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#281 — Western Culture and Its Discontents

Making Sense with Sam Harris

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The Social Media Platform Is Not the Town Square

i think it's pretty clear, or it should be, that in almost every case that addiction is counterproductive. The analogy to the town square is a false one. And i think the notion that any legal speech must be tolerated on the platform is going to lead to a truly awful place to be. We talk about the problem of hyper partisanship on the left and the right and the primacy of culture. I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as i did.

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