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After Einstein, We Stopped Believing in Lone Genius. Is It Time to Believe Again?
One prominent mathematician asks: was Einstein such a smartypants after all?
November 03, 2017
Capitalism Is in Trouble. Socialist Principles Can Save It.
Should scientists and the more technological minded be given more power in a capitalist world?
June 02, 2017
AI Is Evolving in a Way That Could Be Hard to Stop
AI is capable of self-reproduction—should humans be worried?
May 21, 2017
Eric Weinstein: 'Mental sandboxes' can help humanity reach new heights
Your mind is built to process contradictory, irrational ideas. Use that to reach new intellectual heights.
May 11, 2017
Our Cult of Achievement Is Crushing the Genius Out of People
Humans worship at the altar of excellence, but is our complete obsession with this "quality controlled" mode of intellect holding us back?
May 03, 2017
Eric Weinstein
Eric Weinstein is an American mathematician and economist. He earned his Ph.D in mathematical physics from Harvard University in 1992, is a research fellow at the Mathematical Institute of Oxford University, and is a managing director of Thiel Capital in San Francisco. He has published works and is an expert speaker on a range of topics including economics, immigration, elite labor, mitigating financial risk and incentivizing of creative risks in the hard sciences.
