Lex recites a wise Nietszche quote: “Beware that, when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster…for when you gaze long into the abyss. The abyss gazes also into you.”
- Eric argues that he’s trying to get institutions to save themselves
- “The leadership class is the problem” – Eric Weinstein
- Eric also believes students need to show their genius to the world: “Go break the law in a way that inspires us and makes us not want to prosecute you. Break the law in a way that lets us know that you’re calling us out on your bullshit, that you’re filled with love and that our technical talent has not gone to sleep.”
- “I hope young people at MIT will take over in this kind of way” – Lex Fridman