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#8 — Ask Me Anything 1

Making Sense with Sam Harris

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What Is Anxiety?

Anxiety is just a sense n of energy in the body. It has no philosophical content. Ant need not have any psychological content. Forthis kind of thing you really, you have to do the thing you're afraid of. You can't just get yourself into some position of confidence beforehand and hope to then do it without any anxiety. And even being comfortable doing it, i'm not that way. The performance aspect of public speaking allows for what many people appreciate as the best examples of tory. So yo, just listen to martin luther king junior. He is so far from a natural speech pattern, it is pure performance. Just imagine being seated at table at dinner party across

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