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#747 - Eric Weinstein - Why Does The Modern World Make No Sense?

2024/2/19
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主持人: 哈佛大学最近的丑闻令人震惊,人们开始质疑其作为优秀学府的地位。 Eric Weinstein: 哈佛大学正因害怕说出某些事情而失去社会地位。哈佛大学是天才和权力的结合体,两者相互作用维持其特权地位。哈佛大学与美国政府关系密切,其研究影响着美国的政策。哈佛大学在各个领域设定叙事基调,这有时会导致不实信息传播。哈佛大学通过叙事驱动型学术来服务权力,这有时会导致真相被掩盖。哈佛大学的运作很大程度上依赖于幕后交易。哈佛大学数学系曾制定一项规定,禁止学生参加自己的论文答辩。学术界存在剽窃现象,这只是学术界权力运作的冰山一角。哈佛大学需要将学术和发现置于权力之上。美国顶尖大学在国家需要时应该能够提供顶尖人才。优秀大学的主要目标应该是科研和人才培养,而不是教学。哈佛大学现任校长学术造假,但因各种原因无人敢于公开批评。哈佛大学一些学院,特别是那些在20世纪60年代和70年代兴起的学院,其学术与社会活动紧密结合,这与其他学院的学术氛围有所不同。学术研究应该以追求真理为目标,而不是以社会活动为导向。哈佛大学曾操纵学术界来压制不同意见,甚至破坏个人的职业生涯。哈佛大学通过幕后操作来控制学术叙事,并操纵学术界资源分配。哈佛大学经济系曾操纵消费者物价指数(CPI)来转移财富。哈佛大学不能容忍多元、公平、包容(DEI)的理念,因为它会损害哈佛的高标准和特权地位。多元、公平、包容(DEI)理念正在损害学术卓越和伦理。保留传统招生制度(例如世袭招生)是另一种确保权力掌握在既得利益者手中的方式。如果哈佛大学不再享有盛誉,那么其特权地位将不复存在。哈佛大学既是一个令人惊叹的地方,也是一个糟糕的地方,人们应该关注其不足之处。哈佛大学需要一位曾受其不公正待遇的人来领导,这样才能推动改革。 主持人: 阿巴拉契亚悖论解释了为什么一群理性个体在集体决策时会做出非理性的行为。 Eric Weinstein: 害怕受到批评是人们不敢说出真相的原因之一。保护大学、新闻媒体和政党免受权力操纵至关重要。

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Eric Weinstein, a Harvard PhD, shares his critical perspective on the institution's recent controversies, particularly surrounding the dismissal of a professor. He highlights the conflict between brilliance and power within Harvard, suggesting that the pursuit of power often overshadows academic integrity and discovery. The discussion delves into the university's narrative-driven approach, where power influences the stories told and the recognition given to individuals.
  • Conflict between brilliance and power at Harvard
  • Narrative-driven academics at Harvard
  • Harvard's influence on US government policy
  • The role of closed-door decision-making at Harvard

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Eric Weinstein is a mathematician, economist, former managing director of Thiel Capital and a podcaster.

It's a rough time to be a human. The massive increase in information we have access to has made understanding the world harder, not easier. Whether it's higher education, culture, physics, or pretty much anything else, life can be very confusing.

Expect to learn what Eric thinks about the most recent furore coming out of Harvard, why the world of physics has made no progress in decades, why Jeffrey Epstein was interested in Stephen Hawking, how much truth there is in the recent flurry of stories about inter-dimensional extraterrestrials, Eric's predictions for the 2024 election and much more...

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