On this, our 321st Evolutionary Lens livestream, we discuss AI, Iran, Trump, emergencies in the state of Washington, and stories from the Covid era. Anthropic, which makes Claude, announced that they are halting the release of their latest model due to unexpected capacities it has revealed. We discuss trade-offs, exploration, and game theory as they pertain to bats and planes, cats and humans, and LLMs. Then: did Trump make a genocidal threat against Iran? And: what emergency in the state of Washington could possibly apply to college tuition, out-of-state militias, accurate representation of sex on government IDs, and responding to pandemics? Answer: all the legislature has to do to make their ideas referendum-proof is declare that they are responding to an emergency—they do not even have to say what the emergency is. Finally: our memories of the Covid Era have begun to fade and morph, but it is important that we keep them alive.

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Bret on Trump on Iran: https://x.com/BretWeinstein/status/2041543705325347266

Glenn Greenwald on Lebanon: https://x.com/ggreenwald/status/2041906094818156646

Nguyen op-ed in Seattle Times: https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/im-not-a-millionaire-i-dont-think-we-need-a-millionaires-tax/

Nguyen on X: https://x.com/VietQNguyen

Nguyen’s WA tracker: https://picsterola.github.io/wa-ec-tracker/#/

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

The Symptoms I Carry: https://naturalselections.substack.com/p/the-symptoms-i-carry

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On this, our 320th Evolutionary Lens livestream, we discuss whether it can happen here, or again. It is genocide. Growing up in a secular Jewish household in the 1970s and ‘80s, Bret remembers many discussions of whether it could happen again, and where, but it seems to be assumed that the repeated targets of atrocities cannot themselves ever engage in atrocity. Is this true? We discuss lineage selection, the nature of history and memory, diaspora, Israel. Also, the belligerence of the U.S. again Iran. Then: Washington state is allowing non-citizens to become peace and corrections officers, but if any in those positions make mean gestures or social media posts, they can be fired. Toxicity of both stripes—masculine and feminine—are in command in our political landscape, and we seem to have no good options.

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Mentioned in this episode:

Sinclair Lewis, It Can’t Happen Here: https://www.alibris.com/It-Cant-Happen-Here-Sinclair-Lewis/book/3376310?qsort=p&matches=117

Let that sink in: https://x.com/LibyaLiberty/status/2039695385464017281

Trump on Iran: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LJMfd0gYc8&t=992s

WA state bill 5068: https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Laws/Senate/5068.SL.pdf?q=20260404090142

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On this, our 319th Evolutionary Lens livestream, we discuss space mirrors and the state of Washington state. Reflect Orbital is a young company that hopes to put tens of thousands of mirrors in orbit around the planet, and deliver “full moon to high noon” levels of light anyplace on Earth, on demand (for the right price). What could go wrong? Also: Washington state has voted in the first ever income tax (for high earners), quick on the heels of its first ever capital gains tax, while still having some of the highest estate, sales, property, and fuel taxes in the country. Meanwhile, the cost of living is skyrocketing, and the quality of services declining. Our highways are third worst in the nation; our cities are filthy and unsafe; our schools are miseducating children (at best). Is the money being used for anything useful?

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Mentioned in this episode:

Reflect Orbital: https://www.reflectorbital.com

Dark Sky International’s take: https://darksky.org/news/organizational-statement-reflect-orbital/

WA’s affordability crisis: https://www.waroundtable.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/WRT_AffStudy_FINAL_3.20.26.pdf

Ferguson signs the millionaire’s tax into law: https://x.com/BobFergusonGov/status/2039085857655951831

WA senate bill 6346: https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/6346-S.PL.pdf

WA capital gains tax: https://dor.wa.gov/forms-publications/publications-subject/special-notices/new-tiered-rates-washingtons-capital-gains-tax

NPR podcast (KUOW’s Booming) on millionaire’s taxes: https://podscan.fm/podcasts/booming/episodes/is-millionaire-migration-really-a-thing-lessons-from-states-that-already-tax-the-rich

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Bret Weinstein speaks with Dr. Jessica Rose on the subject of what it’s like in Israel today.

Find Jessica Rose on X at https://x.com/JesslovesMJK and on Substack at https://jessicar.substack.com

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What Jessica Rose Knows: Dr. Jessica Rose on DarkHorse https://youtu.be/Bmwp9gkPQhs

Israeli Surfers Unfazed as Missiles Strike Near a Surf Break https://www.theinertia.com/surf/israeli-missiles-surf-session

Iran's propaganda machine trolls Trump https://www.npr.org/2026/03/26/nx-s1-5760944/iran-war-propaganda-memes-trump

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On this, our 318th Evolutionary Lens livestream, we discuss how to understand our universe: through logic, intuition, and probability, through keeping track of what we believe, and being willing to change our minds. Avoiding certainty is difficult, but necessary. Using examples of who killed Charlie Kirk, and whether the venue where he was speaking suggests black magic, we discuss how to make sense of the world in a scientific way. Meanwhile in Washington: a $1 bill is booked into evidence.

