Spencer Pratt in the Era of Degenerate Intellectual Communism: The 327th Evolutionary Lens
5/27/20261 hr 53 min
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 given no choice. And: there is so much new under the sun—but AI may blind us to its discovery.
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Mentioned in this episode:
LA mayoral debate: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rI3A6alVHM)
CBS fact-checks mayor Bass: https://x.com/CBSNews/status/2052588315828994148?s=20
Pratt on JRE on fentanyl zombies: https://x.com/DrewPavlou/status/2058477622439583827?s=20
Pressure washing campaign slogans in LA: https://x.com/Rightanglenews/status/2058587656334803243?s=20
Pilates moms ad: https://x.com/SnarkingIsLegal/status/2056336125732507799
LA Times says crime is down: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-05-24/crime-rates-los-angeles-mayor-race-2026-candidates
Iran Lego video: https://x.com/FurkanGozukara/status/2042149309588590937?s=46
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First 90 secondsBret Weinstein· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Hey, folks. Welcome to the Dark Horse Podcast live stream number 327, I have just learned. I am Dr. Bret Weinstein. I am, of course, sitting with Dr. Heather Heying, and, uh, we have, uh, an exciting show planned. We will be talking about the, uh, insurgency of Spencer Pratt in Los Angeles, the city of our birth. We will also be talking about, uh, AI and a new way to think about AI and its relationship to us little people. Um, so that's gonna be fun also. Um- It is indeed. Yes.
Heather Heying· Host0:41
Uh, well, actually, I can't speak to how much fun AI, the future, is going to be or AI, the conversation here, is gonna be because you, you're gonna lob something that I don't, I don't know what it is and- I'm gonna- ... we'll just see how it goes ...
Bret Weinstein· Host0:52
I'm gonna lob a grenade. I had a, uh, an epiphany as I was, um, on the ferry yesterday.
Heather Heying· Host0:59
Hmm.
Bret Weinstein· Host0:59
And, uh, it was like, "Oh my God, why didn't I see that before?" So I'm gonna lay the epiphany on y'all and, uh- Such, such is the way of epiphanies. Yes.
Heather Heying· Host1:09
Obvious in retrospect.
Bret Weinstein· Host1:10
Obvious in retrospect, exactly. I'm, uh, I'm hoping other people will resonate with it and, uh, rise up in response.
Heather Heying· Host1:17
Hmm. All right. But first, as you said, we're gonna be talking a bit about Spencer Pratt, uh, who is running for mayor of Los Angeles, seemingly out of nowhere, but, uh, maybe not quite as out of nowhere as it would seem.
Bret Weinstein· Host1:28
Out of nowhere, out of the Pacific