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#201 — A Conversation with Yuval Noah Harari

Making Sense with Sam Harris

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What Are the True Desires of People?

I think i would say tat the big problem is telling people that i know your real interests better than you know them. It's a very shaky ground for a political system, a very dangerous ground to have this kind of a paternalistic attitude. Many people are misinformed, but that's true of every one ally. To understand desire is something very different from understanding the truth....

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