Eric Weinstein: the videos Hacker News recommends
Not the channel's most viewed videos: the ones HN commenters kept linking with real commentary. The top pick, "Peter Thiel on "The Portal", Episode #001: "An Era of Stagnation & Universal Institutional Failure."", hN people recommend it as a thought-provoking, wide-ranging case for the stagnation thesis, worth hearing even if you disagree with Thiel.
- Peter Thiel on "The Portal", Episode #001: "An Era of Stagnation & Universal Institutional Failure."8 HN recommenders 7 months 2019–2024podcast episodeHN people recommend it as a thought-provoking, wide-ranging case for the stagnation thesis, worth hearing even if you disagree with Thiel.
- 5 HN recommenders 6 months 2020–2023podcast episodeHN recommends it as the full account of the lab mice issue and evolutionary tradeoffs between cancer and longevity, despite its length.
- 3 HN recommenders 4 months 2020–2022lectureHN uses it as the primary source for Weinstein's theory, though some commenters note he never published a full math paper.
- Daniel Schmachtenberger on The Portal (with host Eric Weinstein), Ep. #027 - On Avoiding Apocalypses2 HN recommenders 2 months 2020podcast episodeCommenters recommend the whole interview as a wide-ranging discussion of existential risk.
- 1 HN recommenders 1 months 2019–2025podcast episodePointed to as a good explanation of preference falsification and its effects on speech and politics.
Questions
Which Eric Weinstein video does Hacker News recommend most?
Peter Thiel on "The Portal", Episode #001: "An Era of Stagnation & Universal Institutional Failure.": recommended in 7 different months by 8 HN users between 2019 and 2024.
Is this every Eric Weinstein video?
No. Only videos that at least three different HN users linked, in at least three different months, with at least a sentence of their own commentary. That filter is what makes the list useful.
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