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#219 - The Power of Compassion

Making Sense with Sam Harris - Subscriber Content

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The Paradox of Meditation

There's sort of a paradox lurking here, because I think meditation can really work even in emergencies and even for people who have no apparent advantages. And let's talk about inequality and how you view compassion's role in bettering our society and our personal lives. You can take either, you can take both sides of that. But yeah, it is just, in fact, true that we have personal and social problems that are born of bad systems, bad incentives, breakdowns, and institutions.

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