
Making Sense with Sam Harris
Sam Harris
Join neuroscientist, philosopher, and best-selling author Sam Harris as he explores important and controversial questions about the human mind, society, and current events. Sam Harris is the author of five New York Times bestsellers. His books include The End of Faith, Letter to a Christian Nation, The Moral Landscape, Free Will, Lying, Waking Up, and Islam and the Future of Tolerance (with Maajid Nawaz). The End of Faith won the 2005 PEN Award for Nonfiction. His writing and public lectures cover a wide range of topics—neuroscience, moral philosophy, religion, meditation practice, human violence, rationality—but generally focus on how a growing understanding of ourselves and the world is changing our sense of how we should live. Harris's work has been published in more than 20 languages and has been discussed in The New York Times, Time, Scientific American, Nature, Newsweek, Rolling Stone, and many other journals. He has written for The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Economist, The Times (London), The Boston Globe, The Atlantic, The Annals of Neurology, and elsewhere. Sam Harris received a degree in philosophy from Stanford University and a Ph.D. in neuroscience from UCLA.
Categories: Science & Medicine
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In this episode of the podcast, Sam Harris speaks with William MacAskill about his new book, What We Owe the Future. They discuss the philosophy of effective altruism (EA), longtermism, existential risk, criticism of EA, problems with expected-value reasoning, doing good vs feeling good, why it's hard to care about future people, how the future gives meaning to the present, why this moment in history is unusual, the pace of economic and technological growth, bad political incentives, value lock-in, the well-being of conscious creatures as the foundation of ethics, the risk of unaligned AI, how bad we are at predicting technological change, and other topics.
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Previous episodes
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308 - #292 — How Much Does the Future Matter? Sun, 14 Aug 2022
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307 - #291 — Where is Happiness? Thu, 28 Jul 2022
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306 - #290 — What Went Wrong? Thu, 21 Jul 2022 - 0h
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305 - #289 — Time Management for Mortals Mon, 18 Jul 2022 - 0h
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304 - #288 — The End of Global Order Thu, 14 Jul 2022 - 0h
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303 - #287 — Why Wealth Matters Tue, 05 Jul 2022 - 0h
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302 - #286 — The Paradox of Psychedelics Tue, 28 Jun 2022 - 0h
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301 - #285 — American Division Fri, 24 Jun 2022 - 0h
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300 - #284 — The Funny Business Tue, 07 Jun 2022 - 0h
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299 - #283 — Gun Violence in America Mon, 30 May 2022
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298 - #282 — Do You Really Have a Self? Mon, 23 May 2022 - 0h
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297 - #281 — Western Culture and Its Discontents Mon, 02 May 2022
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296 - #280 — The Future of Artificial Intelligence Fri, 22 Apr 2022 - 0h
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295 - #279 — The Rules of the Stage Mon, 18 Apr 2022 - 0h
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294 - #278 — The Man Who Will Be King Wed, 13 Apr 2022 - 0h
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293 - #277 — How Does the War in Ukraine End? Sun, 03 Apr 2022 - 0h
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292 - #276 — Defending the Global Order Tue, 22 Mar 2022 - 0h
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291 - #275 — The Russian War in Ukraine Thu, 10 Mar 2022 - 0h
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290 - Absolutely Mental Season 3 Wed, 02 Mar 2022 - 0h
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289 - Making Sense Presents: Recipes for Future Plagues Mon, 28 Feb 2022
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288 - #274 — The Future of American Democracy Fri, 11 Feb 2022
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287 - #273 — Joe Rogan and the Ethics of Apology Mon, 07 Feb 2022 - 0h
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286 - Vaccine Mandates, transgender athletes, billionaires… (AMA 19) Mon, 31 Jan 2022 - 0h
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285 - #272 — On Disappointing My Audience Tue, 11 Jan 2022 - 0h
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284 - #271 — Earning to Give Fri, 24 Dec 2021
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283 - #270 — What Have We Learned from the Pandemic? Tue, 14 Dec 2021
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282 - #269 — Deep Time Fri, 03 Dec 2021 - 0h
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281 - #268 — The Limits of Self-Knowledge Wed, 24 Nov 2021 - 0h
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280 - #267 — The Kingdom of Sleep Wed, 10 Nov 2021 - 0h
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279 - #266 — The Limits of Pleasure Tue, 02 Nov 2021 - 0h
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278 - #265 — The Religion of Anti-Racism Wed, 27 Oct 2021 - 0h
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277 - #264 — Consciousness and Self (Rebroadcast) Thu, 21 Oct 2021 - 0h
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276 - #263 — The Paradox of Death Mon, 18 Oct 2021 - 0h
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275 - #262 — The Future of American Democracy Tue, 05 Oct 2021 - 0h
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274 - #261 — Belief & Identity Thu, 30 Sep 2021 - 0h
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273 - Absolutely Mental Season Two Fri, 24 Sep 2021 - 0h
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272 - Ask Me Anything #18 Mon, 20 Sep 2021 - 0h
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271 - #260 — The Second Plane Thu, 09 Sep 2021 - 0h
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270 - #259 — The Reckoning to Come Wed, 01 Sep 2021
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269 - #258 — The Fall of Afghanistan Mon, 23 Aug 2021 - 0h
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268 - #257 — The State of the World Fri, 13 Aug 2021
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267 - Ask Me Anything #17 Sun, 08 Aug 2021 - 0h
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266 - #256 — A Contagion of Bad Ideas Fri, 23 Jul 2021
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265 - #255 — The Future of Intelligence Fri, 09 Jul 2021 - 0h
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264 - #254 — The Mating Strategies of Earthlings Fri, 25 Jun 2021 - 0h
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263 - #253 — Corporate Courage Thu, 17 Jun 2021 - 0h
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262 - #252 — Are We Alone in the Universe? Thu, 10 Jun 2021 - 0h
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261 - #251 — Corporate Cowardice Wed, 26 May 2021 - 0h
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260 - #250 — Broken Conversations Fri, 21 May 2021 - 0h
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259 - #249 — Distance & Arrival Fri, 14 May 2021 - 0h