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11 snips
May 21, 2024 • 1h 40min

#368 - Freedom & Censorship

Greg Lukianoff and Sam Harris discuss free speech, cancel culture, origins of political correctness, First Amendment principles, technology impact on ideas, social media cancellations, McCarthyism comparisons, self-censorship in academia, Hunter Biden laptop story, handling Trump in media, state of higher education, and more.
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32 snips
May 13, 2024 • 54min

#367 - Campus Protests, Antisemitism, and Western Values

Sam Harris discusses campus protests, antisemitism, and Western values. Topics include double standards in activism, influence of Qatar on universities, challenging perceptions of anti-Semitism, and balancing security with freedom.
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11 snips
May 7, 2024 • 1h 39min

#366 - Urban Warfare 2.0

Urban warfare expert John Spencer discusses the reality of urban warfare and Israel's conduct in the Gaza conflict. Topics include Hamas attacks, distinguishing combatants, IDF double standards, defeating Hamas, underground warfare tactics, and the complexities of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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23 snips
May 1, 2024 • 1h 48min

#365 - Reality Check

Author and journalist David Wallace-Wells discusses the distorted reality during Covid, success of vaccines, global pandemic responses, climate change consensus, consequences of warming, air pollution impact, Greta Thunberg's influence, economic growth vs degrowth, carbon taxes, political stagnation, US debt, attacking Trump's candidacy, and more with Sam Harris.
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40 snips
Apr 23, 2024 • 1h 6min

#364 - Facts & Values

Sam Harris explores the reality of moral truth and the objectivity of concepts like good and evil. He discusses training the mind through meditation and demystifying the practice. The podcast delves into the intersection of subjectivity and morality, explores moral truths in subjective reality, and challenges traditional ethical boundaries.
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21 snips
Apr 15, 2024 • 1h 33min

#363 - Knowledge Work

Sam Harris speaks with Cal Newport about the impact of technology on knowledge work, slow productivity, managing up in organizations, finding meaning in a post-scarcity world, and the effects of artificial intelligence. They touch on social media, free speech, reasonable deadlines, and the anti-work movement.
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32 snips
Apr 9, 2024 • 1h 33min

#362 - Six Months of War

Author and commentator Douglas Murray discusses the ongoing war in Gaza, public opinion, Hezbollah/Iran conflict, Iron Dome, Israeli Arabs, global Islamism, European right-wing resurgence, US border crisis with host Sam Harris and Josh Szeps
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4 snips
Apr 1, 2024 • 1h 25min

#361 - Sam Bankman-Fried & Effective Altruism

Sam Harris and William MacAskill discuss the implosion of FTX and its impact on Effective Altruism. They cover 'earning to give,' SBF's philanthropy, AI risk, and challenges with focusing on long-term outcomes. They analyze the character of the EA community, the fallout of FTX on Will personally, and delve into ethical dilemmas within the movement.
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29 snips
Mar 27, 2024 • 2h 1min

#360 - We Really Don’t Have Free Will?

Robert Sapolsky discusses the belief in free will with Sam Harris, covering intuition, historical views, complexity, epigenetics, predictability, punishment, ethics, evil, meritocracy, and physical beauty. They question the concept of free will, exploring the role of luck, cognitive processes, and societal implications. The conversation also touches on criminal justice, reward, and the impact of physical attractiveness on individual outcomes.
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25 snips
Mar 19, 2024 • 1h 5min

#359 - Getting Used to It

Sam Harris and Cass Sunstein discuss habituation to positive and negative experiences, marriage, happiness, midlife crises, kids, wealth, misinformation and social media, echo chambers, extremism, free speech on college campuses, and the 2024 Presidential election.

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