#463 — Privatizing the Apocalypse

#463 — Privatizing the Apocalypse

Sam Harris speaks with Rob Reid about biosecurity, pandemic risk, and the alarming fragility of our defenses against biological catastrophe. They discuss the controversial USAID program DEEP VZN, the dangers of gain-of-function research, open science norms that could arm bad actors, the role of AI in accelerating bioweapon development, biosurveillance tools, lone wolf bioterrorists, chaos agents, and other topics.

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#420 — Countdown to Superintelligence

#420 — Countdown to Superintelligence

Sam Harris speaks with Daniel Kokotajlo about the potential impacts of superintelligent AI over the next decade. They discuss Daniel's predictions in his essay "AI 2027," the alignment problem, what a...

12 Kesä 202520min

#419 — "More From Sam": Elon vs. Trump, Religion, Jordan Peterson, & Rapid Fire Questions

#419 — "More From Sam": Elon vs. Trump, Religion, Jordan Peterson, & Rapid Fire Questions

Sam hopped back on with his manager and business partner, Jaron Lowenstein, to talk about current events and answer some of the questions you all submitted on Substack. This episode was originally rec...

6 Kesä 202515min

#418 — A Future for Democrats

#418 — A Future for Democrats

Sam Harris speaks with Congressman Ritchie Torres about the future of American politics. They discuss how growing up in public housing inspired Ritchie to pursue a career in politics, how the Biden ad...

2 Kesä 202545min

#417 — Philosophy for Life

#417 — Philosophy for Life

Sam Harris speaks with Donald Robertson about Stoicism and the good life. They discuss the relationship between wisdom and virtue, ancient versions of psychotherapy, parallels between Stoicism and Bud...

28 Touko 202522min

#416 — "More From Sam": Biden's Big Lie, Review of Tapper Interview, Trump, & a Case Against Israel's Actions in Gaza

#416 — "More From Sam": Biden's Big Lie, Review of Tapper Interview, Trump, & a Case Against Israel's Actions in Gaza

Sam hopped back on with his manager and business partner, Jaron Lowenstein, to talk about current events and answer some of the questions you all submitted on Substack. They discuss the Biden cover-up...

23 Touko 202519min

#415 — The Cover-Up

#415 — The Cover-Up

Sam Harris speaks with Jake Tapper about Jake's new book (with Alex Thompson), Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again. They discuss how the mains...

21 Touko 202524min

#414 — Strange Truths

#414 — Strange Truths

Sam Harris speaks with David Deutsch about quantum physics and current events. They discuss the "many-worlds" interpretation of QM, Schrödinger's cat, constructor theory, quantum computing and whethe...

12 Touko 202522min

#413 — "More From Sam": Trump & Israel, Corruption, Free Speech Violations, the Democrats, & Ezra Klein

#413 — "More From Sam": Trump & Israel, Corruption, Free Speech Violations, the Democrats, & Ezra Klein

Sam hopped back on with his manager and business partner, Jaron Lowenstein, to talk about current events and answer some of the questions you all submitted on Substack. They discuss whether Jews in th...

6 Touko 202526min

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