Lex Fridman interviews Eric Weinstein in the latest episode of his podcast.

Eric Weinstein is a mathematician with a bold and piercing intelligence, unafraid to explore the biggest questions in the universe and shine a light on the darkest corners of our society. He is the host of The Portal podcast, a part of which, he recently released his 2013 Oxford lecture on his theory of Geometric Unity that is at the center of his lifelong efforts in arriving at a theory of everything that unifies the fundamental laws of physics. This conversation is part of the Artificial Intelligence podcast.

Time Index:

• 0:00 – Introduction
• 2:08 – World War II and the Coronavirus Pandemic
• 14:03 – New leaders
• 31:18 – Hope for our time
• 34:23 – WHO
• 44:19 – Geometric unity
• 1:38:55 – We need to get off this planet
• 1:40:47 – Elon Musk
• 1:46:58 – Take Back MIT
• 2:15:31 – The time at Harvard
• 2:37:01 – The Portal
• 2:42:58 – Legacy