraging people to go out during the coronavirus epidemic
- The US has become dependent on China and it’s now backfiring on us
- “China’s got its hand lovingly around our throat because our elites have been moving into greater and greater states of China dependence” – Eric Weinstein
- Eric considers his podcast with his brother Bret Weinstein to be one of the most important podcast episodes he’s recorded
- On the podcast, Bret tells the story of how he predicted that all lab mice have been compromised by their breeding protocol
- “This is what Bret was supposed to be famous for…he is the badass of biology” – Eric Weinstein
- On the podcast, Bret tells the story of how he predicted that all lab mice have been compromised by their breeding protocol
- Eric also considers his talk on Geometric Unity to be extremely important–in the video, he combines lessons from geometry with physics
- Eric has been working on this theory for 37 years
- It would essentially show the source code of the universe
- Eric has been working on this theory for 37 years
- Amanda Fielding changed Eric’s mind about psychedelics: “I had been thoroughly propagandized and that I had never examined my beliefs around these chemicals” – Eric Weinstein
Intro
- Eric Weinstein (@EricRWeinstein) is the Managing Director at Thiel Capital
- Host: Joe Rogan (@joerogan)
Books Mentioned
- If you’re interested in learning about professional wrestling, Eric recommends the book Ringside by Scott Beekman
Thoughts on COVID-19
- The coronavirus is showing the true quality of our leaders and experts
- Healthcare workers are doing an excellent job
- The government, not so much
- Eric believes Nancy Pelosi, Bill DeBlasio, and other politicians should resign for initially encouraging people to go out during the coronavirus epidemic
- “It is time for these people to resign and it is time for us to remember that we have the ability to turn over our own government” – Eric Weinstein
- “I want a revolt”
- Eric also believes the WHO and CDC have done a horrible job with COVID-19
- Originally the CDC said that masks don’t provide much benefit, but now they’re urging everyone who goes outside to wear a mask
- It’s one thing to talk nonsense, but it’s another when the nonsense can be deadly and will cost people their lives
- “Surgeon general’s lying, CDC’s lying, WHO is lying” – Eric Weinstein
- Originally the CDC said that masks don’t provide much benefit, but now they’re urging everyone who goes outside to wear a mask
- Due to Chinese influence, WHO is unwilling to recognize Taiwan as an independent country
- Trump didn’t shut down flights from China sooner because people were calling him racist for proposing the idea
- “If your top concern is not appearing xenophobic, people will die because you are functionally incompetent” – Eric Weinstein
- The US has become dependent on China and it’s now backfiring on us
- “China’s got its hand lovingly around our throat because our elite have been moving into greater and greater states of China dependence” – Eric Weinstein
- Eric believes this recession could lead to a depression and could eventually lead to war
- Both Eric and Joe believe Tulsi Gabbard would be the best presidential candidate to handle the COVID-19 situation
- “We need a war President, we need war senators, we need people of this mentality” – Eric Weinstein
- “You have to be a follower to be a leader and a leader to be a follower”
- Right now the world needs more “Break glass in case of emergency people”
- “You have to be a follower to be a leader and a leader to be a follower”
- “We need a war President, we need war senators, we need people of this mentality” – Eric Weinstein
- The Code “A Steady Hand” when mentioned about a politician is a Red Flag, it means they can be counted on to do the wrong thing in a crisis
The Shifting Media World
- The universe of TV stars and internet stars are colliding
- The internet has given a platform to many people who wouldn’t usually have a chance to share their voice
- There is no mainstream news anymore, some YouTube videos get more views than TV shows
- Brands such as FOX, CNN, and similar media companies are legacy media–they rely on their legacy for views, not quality news
Thoughts on Wrestling
- Old school wrestling was incredibly dangerous so it started to shift to kayfabe wrestling, or staged wrestling
- Eric wrote an article about kayfabe and titled it: WHAT SCIENTIFIC CONCEPT WOULD IMPROVE EVERYBODY’S COGNITIVE TOOLKIT?
