#290 — What Went Wrong?

#290 — What Went Wrong?

Sam Harris speaks with Marc Andreessen about the current state of Internet technology and culture. They discuss Marc's background in tech, the birth of the Internet, how advertising became the business model for digital media, the three stages of the Web, the blockchain, how successful technology reorders status and power in society, the Bitcoin white paper, the mystery surrounding the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, the importance of distributed consensus, Bitcoin as digital gold, how society has performed during Covid, James Burnham and managerial capitalism, the principal-agent problem, negative externalities, risk and regulation, trust in institutions, WTF happened in 1971, regulatory capture, banning Trump and Alex Jones from social media, perverse incentives in philanthropy, and other topics.

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#396 — The Way Forward

#396 — The Way Forward

Sam Harris speaks with Matthew Yglesias about the future of Democratic politics. They discuss where the Democrats went wrong, the failure of identity politics, the Left's reaction to the Daniel Penny ...

20 Joulu 202432min

#395 — Intellectual Authority and Its Discontents

#395 — Intellectual Authority and Its Discontents

Sam Harris discusses the breakdown of trust in institutions, the nature of intellectual authority, the danger of bad incentives, the epidemic of conspiracy thinking and misinformation, Trump and Elon,...

11 Joulu 202431min

#394 — Bringing Back the Mammoth

#394 — Bringing Back the Mammoth

Sam Harris speaks with Ben Lamm about his work at Colossal Biosciences. They discuss his efforts to de-extinct the woolly mammoth, the Tasmanian tiger, and the dodo; the difference between Colossal's ...

3 Joulu 202423min

#393 — Is History Repeating Itself?

#393 — Is History Repeating Itself?

Sam Harris speaks with Simon Sebag Montefiore about the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, the history of the Jews, and the rise of global antisemitism. If the Making Sense podcast logo in your play...

26 Marras 202438min

#392 — Technology & Culture

#392 — Technology & Culture

Sam Harris speaks with Christine Rosen about how technology is changing our culture. They discuss the courage of Ayaan Hirsi Ali, lost practices like handwriting, tradeoffs in our use of technology, s...

19 Marras 202452min

#391 — The Reckoning

#391 — The Reckoning

Sam Harris discusses the result of the 2024 presidential election, the lessons that the Democratic Party should draw from it, and the implications of a second Trump term. If the Making Sense podcast l...

11 Marras 202439min

#390 — Final Thoughts on the 2024 Presidential Election

#390 — Final Thoughts on the 2024 Presidential Election

Sam Harris speaks with Mark Cuban about the 2024 presidential election. They discuss Trump's ethics, his apparent political indestructibility, election denialism, the influence of Elon Musk, the stren...

1 Marras 20241h 14min

#389 — The Politics of Risk

#389 — The Politics of Risk

Sam Harris speaks with Nate Silver about cultural attitudes toward risk and the state of American politics. They discuss the erosion of trust in liberal institutions, polling and political narratives,...

25 Loka 202433min

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