#281 — Western Culture and Its Discontents

Making Sense with Sam Harris

Waking Up with Sam Harris

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

4.6 • 29.1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2022

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of the podcast, Sam Harris speaks with Douglas Murray about his new book, “The War on the West.” They discuss the problem of hyper partisanship on the Left and Right, the primacy of culture, Hunter Biden’s laptop, the de-platforming of Trump and Alex Jones, the new religion of anti-racism, the problem of inequality, the 1619 Project, history of slavery, moral panics, the strange case of Michel Foucault, and other topics.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Making Sense Podcast.
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0:41.7	Okay.
0:45.7	Well, a lot happening out there in the world.
0:51.8	I think a brief comment on the immense amount of attention and controversy sparked by
1:01.6	Elon Musk, planning to buy Twitter.
1:04.7	It seems like that is happening.
1:06.4	It could still not happen, but it seems like it's more likely than not at this point.
1:12.2	I have been fairly astounded by how much of what has been said about this on both sides
1:21.0	seems to miss some obvious points.
1:24.8	Again, from both sides, on the left, there's been a fair amount of hysteria around a billionaire,
1:32.8	and one is outspoken and opinionated as Elon buying Twitter and therefore controlling
1:40.6	such an important media property.
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