Eric Weinstein

Eric Ross Weinstein (born October 26, 1965; currently 61 years old) is an American mathematician, economist, and cultural commentator. Born in Los Angeles, California, Weinstein earned a Ph.D. in mathematical physics from Harvard University in 1992, conducting research on the Yang-Mills equations and the geometry of physics. He went on to work in finance and technology, notably serving as managing director of Peter Thiel's investment firm, Thiel Capital, from 2013 to 2021. Weinstein rose to wider public prominence in the late 2010s as host of The Portal podcast and as a prominent voice in modern public intellectual discourse, famously coining terms such as the "Intellectual Dark Web" and the "Embedded Growth Oblivion." He is also known for proposing Geometric Unity, a unified field theory intended to integrate the Standard Model of particle physics with general relativity. He is currently alive and active as a public speaker, writer, and independent researcher.