Ask Me Anything #17

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

🗓️ 8 August 2021

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of the podcast, Sam takes your questions. He begins by addressing the blowback that followed his previous podcast on “vaccine hesitancy” with Eric Topol. And then he answers the following questions:

How can I inoculate my biracial children against identity politics?

In what way is journalism broken, and how can we fix it?

Have you read the research suggesting that the effects of microdosing psychedelics are indistinguishable from taking placebos?

Can you comment on the degree to which Leftist political ideas have captured the Buddhist community?

What should Democrats do to prevent a resurgence of Trumpism?

What are the ingredients for a good life?

Is it ever ethical for governments to lie to their citizens?

If the present moment is all that matters, how can we plan for the future?

Learning how to train your mind is the single greatest investment you can make in life. That’s why Sam Harris created the Waking Up app. From rational mindfulness practice to lessons on some of life’s most important topics, join Sam as he demystifies the practice of meditation and explores the theory behind it.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Making Sense Podcast.
0:09.1	This is Sam Harris.
0:11.3	Just a note to say that if you're hearing this, you are not currently on our subscriber
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0:28.3	other subscriber-only content.
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0:34.6	of our subscribers.
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0:40.9	Okay, I should start with an addendum to the last podcast on vaccines and vaccine hesitancy
0:57.0	that I did with Eric Topel.
0:59.2	Some of the responses I received to that have been astoundingly stupid.
1:06.2	I guess that's not a total surprise.
1:09.0	I don't feel like dealing with too many specifics here.
1:12.1	One criticism I do take to heart if only because it came in one form from my wife is
1:19.4	that despite my saying that I wanted to remain non-judgmental and try to produce
1:26.7	document that the vaccine averse could actually receive without feeling denigrated in any way,
1:35.5	I didn't try hard enough.
1:39.0	And certainly my guest, Eric, didn't try hard enough.
1:43.2	There I would have to say we are guilty as charged, and in truth, I'm not even sure
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