Kung Fu Panda: Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
m (Text replacement - "|usernameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein↵|username=EricRWeinstein" to "|usernameurl=https://x.com/ericweinstein |username=ericweinstein") |
||
| Line 5: | Line 5: | ||
|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/3486388504 | |nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/3486388504 | ||
|name=Eric Weinstein | |name=Eric Weinstein | ||
|usernameurl=https://x.com/ | |usernameurl=https://x.com/ericweinstein | ||
|username= | |username=ericweinstein | ||
|content=Recommendation: If you must compare "[[Kung Fu Panda]]" to "Godfather I" or "War and Peace" do it on a Saturday in late August. #mytwocents | |content=Recommendation: If you must compare "[[Kung Fu Panda]]" to "Godfather I" or "War and Peace" do it on a Saturday in late August. #mytwocents | ||
|thread= | |thread= | ||
| Line 13: | Line 13: | ||
|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/3473300684 | |nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/3473300684 | ||
|name=Eric Weinstein | |name=Eric Weinstein | ||
|usernameurl=https://x.com/ | |usernameurl=https://x.com/ericweinstein | ||
|username= | |username=ericweinstein | ||
|content=New topic: the importance of "Kung Fu Panda". | |content=New topic: the importance of "Kung Fu Panda". | ||
|timestamp=3:34 PM · Aug 22, 2009 | |timestamp=3:34 PM · Aug 22, 2009 | ||
| Line 22: | Line 22: | ||
|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/3473366852 | |nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/3473366852 | ||
|name=Eric Weinstein | |name=Eric Weinstein | ||
|usernameurl=https://x.com/ | |usernameurl=https://x.com/ericweinstein | ||
|username= | |username=ericweinstein | ||
|content=To begin with, like a Beethoven symphony, [[Kung Fu Panda]] is meant to be accessed on multiple levels with "Believe in yourself" as the lowest. | |content=To begin with, like a Beethoven symphony, [[Kung Fu Panda]] is meant to be accessed on multiple levels with "Believe in yourself" as the lowest. | ||
|timestamp=3:38 PM · Aug 22, 2009 | |timestamp=3:38 PM · Aug 22, 2009 | ||
| Line 31: | Line 31: | ||
|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/3473609846 | |nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/3473609846 | ||
|name=Eric Weinstein | |name=Eric Weinstein | ||
|usernameurl=https://x.com/ | |usernameurl=https://x.com/ericweinstein | ||
|username= | |username=ericweinstein | ||
|content=The voice performances (w/ exception of Jolie) are all strong. Dustin Hoffman is fantastic. Jack Black solid, McShane and Duk Kim brilliant. | |content=The voice performances (w/ exception of Jolie) are all strong. Dustin Hoffman is fantastic. Jack Black solid, McShane and Duk Kim brilliant. | ||
|timestamp=3:53 PM · Aug 22, 2009 | |timestamp=3:53 PM · Aug 22, 2009 | ||
| Line 40: | Line 40: | ||
|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/3473878202 | |nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/3473878202 | ||
|name=Eric Weinstein | |name=Eric Weinstein | ||
|usernameurl=https://x.com/ | |usernameurl=https://x.com/ericweinstein | ||
|username= | |username=ericweinstein | ||
|content=But what makes Kung Fu Panda the film of the decade (ergo century, ergo millenium) is that it alone tackles a central issue of science. | |content=But what makes Kung Fu Panda the film of the decade (ergo century, ergo millenium) is that it alone tackles a central issue of science. | ||
|timestamp=4:10 PM · Aug 22, 2009 | |timestamp=4:10 PM · Aug 22, 2009 | ||
| Line 49: | Line 49: | ||
|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/3474148493 | |nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/3474148493 | ||
|name=Eric Weinstein | |name=Eric Weinstein | ||
|usernameurl=https://x.com/ | |usernameurl=https://x.com/ericweinstein | ||
|username= | |username=ericweinstein | ||
|content=Driving Kung Fu Panda is the tension between dual modes of learning: Knowledge Transfer and Discovery. As innovator, Oogway is heirless. | |content=Driving Kung Fu Panda is the tension between dual modes of learning: Knowledge Transfer and Discovery. As innovator, Oogway is heirless. | ||
|timestamp=4:26 PM · Aug 22, 2009 | |timestamp=4:26 PM · Aug 22, 2009 | ||
| Line 58: | Line 58: | ||
|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/3474196824 | |nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/3474196824 | ||
|name=Eric Weinstein | |name=Eric Weinstein | ||
|usernameurl=https://x.com/ | |usernameurl=https://x.com/ericweinstein | ||
|username= | |username=ericweinstein | ||
|content=But Oogway who has a star mentee is not content with the fate of [[Paul Dirac|Dirac]], [[Albert Einstein|Einstein]], [[Richard Feynman|Feynman]], etc... in not leaving an innovator-successor. | |content=But Oogway who has a star mentee is not content with the fate of [[Paul Dirac|Dirac]], [[Albert Einstein|Einstein]], [[Richard Feynman|Feynman]], etc... in not leaving an innovator-successor. | ||
|timestamp=4:29 PM · Aug 22, 2009 | |timestamp=4:29 PM · Aug 22, 2009 | ||
| Line 67: | Line 67: | ||
|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/3474224837 | |nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/3474224837 | ||
|name=Eric Weinstein | |name=Eric Weinstein | ||
|usernameurl=https://x.com/ | |usernameurl=https://x.com/ericweinstein | ||
|username= | |username=ericweinstein | ||
|content=[I know taking Kung Fu Panda seriously will lose followers....but I don't care about those eyeballs as the issue and film are too important] | |content=[I know taking Kung Fu Panda seriously will lose followers....but I don't care about those eyeballs as the issue and film are too important] | ||
