Dope Tech Episode 2

<<@LordMalice6d9 says : I was mostly a C student in school. But my severe ADD and aspergers negatively effected my grades even though I was a deep thinker.>> <<@Baczkowa78 says : There are good schools and teachers. There are parents who neglect their children, but they should be the first educators.>> <<@Alan-lv9rw says : I have a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree, both from elite schools. I had a very solid (although unspectacular) career in business. A guy I knew in high school dropped out of college twice (he struggled academically). Then he became a general contractor and did extremely well. A high IQ does not guarantee success and a mediocre IQ does not guarantee failure.>> <<@travelermike8541 says : I have a BS and MS with mixed experiences in school. I believe teachers mistake their mission. They are instructors and should follow the motto to do no harm. With an education degree they are not qualified to judge the arc of a young persons life or to mold young minds. Fact is, that rowdy boy will be the man you call to fix your plumbing or AC some day.>> <<@pattymcmullen8551 says : How does the f word help this interview...at all. Poor command of the English language I'd say>> <<@booksteer7057 says : I was a straight A student who stupidly thought that my academic success would transfer into worldly success. I graduated from a very prestigious, private college. I had a degree but very little work experience. So when I tried to enter the workforce, I got the big "So what?" If I had not been forced to do volunteer work in high school, I would've had almost no work experience. I think every job I've ever had, except for being a telemarketer, can trace its roots back to the volunteering I did in high school.>> <<@julieb7785 says : Exemplary man, EW. His brother too.>> <<@slappy8941 says : The system is designed to fail.>> <<@timreyes2179 says : Ah, eric tells his full origin story 😂>> <<@eringilles4024 says : Stop saying fuck . It drops your intelligence with me even if you could be intelligent>> <<@carolheinzig666 says : Eric is sooo brilliant I have an engineer, just graduated from university, and an empathetic child(he told us he was empathetic in 8th grade with comment that he did not want to be pathetic) Both had such different learning needs. My empathetic is in 4th year at university in a stem economics program. He was the most work as a parent in trying to help him understand himself (both of us are engineers) and getting him through the broken educational system that wanted to fail him which would have changed his perception of himself and having confidence in himself. My husband and my first goal was to build skill and confidence in the heart of our children starting at age 4.>> <<@barbloft says : We need Eric to overhaul our graveyard of an education system.>> <<@zalllon says : I was fortunate enough to be born in 1970, where toys were board games, backgammon, chess, puzzles, mechano sets, and a microscope. The types of things we played with took time to complete even when we played outside. There were so many things we did as play that required so much time to figure out. As I’ve had teams of analysts and had to hire, and more specifically, interview young folks … I have seen a lot of MBA grads do well on logic, but struggle to apply it during an interview, and get beat out by those with college diplomas (Canada) or international students. And then there are those who are only high school diploma grads who have had 5+ yrs in the workforce, and a lot of them crush it. I design my interview tests to be unlikely to finish all the questions, and go in early at the end … as I want to see who asks for more time. Very few ask for that, none of the MBAs have ever asked for more time, they just stop as soon as they see me. Initially I was blown away by this, now I’d be surprised if they did ask for more time. I’m not looking for people to punch out at 4:55 pm when there is a problem at the table.>> <<@therocinante3443 says : I'll never forget being smarter than many of my teachers yet struggling with even getting Cs>> <<@marcmorrison4297 says : Well at least it failed Eric>> <<@jetman551 says : A single bad teacher destroyed my desire for "higher" education. I am a member of Mensa with a 152 IQ. College is a complete waste unless you go into stem or medicine. And then it's questionable.>> <<@txdmsk says : Primary school I was touted as one of the most brilliant kids in the country. High school I took every chance to ditch classes, not do homework and I was pretty much a C student in most subjects, as I lived off things the teachers said during classes I heard with one ear. The vast majority of stuff being taught made no sense to learn, especially not in a way it was taught. School is largely regurgitation. It's daycare. High school teachers told me I won't make it in life. I work from home in IT and make 15-20x the national average. I could rake in much more. But I don't want to. The stress associated with running a company and being responsible for the livelihood of other people is not worth the extra money for me. I already can't spend this much anyways, as most luxury goods and services are just as stupid as the school system.