Bonus Sample: Sam Harris: High-Brow Secular Conspiritualist

Bonus episode, piloted by Matthew.

There is a subtle form of conspirituality that rides on the familiar dialectic of political cynicism and spiritual promise—but it's dressed for a button-down salon dinner in Harvard Square. No crystals in sight, no essential oils wafting through the room.

Sam Harris isn’t sounding the alarm about the Cabal or the Illuminati: his bugaboos are Islam, or “wokeism,” or “cancel culture.”

And he isn’t saying that starseeds will save the day, or that a Great Awakening is upon us. He’s not so low-brow.

His salvation product is meditation, which he says can validate his political insights. And hey, there's an app for that!

Show Notes

Celebrity Crusaders For Empire

Towards a geopolitics of atheism

Why the arguments of the 'New Atheists' are often just as violent as religion

Harris daydreaming about a nuclear strike

Meet the Renegades of the Intellectual Dark Web

Will the "University of Austin" ever actually exist?

Sam Harris & Charles Murray

Harris. “A Few Points of Confusion.”

Decoding the Gurus: Sam Harris & Meditation is all you need

Gurometer— Kavanaugh and Browne

Buddhist Studies Has a Whiteness Problem

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