Sam Harris on Meditation, Mindfulness, and Morality

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🗓️ 6 February 2023

⏱️ 111 minutes

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Summary

According to neuroscientist and philosopher Sam Harris, rationality is the key to safeguarding everything we cherish, and its only true enemy is dogmatic inflexibility. Harris speaks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the views that have made Harris famous, teasing out the often mind-blowing subtleties of his religious and cultural critiques. They discuss what Harris has learned as a podcaster and author, and how ecstasy launched his spiritual journey. Finally, they move on to the power of meditation, exploring the way it can lead to self-transcendence and real connection with others.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Econ Talk, Conversations for the Curious, part of the Library of Economics
0:07.0	and Liberty.
0:08.0	I'm your host, Russ Roberts of Shalem College in Jerusalem and Stanford University's Hoover
0:13.0	Institution.
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0:42.2	survey of your favorite episodes of last year.
0:46.2	Today's January 12, 2023, and my guest is neuroscientist philosopher and author, Sam Harris.
0:52.9	He hosts the podcast making sense and is the creator of the meditation app waking up.
0:58.5	Sam recently hosted me on his podcast making sense and he graciously invited me to change
1:03.8	places at the table and let me interview him.
1:06.7	Sam welcome to econtalk.
1:07.7	Hey, great to see you, Russ.
1:10.2	I want to let parents listening with young children know this conversation may stray into
1:13.4	adult themes, so feel free to vet it before sharing.
1:17.2	Our first topic, Sam, is you.
1:25.8	Incredibly popular meditation app.
1:27.8	How did that happen?
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