- People who write the storyline for wrestling shows are called bookers
- The brain has trouble following stories deeper than four levels of lies
- Vince McMahon, the CEO of the WWE, knew he was going to get taxed tremendously by the sporting commission, so he told them wrestling wasn’t a sport because it was all staged and he got away with it–Eric calls this “One of the great moments in the 20th century”
- Even though he told the world wrestling was fake, no one cared–It’s important to note that although the story is fake, the injuries and death rates are serious
- If you’re interested in learning about professional wrestling, Eric recommends the book Ringside by Scott Beekman
Could Drilling A Hole In Your Head Make Life Better? (we doubt it…)
- Amanda Feilding is a drug policy reformer and researcher,
- Amanda and her husband have both gone through trepanation, a surgical intervention in which a hole is drilled into the human skull and is said to treat health problems
- Amanda changed Eric’s views on psychedelics after learning Amanda had been taking LSD regularly over the decades and was still functioning like a regular person
- Her secret was that the LSD dosage most people were taking were extremely high, people should be taking much smaller doses
- “She changed my mind where I realized I had been thoroughly propagandized and that I had never examined my beliefs around these chemicals” – Eric Weinstein
- Her secret was that the LSD dosage most people were taking were extremely high, people should be taking much smaller doses
The Drug Landscape Is Shifting
- Which drugs are legal and illegal has changed considerably over the past few years
- Many people grew up being told weed is a terrible drug, but now CBD is advertised everywhere and several states have made it legal to smoke weed
- Coffee, wine, and cigarettes all contain highly addictive drugs, but society has simply normalized the consumption of these things
- Eric’s good friend, Alexander Green, was arrested for distributing weed and is now serving time in a federal prison
- “Cannabis is one of the most amazing drugs ever in terms of creativity” – Joe Rogan
Eric’s Most Important Podcasts
- Eric considers his podcast (our notes here) with his brother Bret Weinstein to be one of the most important podcast episodes he’s recorded
- On the podcast, Bret tells the story of how he predicted that all lab mice have been compromised by their breeding protocol
- People thought these mice were representative of all mice, but it was later discovered that lab mice had radically elongated telomeres
- “The breeding protocols constituted a novel system of selective pressures that destroy the efficacy of all of our laboratory animals potentially” – Eric Weinstein
- People thought these mice were representative of all mice, but it was later discovered that lab mice had radically elongated telomeres
- On the podcast, Bret tells the story of how he predicted that all lab mice have been compromised by their breeding protocol
- It was later discovered that wild mice do have much shorter telomeres than lab mice
- However, Bret didn’t receive any credit for this idea because there was no paper trail–Bret only communicated with his fellow researchers via phone and mail, not email
- “This is what Bret was supposed to be famous for…he is the badass of biology” – Eric Weinstein
- However, Bret didn’t receive any credit for this idea because there was no paper trail–Bret only communicated with his fellow researchers via phone and mail, not email
- The discovery that lab mice aren’t representative of wild mice could have countless ripple effects including throwing out large amount of scientific studies and retesting pharmaceutical drugs
- Eric also considers his talk on Geometric Unity to be extremely important–in the video he combines lessons from geometry with physics
- Eric has been working on this theory for 37 years
- It would essentially show the source code of the universe
- Eric has been working on this theory for 37 years
- Side note: Eric has also interviewed Ashley Mathews, better known as porn star Riley Reid, on his podcast
- Eric was surprised to learn that certain companies, such as MailChimp and PayPal, don’t allow porn actors to use their services
Additional Notes
- Eric caught the Hong Kong flu in 1968
- Most businesses run on growth so they create less than optimal products to get customers to constantly come back and buy new products
- In business, the phrase “It’s a beautiful thing” means someone is being financially screwed and can’t do anything about it
- All of the current presidential candidates are 70+ years old
- Michael Jackson was chemically castrated by his father so that he would preserve his voice
- If you’re interested in watching incredible male dancing, check out the Barry brothers
- Models may be out of a job soon, Rosebud AI is a tech company that generates images of models using AI
- Eric believes a nuclear war is inevitable because the technology to make weapons of mass destruction will only get cheaper over time
- For this reason, humans need to become multi-planetary
- Joe would rather vote for Donald Trump than Joe Biden because he believes Biden isn’t mentally and physically fit enough to hold the position
