#276 — Defending the Global Order

Making Sense with Sam Harris

Waking Up with Sam Harris

Samharris, Currentevents, Politics, Ethics, Religion, Neuroscience, Science, Society & Culture, Philosophy

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🗓️ 22 March 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of the podcast, Sam Harris speaks with Yuval Noah Harari about the wider implications of Russia’s war of conquest in Ukraine. They discuss different forms of war, Putin’s miscalculation regarding the internal divisions of America and the EU, the problem of misinformation, international norms of behavior, the role of China, the civilizational importance of trust, globalization and de-globalization, existential risk, the role of India, Ukrainian leadership, the danger of nuclear war, regime change in Russia, 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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0:41.7	Okay, well today I'm speaking with Yvonne Noah Harari.
0:53.1	This was first recorded as a Zoom call for podcast subscribers, and there will be more
0:58.0	of those coming, especially on topical subjects like the Warren Ukraine.
1:05.9	And that is the topic of today's conversation.
1:09.3	Yvonne is a historian who probably needs no introduction.
1:12.5	He's been on the podcast several times before.
1:16.0	He's the author of the best-selling books, Sapiens and Homo Deos, among others.
1:24.4	And today we talk about the wider implications of Russia's war of conquest in Ukraine, especially
1:31.1	as they pertain to the maintenance of global order.
1:35.8	We discuss various forms of war.
1:38.7	We talk about the problem of misinformation, international norms of behavior, the role
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