>> <<@AncientRylanor69 says : m>> <<@atomicvinylreviews3420 says : This hits close to home for me in so many ways as someone who was given up on and struggled through the schooling system with what I now know was undiagnosrs ADHD... The older I get, The more I discover how damaging and how messed up that system was. Even for the nerotypical students who do well it can be bad. Schools focus and prioritize the resuts from them that bennifit the schools prestige and image, not what will actually benefit the kids whelbeeing in life... Like, it dosnt matter to them if little Timmy develops some sort of debilitating anxiety issies and a messed up sense of his self worth tied to his grades.. No. What matters more is that he gets the higest marks on his tests making the schools look good on paper to those who fund them...>> <<@joeharris3810 says : Always thought A students get told what to do by B students who work for the C students D students name bridges and shit>> <<@user-kv5gh6le6y says : Vivaldi, he played in the pub a tiny town I was in in about 1980. Liloett BC. Surprised to hear his name come up.>> <<@user-kv5gh6le6y says : My bookkeeper told me “A students work for the government and B students work for the C students. Pretty much the way it is.>> <<@chipcook5346 says : The old story about what George Patton's father did is illuminating.>> <<@howardskillington4445 says : That Vivaldi melody is entirely formed of the conventional major scale, without a single accidental. It contains no mysteries.>> <<@rick3156 says : Tom, you are hosting a lot of fringe people of late. Are you going down a rabbit hole of conspiracy and misinformation? Seems like it. I’ve seen this guy on multiple podcasts and he is smart but more than a bit out there. Your guests are for the most part turning me off to your show and I only tuned in to tell you this.>> <<@JustinArthur-d5h says : I love you Erick.>> <<@tethyn says : 21:50 great insights. It would seem that a mutation without any advantage would lead to immediate death, because if it didn’t; then it had an effect which created good and bad advantages. And why do I think it brought good or at least neutral advantage? If it was all bad the organism would not be able to live. It would be that poisonous. If it didn’t, then it has a potential that is only minimally, or not expressed at all, could be expressed in an advantageous way. the value of advantageous traits only comes from the environment the organism exists in currently. As such, is only potential until actualized by the appropriate states of affairs.>> <<@Planeet-Long says : 03:05 Indonesian is the easiest language in the world because it removed a lot of illogical fallacies and other constructs from languages.>> <<@Seofthwa says : That is the problem with institutions, they become ridged and anyone who does not fit the mold gets tossed aside as useless.>> <<@georgemink1813 says : Eric, what you're describing is nothing new! I picked up on this in Catholic School. The teachers would take jabs at you there, when I/We said something they couldn't wrap their minds around, whilst simultaneously encouraging my peers to inflict a great deal of psychological bullying. Damn, the stories I could write, lnowing they were true.>> <<@jonetier4494 says : WOW....Great insight. Dead on the money!!!!>> <<@tickfawriver7990 says : Tom, can you please have more respect for the public and yourself by eliminating the F bombs.>> <<@MuzeTitaN says : I was always told in school that I read slowly and had a hard time in math and English. They gave me a test for dyslexia with a teacher in a quiet room . Of course, I did well because there were no distractions, lol . I have adhd and on the spectrum for autism .I was put in the "special class". I got kicked out of music class because I couldn't read music . I was trying to play by ear . I was constantly told I have a learning disability and would amount to much . I taught myself how to play guitar and started at 15 . The first thing I learned by ear was eruption by van Halen. I have been playing for 20 years as a hobby and also study and research ancient history, philosophy, astronomy, astrophysics, and often have conversations with my kids about black holes and quantum mechanics . I run my own business, have a house and a family. Never graduated high school. I also taught myself how to cook,build computers and currently leaning ancient Hebrew>> <<@lot2196 says : I can't spell and had terrible handwriting. With the aid of computers, I was able to work my way off a factory floor, and now I'm an Oracle Engineering Analyst.>> <<@heather333 says : In the UK, you do a degree in a defined subject. You don't do a diverse rounded degree, thats what A Levels are for🎉. You do Law or engineering or architecture or archaeology or English. If you want to major/minor that's up to you. You certainly don't have to do a language to get a degree.>> <<@jasonlund6023 says : Eric Weinstein has changed my life for the better. He’s opened up such a level of clarity for achievement and reignited a passion for learning. Podcasts like this one, with guests such as these reclaiming hope for humanity. Thank you Eric W.>> <<@ianwynne764 says : Hello: One of the all time great car racing drivers, Sir Jackie Stewart is so seriously dyslexic that he is completely illiterate. However, he does attribute his unique ability to feel what the car was doing to his "disability". I am also dyslexic and yes, I had a tough time at school.