Making Sense with Sam Harris

#231 — Crossing the Abyss

Jan 17, 2021

01:14:08

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What Are Your Expectations for the Inauguration?

01:54

What We've Got Now Is a Radicalization of Part of Our Society

02:36

Social Media

02:47

Introduction

3min

Antifa

3min

The Pandemic and the Whites

3min

Social Media

3min

The Power of Big Tech

4min

What Are You Thinking About When You Watched What Was Happening at the Capital?

3min

Is There a Mob Mentality?

4min

Is This a Sign of Racism in Our Society?

2min

I Think the Variable Is the Attitude Toward Law Enforcement, Not the Color of People's Skin

4min

10.

What Was Happening at the Capital?

3min

11.

The Persecutor's Response to the Protests

2min

12.

What Can We Do About This?

3min

13.

What We've Got Now Is a Radicalization of Part of Our Society

3min

14.

Alcida and Social Media

2min

15.

What Are Your Expectations for the Inauguration?

2min

16.

The Gun Rights Issue and the Gun Safety Issue

4min

17.

Social Media Is a Confirmation of Prophecy

2min

18.

Are We Already Losing This War of Ideas?

3min

19.

How to Deal With the Recession?

3min

20.

The Golden Era Extremist Inside Network

2min

21.

Alcaida, the Last Chapter in a Sixty Year History

2min

22.

Do You Think There's Anything Trump Could Say That Could Close Pandora's Box?

4min

23.

The Relevance of What Could Happen to Trump?

2min

24.

The Military Isn't a Person. It's a Range of People

3min

25.

Is the Nuclear Football Not as Available to Trump as It Used to Be?

2min

26.

What Should Our Priorities Be in the First Hundred Days?

3min

27.

We'll Get to a Place Where We're Doing Things Differently and Better

58sec

Sam Harris speaks with General Stanley McChrystal and Chris Fussell about the radicalization of the far Right under Trump. They discuss the events of January 6, 2021, the behavior of the Capitol police, the history of white supremacy in the US, the effect of banning extremists from social media, the logic of insurgency, the consequence of public lies, what should happen to Trump and his enablers, and other topics.

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Making Sense with Sam Harris

#231 — Crossing the Abyss

What Are Your Expectations for the Inauguration?

What We've Got Now Is a Radicalization of Part of Our Society

Social Media

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