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Ask Me Anything #17

Making Sense with Sam Harris

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The Big Picture, the Failures of Our Institutions

Despite all the failures of clearer thinking and clear public health messaging, many of us still understand that the vaccines are incredibly effective. It is far wiser to be vaccinated at this point than to be running the risk of getting covid without having been vaccinated. Here is the big picture, the failings of our institutions need not lead to a total breakdown of trust in our institutions. And that is what is most objectionable and so dis functional about what brett is doing with his poncast. This just asking questions routine is corrosive of public trust at a time where the failure of trust translates into disease and death.

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