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HN refers to it for Weinstein's views on advanced math and physics and academia's problems, though some find him a bit kooky.
Lex Fridman interviews mathematician and economist Eric Weinstein about science, mathematics, and society. The conversation ranges across physics, academia, AI and job displacement.
“Eric Weinstein (a bit kooky) explains his view on the trenches of advanced mathematics/physics” (HN, 2019)
You'd probably be interested in watching Ray Dalios recent interview: [link] Here's a good one from Eric Weinstein. The whole interview is good (about AI), but at the end he discusses this kind of issue (time is bookmarked): [this video] This is part of a good lecture by Dr. Jordan Peterson on IQ, AI, and how AI is and will continue to displace people who will have no means to work to support themselves: [link]
In this Lex Freidman interview, Eric Weinstein (a bit kooky) explains his view on the trenches of advanced mathematics/physics: [this video] He goes into depths about the problems right now in academia
Weinstein on advanced math/physics and academia's problems
He doesn't consider himself a physicist either.[1] [1] [this video] At 33:45 of the podcast after he gives the kinetic-potential energy analogy to describe his distrust of Pinker's optimism.
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