Sam Harris: We will need an unprecedented degree of rational thinking on a large scale to survive our future. Rufus Griskam: I for one really appreciate the work you're doing to make that happen. The two hour unabridged version of this episode is available exclusively in our next big idea app.
Neuroscientist, philosopher, podcaster, author, meditation guru, and unabashed atheist Sam Harris is one of our best-known — and most controversial — public intellectuals. In this bonus episode, he and Rufus talk about consciousness, free will, morality, and people’s stubborn insistence on being irrational.