#233 — The Groves of Misinformation

Making Sense with Sam Harris

Waking Up with Sam Harris

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🗓️ 2 February 2021

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of the podcast, Sam Harris speaks with Zeynep Tufekci about the problem of misinformation and group-think. They discuss the Covid-19 pandemic, the early failures of journalists and public health professionals to make sense of it, the sociology of mask wearing, the problem of correcting institutional errors, Covid as a dress rehearsal for something far worse, asymmetric information warfare, failures of messaging about vaccines, the paradox of scientific authority, the power of incentives, how to reform social media, and other topics.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Making Sense Podcast.
0:09.1	This is Sam Harris.
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1:00.4	Okay, today I'm speaking with Zaneb Tufekshi.
1:04.2	Zaneb is an associate professor at the University of North Carolina, and an opinion writer for
1:09.6	the New York Times and a contributing writer for the Atlantic.
1:14.2	She has a background in computer science, but she's since become a sociologist and has
1:19.6	focused on the interaction between digital technology, artificial intelligence, and changes
1:26.4	in society.
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