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I mean, we're really on the cusp of either a problem has a solution or it doesn't.

If we could just cease to

needlessly make ourselves miserable by fighting unnecessary wars or having a significant subset of humanity

to vote their lives to just divisive delusions, we could just get down to the business of maximizing human flourishing.

And that I think is really what we should be doing all day long and their creativity and love and wisdom and good conversations is all we need.

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Today, one from the vault we're talking with Sam Harris once again, conversation that we recorded several years back on a different show.

His episodes here on this show have always been super popular, so I'm glad to be doing it again.

He's a staunch critic of religion, an advocate of mindfulness without religion, an author, a neuroscientist, a researcher and an ethicist.

Among other things, of course, he's also a podcaster.

He's an all-around amazingly sharp and fascinating thinker and also very controversial.

So, warm up those angry, emailing fingers now and enjoy this episode from the vault with Sam Harris.

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