The Rise and Fall of the Intellectual Dark Web | Ep 84

Bari Weiss and her 2018 New York Times article on the Intellectual Dark Web launched Jordan Peterson, Sam Harris, and the Weinstein brothers into the mainstream. Nearly a decade later, we dissect how that moment imploded into conspiracy rabbit holes, algorithm addiction, and the collapse of a would‑be heterodox revolution.

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0:00 – Bari Weiss, the NYT, & the ‘Intellectual Dark Web’

3:12 – Bari Weiss Predicts the Collapse

8:45 – From Free Speech Heroes to Cranks: The Fall of the IDW

14:20 – “Classical Liberal” Was Always Fake

19:05 – The Myth of Deplatforming Alex Jones & Milo

23:50 – How Peterson & the Weinsteins Went Off-Grid

29:30 – When Heterodoxy Became a Drug

34:10 – Charles Murray vs. the Weinsteins: Who Was Right All Along?