Introduction to The Portal
In 2019, Eric Weinstein launched The Portal Podcast. Its name taking inspiration from "portal stories", the show aims to bring its audience in contact with the most fundamental and transcendent aspects of reality, to break the almost-universal intellectual stasis and foster individual sense-making, and to galvanize the search for a more hopeful, transformative future. To start learning, peruse the content gathered below.
Selected Portal Content
Listed are podcast episodes that cover central themes of The Portal.
- Peter Thiel - Read
- 2: What Is The Portal - Read
- 18: Slipping the DISC: State of The Portal/Chapter 2020 - Read
- 19: Bret Weinstein - The Prediction and the DISC - Read
- 20: Sir Roger Penrose - Plotting the Twist of Einstein’s Legacy - Read
- 40: Introducing The Portal Essay Club - What if everyone is simply insane? - Read
The Portal Clips also has selections from the podcast and community-made videos on common themes, such as this video on the Twin Nuclei Problem, and this video on the N^2 revolution. For a comprehensive list of Portal content, see All Episodes of The Portal Podcast and Content by Eric Weinstein.
Edge Essays
Some of the earliest discussion of the The Portal Podcast's core ideas occur in Eric Weinstein's edge.org essays.
| Question | Answer | Year |
|---|---|---|
| What is the Last Question? | The Last Question | 2018 |
| What Scientific Term or Concept Ought to Be More Widely Known? | Russell Conjugation | 2017 |
| What Do You Consider the Most Interesting Recent (Scientific) News? What Makes It Important? | Anthropic Capitalism And The New Gimmick Economy | 2016 |
| What Scientific Idea Is Ready for Retirement? | M-theory / String Theory is the Only Game in Town | 2014 |
| What *Should* We Be Worried About? | Excellence | 2013 |
| What is Your Favorite Deep, Elegant, or Beautiful Explanation? | Einstein's Revenge: The New Geometric Quantum | 2012 |
| What Scientific Concept Would Improve Everybody's Cognitive Toolkit? | Kayfabe | 2011 |
| How is the Internet Changing the Way You Think? | Go Virtual Young Man | 2010 |