Embracing freedom by letting go of identity

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Fully dissipate fumes of identity for immense freedom
Function in social roles without being attached to self concept
Wear self concept lightly to not relate to experience from that place
Not disagreeing with idea of dissipating identity, but it goes against human nature.

Sam Harris speaks with Arthur C. Brooks about what it takes to build a good life. They discuss the power of social comparison, the intelligence taboo, political dignity and ethical hierarchy, the Dalai Lama, the nature of love, fluid and crystallized intelligences, the strange case of Linus Pauling, the limits of identity, atheism and religious faith, fear of death, psychedelics, existentialism, St. Thomas Aquinas, and other topics.

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