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#218 — Welcome to the Cult Factory

Making Sense with Sam Harris

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Is Social Media Making It Harder to Respond to Real Problems?

We're creating a culture that is not compatible with basic sanity. We've created a system where true information reing real facts, and in a valid, i a sceptical analysis of what's going on isn't up to the task of dampening down the lies. Theori is rit brings up colts at the beginning when you mentioned another aspect of what you said was the power of group think  and the power of an echo chamber. There's actually been a massive network of cumenon groups capturing new spirituality, a sort of enpsychelics type community. But i think if we zoom out it doesn't sound like a good addition to an mad world which these people...

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