I'm Most Proud of Trying - Eric Weinstein | AI Podcast Clips
00:00:00.000 | - Do you think about your own mortality, death?
00:00:04.840 | - Sure.
00:00:05.760 | - Are you afraid of death?
00:00:07.920 | - I released a theory during something
00:00:09.720 | that can kill older people, sure.
00:00:11.540 | - Oh, is there a little bit of a parallel there?
00:00:15.880 | - Of course, of course, I don't want it to die with me.
00:00:18.600 | - What do you hope your legacy is?
00:00:21.940 | - Oh, I hope my legacy is accurate.
00:00:28.820 | (laughs)
00:00:30.900 | I'd like to write on my accomplishments
00:00:33.940 | rather than how my community decided to ding me
00:00:36.760 | while I was alive, that would be great.
00:00:38.460 | - What about if it was significantly exaggerated?
00:00:41.740 | - I don't want it.
00:00:43.140 | - You want it to be accurate?
00:00:44.580 | - I've got some pretty terrific stuff
00:00:48.460 | and whether it works out or doesn't,
00:00:50.940 | I would like it to reflect what I actually was.
00:00:53.780 | I'll settle for accurate.
00:00:58.500 | - What would you say, what is the greatest element
00:01:03.300 | of Eric Weinstein accomplishment in life?
00:01:07.980 | In terms of being accurate, what are you most proud of?
00:01:14.040 | - Trying.
00:01:17.980 | The idea that we were stalled out in the hardest field
00:01:26.620 | at the most difficult juncture
00:01:28.860 | and that I didn't listen to that voice ever
00:01:34.980 | that said, stop, you're hurting yourself,
00:01:39.460 | you're hurting your family, you're hurting everybody,
00:01:40.980 | you're embarrassing yourself, you're screwing up,
00:01:43.300 | you can't do this, you're a failure, you're a fraud,
00:01:46.740 | turn back, save yourself.
00:01:48.640 | Like that voice, I didn't ultimately listen to it
00:01:54.940 | and it was going for 35, 37 years.
00:01:59.580 | Very hard.
00:02:02.820 | - And I hope you never listen to that voice.
00:02:09.300 | - Well-- - That's why you're
00:02:10.140 | an inspiration. - Thank you, I appreciate that.
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