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#219 - The Power of Compassion

Making Sense with Sam Harris - Subscriber Content

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The Power of Giving

Ruth Ben-Ghiat: "I was never a bad person, but all of my actions ... were to prove I was worthy to other people" She says that when she found out her husband had given $30 million away in the face of being effectively bankrupt. The money allowed him to set up health clinics around the world and endow chairs at universities across the U.S., he said. BEN-GHIAT: "In some ways, it was the most meaningful action I had ever done."

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