#386 — Information & Social Order

#386 — Information & Social Order

Sam Harris speaks with Yuval Noah Harari about his new book, Nexus, and its application to current crises. They discuss humanity's capacity for self-destruction, democracy and dictatorship as information networks, the "naive view of information," the advantages of fiction over truth, trust in institutions, self-correction in a democracy, truth vs. power, truth vs. order, the suicide of conservatism, fixing social media, algorithms as editorial choices, efficiency vs. inefficiency, threats to democracy, the authoritarian character of Trump's candidacy, the need for patriotism and nationalism, Israeli politics, the peaceful transfer of power, Putin and the war in Ukraine, the vulnerability of world order, the killing of Hassan Nasrallah, antisemitism and anti-colonialism, religious fanaticism among Israelis, the status of Arabs in Israeli society, biblical and post-biblical Judaism, whether a wider war in the Middle East is necessary, the danger of spirituality without ethics, and other topics.

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#460 — When the Center Cannot Hold

#460 — When the Center Cannot Hold

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#459 — More From Sam: Corruption, Immigration, The End of White-Collar Work, and More

#459 — More From Sam: Corruption, Immigration, The End of White-Collar Work, and More

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#458 — The Bulwark Against MAGA

#458 — The Bulwark Against MAGA

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#457 — More From Sam: The Epstein Files, The Newsom Factor, Don Lemon's Arrest, AI Market Disruption, and More

#457 — More From Sam: The Epstein Files, The Newsom Factor, Don Lemon's Arrest, AI Market Disruption, and More

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#456 — American Fascism

#456 — American Fascism

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#455 — More From Sam: Guns, Propaganda, AI, and Power Unbound

#455 — More From Sam: Guns, Propaganda, AI, and Power Unbound

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30 Tammi 11min

#454 — More From Sam: Minnesota, Greenland, Iran, S**thole Countries, and More

#454 — More From Sam: Minnesota, Greenland, Iran, S**thole Countries, and More

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21 Tammi 17min

#453 — AI and the New Face of Antisemitism

#453 — AI and the New Face of Antisemitism

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