About this episode

The episode discusses Spencer Pratt's mayoral campaign in Los Angeles, propaganda from Iran, and the concept of AI as degenerate intellectual communism.

On this, our 327th Evolutionary Lens livestream, we discuss West coast politics, propaganda, and AI. First: the insurgent campaign of Spencer Pratt in the race for mayor of Los Angeles is going strong. He is by far the best hope for Los Angeles, given fires and filth, homelessness and crime, drugs and corruption. Then: propaganda from Iran is remarkably compelling. And: Bret proposes that the model of AI that we are living under is degenerate intellectual communism, and that we have been give...

People in this episode

Hosts: Bret Weinstein, Heather Heying

Topics covered

• West coast politics
• propaganda
• AI
• homelessness
• crime
• corruption

Keywords

• Spencer Pratt
• Los Angeles
• propaganda
• AI
• degenerate intellectual communism
• homelessness
• crime
• corruption

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Iran

Places: Los Angeles

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