Bret Weinstein speaks with Brownstone Institute founder, Jeffrey Tucker about the complexities of public health.

Find Jeffrey Tucker on X at https://x.com/jeffreyatucker and more on Brownstone Institute at https://brownstone.org.

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Mentioned in this episode:

Toby Rogers on DarkHorse https://youtu.be/QQfIo75KHII

Event 201 https://centerforhealthsecurity.org/our-work/tabletop-exercises/event-201-pandemic-tabletop-exercise

Coronavirus: The Hammer and the Dance https://tomaspueyo.medium.com/coronavirus-the-hammer-and-the-dance-be9337092b56

Bret Weinstein speaking at Brownstone Supper Club in Seattle area March 17th, 2026 https://brownstone.org/event/brownstone-puget-sound-supper-club-march-17-2026-bret-weinstein/#tribe-tickets__tickets-form

2026 Polyface Retreat https://brownstone.org/polyface-retreat-2026

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On this, our 314th Evolutionary Lens livestream, we discuss love, coffee, and AI. For Valentine’s Day, Bret shares his thoughts on myths, love, and soulmates, and we discuss how relationships form—both in the abstract and in our case—and how relationships cannot be antagonistic or about short time horizons. Then: new research finds that drinking moderate amounts of coffee or tea—but not if decaffeinated—slows cognitive decline. And: is AI coming for us, and if so, how soon? How fast are LLM’s evolving, whose work will they disappear, and is concern or hope the more constructive response? We can see some of how AI will change our world; what can we not yet see? Finally: could menial, repetitive work (“drudgery”) have more to recommend it than we know?

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Mentioned in this episode:

Zhang et al 2026. Coffee and Tea Intake, Dementia Risk, and Cognitive Function. JAMA published online 2-9-26: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2844764

Something big is happening: https://x.com/mattshumer_/status/2021256989876109403

It was never about AI (we are not our tools): https://x.com/EricMarkowitz/status/2022005480240120229

AI isn’t coming for your future. Fear is: https://x.com/cboyack/status/2021647373571862952

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On this, our 313th Evolutionary Lens livestream, we discuss the Orwellian landscape(s) we find ourselves in, beginning with a reading from 1984. Minneapolis has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize; a male school shooter in a dress was referred to as female in several media outlets; and Wikipedia is lauded for its neutrality by (the science journal) Nature, with an example that demonstrates a lack of neutrality at either place. Orwell modernizes Ecclesiastes, then: Epstein: QAnon, Massacre of the Innocents, giant vats of sulfuric acid, jerky, kompromat, and oh by the way, is he still alive? Bret thinks so.

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Mentioned in this episode:

Nobel Peace Prize: https://x.com/cityminneapolis/status/2019879753407148313

Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/ten-dead-after-shooting-canadian-province-british-columbia-cbc-news-reports-2026-02-11

The shooter + commentary: https://x.com/JenniferSey/status/2021591862147231781

Nature on Wikipedia: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00074-1

Politics and the English Language (Orwell 1946): https://www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-foundation/orwell/essays-and-other-works/politics-and-the-english-language/

Epstein files: https://www.justice.gov/epstein

Dreher on art & Epstein: https://x.com/roddreher/status/2021525549232083275

Lack of prison tapes: https://x.com/alternatnews/status/2020999962054549542

Covid Era Stories: https://naturalselections.substack.com/s/covid-era-stories

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