|timestamp=4:31 PM · Aug 22, 2009 | |timestamp=4:31 PM · Aug 22, 2009 | ||
| Line 76: | Line 76: | ||
|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/3474306064 | |nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/3474306064 | ||
|name=Eric Weinstein | |name=Eric Weinstein | ||
|usernameurl=https://x.com/ | |usernameurl=https://x.com/ericweinstein | ||
|username= | |username=ericweinstein | ||
|content=So while Oogway is master to Shifu who is/was master to both Tai Lung and Tigress he chooses to elevate the ostensibly inexplicable Panda. | |content=So while Oogway is master to Shifu who is/was master to both Tai Lung and Tigress he chooses to elevate the ostensibly inexplicable Panda. | ||
|timestamp=4:36 PM · Aug 22, 2009 | |timestamp=4:36 PM · Aug 22, 2009 | ||
| Line 85: | Line 85: | ||
|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/3474348662 | |nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/3474348662 | ||
|name=Eric Weinstein | |name=Eric Weinstein | ||
|usernameurl=https://x.com/ | |usernameurl=https://x.com/ericweinstein | ||
|username= | |username=ericweinstein | ||
|content=In fact, Panda has demonstrated two features in strapping himself to a firework propelled chair: a willingness to innovate and break rules. | |content=In fact, Panda has demonstrated two features in strapping himself to a firework propelled chair: a willingness to innovate and break rules. | ||
|timestamp=4:38 PM · Aug 22, 2009 | |timestamp=4:38 PM · Aug 22, 2009 | ||
| Line 94: | Line 94: | ||
|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/3474382580 | |nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/3474382580 | ||
|name=Eric Weinstein | |name=Eric Weinstein | ||
|usernameurl=https://x.com/ | |usernameurl=https://x.com/ericweinstein | ||
|username= | |username=ericweinstein | ||
|content=The film then shows the presumed successor (Tigress) as willing to break rules but previously shows this liniage to be prestige focused. | |content=The film then shows the presumed successor (Tigress) as willing to break rules but previously shows this liniage to be prestige focused. | ||
|timestamp=4:40 PM · Aug 22, 2009 | |timestamp=4:40 PM · Aug 22, 2009 | ||
| Line 103: | Line 103: | ||
|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/3478589295 | |nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/3478589295 | ||
|name=Eric Weinstein | |name=Eric Weinstein | ||
|usernameurl=https://x.com/ | |usernameurl=https://x.com/ericweinstein | ||
|username= | |username=ericweinstein | ||
|content=Think of the Panda as having a major & minor advisor. The major advisor (Oogway) he meets only twice. To the minor advisor falls training. | |content=Think of the Panda as having a major & minor advisor. The major advisor (Oogway) he meets only twice. To the minor advisor falls training. | ||
|timestamp=8:44 PM · Aug 22, 2009 | |timestamp=8:44 PM · Aug 22, 2009 | ||
| Line 112: | Line 112: | ||
|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/3478839119 | |nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/3478839119 | ||
|name=Eric Weinstein | |name=Eric Weinstein | ||
|usernameurl=https://x.com/ | |usernameurl=https://x.com/ericweinstein | ||
|username= | |username=ericweinstein | ||
|content=So university based PhD advising is based on the failed Shifu-Tigress model. But great science seeks the added Oogway-Panda dimension. | |content=So university based PhD advising is based on the failed Shifu-Tigress model. But great science seeks the added Oogway-Panda dimension. | ||
|timestamp=9:00 PM · Aug 22, 2009 | |timestamp=9:00 PM · Aug 22, 2009 | ||
Latest revision as of 23:01, 5 May 2026
Kung Fu Panda is a 2008 animated film produced by DreamWorks Animation. It is one of Eric Weinstein's favorite movies because of its treatment of self-teaching. Eric wrote an essay on the topic of self-teaching inspired by Kung Fu Panda, which you can read here.
New topic: the importance of "Kung Fu Panda".
To begin with, like a Beethoven symphony, Kung Fu Panda is meant to be accessed on multiple levels with "Believe in yourself" as the lowest.
The voice performances (w/ exception of Jolie) are all strong. Dustin Hoffman is fantastic. Jack Black solid, McShane and Duk Kim brilliant.
But what makes Kung Fu Panda the film of the decade (ergo century, ergo millenium) is that it alone tackles a central issue of science.
Driving Kung Fu Panda is the tension between dual modes of learning: Knowledge Transfer and Discovery. As innovator, Oogway is heirless.
[I know taking Kung Fu Panda seriously will lose followers....but I don't care about those eyeballs as the issue and film are too important]
So while Oogway is master to Shifu who is/was master to both Tai Lung and Tigress he chooses to elevate the ostensibly inexplicable Panda.
In fact, Panda has demonstrated two features in strapping himself to a firework propelled chair: a willingness to innovate and break rules.
The film then shows the presumed successor (Tigress) as willing to break rules but previously shows this liniage to be prestige focused.
Think of the Panda as having a major & minor advisor. The major advisor (Oogway) he meets only twice. To the minor advisor falls training.
So university based PhD advising is based on the failed Shifu-Tigress model. But great science seeks the added Oogway-Panda dimension.
Recommendation: If you must compare "Kung Fu Panda" to "Godfather I" or "War and Peace" do it on a Saturday in late August. #mytwocents
Related Pages[edit]
- Genius vs Excellence
- High Agency
- In Kung Fu Panda, how does Po end up developing the capability to be an awesome Kung Fu fighter (Quora Answer)
- Skadoosh
- There is no secret ingredient
- The War on Excellence
This article is a stub. You can help us by editing this page and expanding it.