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?
39:42 – Neocons Did It First (and Better)
45:15 – The Algorithm Fried Their Brains
51:00 – Was the IDW Just a Media Grift?
56:20 – NYT vs. IDW: Who Looks Sane Now?
1:01:40 – The IDW’s Kamikaze Mission Explained
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