The New Religion of Catastrophism

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It has just been a factory of lies and misinformation at a scale we've never seen before. A man shouldn't have as much political surface area as it does, but it really is distorting. And so thi a new religion of catastrophism that is, in many cases, an exaggeration,. But also, the exaggerations result in a level of cynicism and distrust that can become a kind of self fulfilling prophecy. i guess that's, that's my general picture of what we're living through.

Sam Harris speaks with Jonah Goldberg about the state of American politics and civil society. They discuss the hyperpartisanship of the Left and Right, what Trump has done to the Republican party, the breakdown of trust in institutions, the “new catastrophism” enabled by social media, the problem of populism, and other topics.

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