Bret Weinstein

Wasn't terrible. But for the rest of the time, you know, school was so busy dismissing me as, you know, not performing to potential was what it said every time on my report card, right? That it was just really demoralizing. And I remember sort of in the second grade... having a kind of choice.

Wasn't terrible. But for the rest of the time, you know, school was so busy dismissing me as, you know, not performing to potential was what it said every time on my report card, right? That it was just really demoralizing. And I remember sort of in the second grade... having a kind of choice.

I didn't know what it was that I was choosing between, but it was like, I can either surrender to their understanding of who I am, or I can stop respecting them. And so it created an attitude problem. Sounds like you had a similar attitude problem. And I wish I could give every student that attitude problem.

I didn't know what it was that I was choosing between, but it was like, I can either surrender to their understanding of who I am, or I can stop respecting them. And so it created an attitude problem. Sounds like you had a similar attitude problem. And I wish I could give every student that attitude problem.

I didn't know what it was that I was choosing between, but it was like, I can either surrender to their understanding of who I am, or I can stop respecting them. And so it created an attitude problem. Sounds like you had a similar attitude problem. And I wish I could give every student that attitude problem.

Yeah, but you also – I'm skeptical. That the vast wealth of information is inherently a good thing. Really? Yeah.

Yeah, but you also – I'm skeptical. That the vast wealth of information is inherently a good thing. Really? Yeah.

Yeah, but you also – I'm skeptical. That the vast wealth of information is inherently a good thing. Really? Yeah.

Because I know, like I said, I became very interested in what made people smart. And what made people smart was not libraries. What made people smart was an interaction with the world that rewarded them when they figured something out. And very often that was the physical world.

Because I know, like I said, I became very interested in what made people smart. And what made people smart was not libraries. What made people smart was an interaction with the world that rewarded them when they figured something out. And very often that was the physical world.

Because I know, like I said, I became very interested in what made people smart. And what made people smart was not libraries. What made people smart was an interaction with the world that rewarded them when they figured something out. And very often that was the physical world.

So one of the things I worry about with a kid who maybe is not getting so much out of school but they have access to an entire world of fascinating things on their computer is that it turns all of that stuff into an exercise in consuming information. rather than discovering. And so I would much rather see kids have access to a

So one of the things I worry about with a kid who maybe is not getting so much out of school but they have access to an entire world of fascinating things on their computer is that it turns all of that stuff into an exercise in consuming information. rather than discovering. And so I would much rather see kids have access to a

So one of the things I worry about with a kid who maybe is not getting so much out of school but they have access to an entire world of fascinating things on their computer is that it turns all of that stuff into an exercise in consuming information. rather than discovering. And so I would much rather see kids have access to a

you know, a wild world, a forest that's intact where they can go and discover things and those things aren't labeled and you don't know what it is and you don't know what it means. Or, you know, you try to build a structure, a tree house or something, and it tests your understanding of what the structure is, you know, that will hold you. And

you know, a wild world, a forest that's intact where they can go and discover things and those things aren't labeled and you don't know what it is and you don't know what it means. Or, you know, you try to build a structure, a tree house or something, and it tests your understanding of what the structure is, you know, that will hold you. And

you know, a wild world, a forest that's intact where they can go and discover things and those things aren't labeled and you don't know what it is and you don't know what it means. Or, you know, you try to build a structure, a tree house or something, and it tests your understanding of what the structure is, you know, that will hold you. And

That it is that feedback where you are not a consumer of the world, but you are a producer. You're interacting with the world rather than just seeing it represented. That is the most intellectually enhancing thing.

That it is that feedback where you are not a consumer of the world, but you are a producer. You're interacting with the world rather than just seeing it represented. That is the most intellectually enhancing thing.

That it is that feedback where you are not a consumer of the world, but you are a producer. You're interacting with the world rather than just seeing it represented. That is the most intellectually enhancing thing.