Trying something new on this particular Sunday — as we continue our month of content — by sending you in the direction of two outstanding interviewers and one S-tier guest.
The interviewers: Konstantin Kisin and Francis Foster, co-hosts of the insanely popular Triggernometry podcast.
The guest: Eric Weinstein. Probably the most “practically brilliant” thinker out there. By practically brilliant, I mean:
- YES he’s whip-smart
- YES some of his ideas — and you’ll hear a lot of them during this hour-plus conversation — are out there
- BUT there are practical applications to quite a bit of what he talks about.
For instance, at the end of the interview, there’s a really robust discussion about AI, where Eric says, in effect, “we are asking the wrong question.” The practically brilliant idea, which goes back to economic research, is to look at the tradeoffs — between human flourishing and machine-driven productivity — and incentivize the right part of the equation: the humans, not the machines.
The whole thing — aired a year ago, after Trump’s re-election — is not TOTALLY a political discussion; but it also sacrifices sacred cows on both sides of the political equation.
Like I said, practically brilliant. And Konstantin and Francis are really solid interviewers.
Enjoy.
