#219 — The Power of Compassion

Making Sense with Sam Harris

Waking Up with Sam Harris

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4.6 • 29.1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2020

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of the podcast, Sam Harris speaks with James R. Doty about his memoir “Into the Magic Shop.” They discuss the significance of childhood stress, the possibility of changing one’s core beliefs about oneself, the relationship between surgeons and their patients, the nature of compassion, the Dalai Lama, the relationship between wealth and empathy, the worsening problem of social inequality, the physiology of compassion, the broken healthcare system in the U.S., and other topics.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Making Sense podcast.
0:08.0	This is Sam Harris.
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0:50.0	I will jump right into it.
0:52.6	Today I'm speaking with James Doady.
0:56.1	James is a professor of neurosurgery at Stanford University and the director of the Center
1:00.7	for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education.
1:04.6	He is also a philanthropist who has funded health clinics throughout the world and has
1:08.9	endowed scholarships and chairs at multiple universities.
1:13.1	And he also serves on the board of a number of nonprofits.
1:16.7	And as you'll hear, he has a very unusual background.
1:20.3	He grew up in real poverty and faced a number of challenges and seemed by no means guaranteed
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