The Portal Group
This essay appears in audio format at the beginning of The Portal Podcast, Episode 32. Hello, this is Eric with some thoughts before we get to this week’s main conversation. What I want to talk about initially this week is the real raison d’être for long-form podcasting as I see it. I would like to […]
It is said that there is not one American dream but many, and few have lived more than JD Vance. Growing up in Appalachia on the border between poverty and the lower working class, JD knew economic fear first hand as well as the cultural devastation of the region’s post-coal era. Working his way up, he joined […]
“Real knowledge, I think, has become too dangerous to transmit, and real knowledge doesn’t know what social norms are.” – Eric Weinstein In this portal podcast clip, Eric Weinstein discusses the evolution of knowledge as it goes from being revolutionary to being dangerous.
“Once I discovered mathematics, I found that it was more artistic than anything that I’d ever seen before.” – London Tsai In this portal podcast clip, Eric Weinstein discusses the artistic nature of mathematics with mathematically-trained visual artist London Tsai.
The Jeantreprenuer’s Animated Portal Clips is a new experiment with the Guerilla artist or collective known to us only as “The Jeantrepreneur”. We have asked The Jeantreprenuer to come out of the shadows and take credit for his/her/their work but have been politely and firmly refused. The Jeantreprenuer is a member of the Portal Discord […]