>> <<@burner8126 says : That so felt like me at school. "So much potential, but, he needs to apply himself more." "I want to be a scientist." Na you don't, they don't earn that much." Me " Oh, ok." I've done many jobs, ended up deciding to get a trade, fire sprinkler fitting. Now I'm a gardener. Heaps of different hobbies, including working on my own design fusion reactor, magnetically augmented spindle cusp IEC leveraging RF for resonance. Thanks Erik, the things you say really resonate.>> <<@TheMikesylv says : Stopped taking notes freshman year couldn’t read them either. Put the note book down and listened>> <<@jonf2009 says : 22:40 the problem is the entire school system is set up to average everybody out to the middle of the curve, when you have a learning disability or you're highly gifted you're on both ends of the curve and do not fit in with the normalized average that they're trying to push every one towards. The end result is they try to boot you out of the system because you don't conform, because the people that are running the system instituting the system and teaching in the system are all people that conformed into the norm and when you lie outside of that they're innate revulsion and need to ostracize you kicks in. In the end we are social animals and when you don't conform to the social pack you get ostracized and push to the edges.>> <<@samwheeler-brown7458 says : I feel such an affinity with Eric and the philosophy he shares with Ken Robinson and other holistic educators. I’ve learned more since school than I ever learned in the classroom and found so many ways my more active right brain has served me in the real world that would never have been recognised by the western education idea of what constitutes ‘smart’. Thank God people like him have a platform nowadays>> <<@PaladinLeeroy42069 says : The country that knows how to incentivize making families and how to effectively foster the next generations’ talents will be the next global superpower>> <<@petersmangalisongoma2013 says : As much as I get his point, i must say that there's a great danger in telling young people that they are just the way they are, and there's no need to strive for academic excellence>> <<@CliffordFL says : I graduated 4 years ago with a degree in mechanical engineering. There were three groups of kids; one that did excellent and barely had to study, would always give you the " oh you don't understand it ?" One were mediocre, they had to study much more, and were something like B and C students, many had to worm full time jobs while taking 3 or 4 classes, mostly server or bartending jobs ( which I think this job has alot to do with their success, they know how to hustle) One group who just didn't care Fours years after graduation the mediocre, but hard working and persistent students are in upper management now, many of the gifted kids are struggling, many of them don't even work in engineering or gave up as soon as it didn't come easy Cause I'll tell ya there is a huge difference between a theoretical design, and actually building something. This couldn't be more true>> <<@HexicanMichelle says : Please have Richard Heart on your show ❤>> <<@ricdinchirock3625 says : One of the best teachers I ever had at one point refused to give me the F I deserved, instead, she made me stay after school and redo the assignment. I am all the better for it.>> <<@JohnMcGlothlin-l7j says : He's right. The system was designed to create a certain type of worker who would do well in a factory setting. It isn't much different now. They don't have the time or other resources to deal with lots of exceptions; jump through the hoops or get left behind. I don't think of myself as gifted but I wasn't able to jump through the hoops and was seen as a discipline problem. I eventually quit school but managed to easily get a GED and, in time, get into college by taking a series of special tests people without high school graduation had to take. College was different as they weren't trying to make you do anything. You paid for the classes and you could do the work or not. I learned well mostly on my own - but directed by some good teachers - and graduated with honors in a scientific field. I did well in my career and attended grad schools twice. So all those elementary school and high school teachers I had who only knew how to themselves jump through the hoops of the system almost kept me from succeeding. I do think I was an exception and that many like me probably never did manage to get where they probably could have got had they been treated differently.>> <<@hellodolly9879 says : All well and good but when push comes to shove I want a surgeon who was at the top of his class and a pilot who passed all of his exams with flying colors pardon the pun.>> <<@SiriuzGrey says : C students are not succeeding. That one entrepreneur c student is succeeeding.>> <<@oliverbradley8755 says : I was unable to read as a kid until I was 10 and realize now that all of my differences were actually super powers. My mind doesn't work like others and it allows me to see things that others don't see. I still have a chip on my shoulder about my intelligence even though I have a high IQ.>>