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Organization for Tropical Studies: https://obfs.org/field-station/la-selva-research-station-ots/

Sheriff’s Log: https://sanjuanislander.com/lawenforcement/

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On this, our 317th Evolutionary Lens livestream, we discuss radiation and its impact on (rodent) health, and the 9th circuit’s decision to let men use women’s spas. First: research published in 2018 finds that low levels of non-ionizing radiation—like that emitted by cell phones and air pods—are actually associated with life extension in mice and rats. Don’t get too excited—these are the same rodents whose breeding protocols have broken them in some counter-intuitive ways, including that low doses of toxins or radiation can actually slow down the cancer that will otherwise kill them. Then: Olympus Spa, a traditional Korean nude spa for women in the Seattle area, was told by the state of Washington, now upheld by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, that they must let men in, so long as those men think they’re women. Judge VanDyke’s dissent correctly summarizes the issue as one of “swinging dicks.”

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Mentioned in this episode:

Toxicology and carcinogenesis in mice exposed to radio frequency radiation, 2018: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK564529/#S9

Thread on this research: https://x.com/zanehkoch/status/2033400775762964601

JAX lab on telomere length: https://www.jax.org/news-and-insights/2020/july/telomere-length-in-mice

Breeding protocols: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK500423/

Weinstein & Ciszek 2002: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11909679/

9th Circuit on Olympus Spa letting men in:https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2026/03/12/23-4031.pdf

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Bret Weinstein speaks with Tucker Carlson on the subject of the Iran War and accusations of bigotry.

Find Tucker Carlson at https://tuckercarlson.com

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Watch Bret on Tucker Carlson from March 11, 2026 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcc5jUcORUY

Bret on Tucker Carlson’s Fox News show in 2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_j9nFced_eo

Tucker Confronts Ted Cruz on His Support for Regime Change in Iran https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smemFVe0l5E

Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil https://www.amazon.com/Eichmann-Jerusalem-Banality-Penguin-Classics/dp/0143039881?tag=ustxtaddt-20

Secretary Rubio to the Press: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ee8WIxGCnr0

Daryl Cooper piece on Babi Yar https://www.martyrmade.com/featured-podcasts/fear-loathing-in-the-new-jerusalem

Bret Weinstein's DarkHorse Podcast - Black Intellectual Roundtable https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHGt733yw3g

The Israel Attacks: Beyond the Obvious with Efrat Fenigson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_IAH7PnS_E

USA Patriot Act https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3162

Charlie Kirk | PBD Podcast | Ep. 314 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQ9VOlaBBeo

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Bret Weinstein speaks with Steve Patterson and Aaron Day on the subject of Bitcoin’s complex history, it’s relationship to Epstein, and the current challenges of digital currencies.

Find Steve Patterson at https://steve-patterson.com and on X at https://x.com/steveinpursuit.

Find Aaron Day at https://daylightfreedom.org and on X at https://x.com/aaronrday.

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Mentioned on this episode:

Steve Patterson on DarkHorse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28VanG_0tyA

President Biden signed Executive Order (E.O.) 14067 https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/03/14/2022-05471/ensuring-responsible-development-of-digital-assets

Project Hamilton https://www.bostonfed.org/news-and-events/news/2022/12/project-hamilton-boston-fed-mit-complete-central-bank-digital-currency-cbdc-project.aspx

Aaron Day Brownstone article https://brownstone.org/articles/the-sinister-links-between-jeffrey-epstein-cbdcs-and-bitcoin/

Aaron Day Brownstone article https://brownstone.org/articles/the-hijacking-of-bitcoin/

Epstein on Bitcoin 2017 https://thenextweb.com/news/jeffrey-epstein-bitcoin

Email 1 Joi Ito / Epstein https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2011/EFTA02716994.pdf

Email 2 Joi Ito / Epstein https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00858561.pdf

University of Texas Austin Tether Study https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3195066

Austin Hill Email on Free Healthcare: https://x.com/steveinpursuit/status/2019075000532177035

Genius Act https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1582/text

The Clarity Act https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3633/text

The Great Taking https://thegreattaking.com/read-online-or-download

Freedom Dollar https://www.freedomdollar.com/en

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