#378 — Digital Delusions

#378 — Digital Delusions

Sam Harris speaks with Renée DiResta about the state of our information landscape. They discuss the difference between influence and propaganda, shifts in communication technology, influencers and closed communities, the asymmetry of passion online and the illusion of consensus, the unwillingness to criticize one's own side, audience capture, what we should have learned from the Covid pandemic, what is unique about vaccines, Renée's work at the Stanford Internet Observatory, her experience of being smeared by Michael Shellenberger and Matt Taibbi, Elon Musk and the Twitter files, the false analogy of social media as a digital public square, the imagined "censorship-industrial complex," the 2024 presidential election, and other topics.

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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.

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#340 — The Bright Line Between Good and Evil

#340 — The Bright Line Between Good and Evil

Sam Harris speaks about the ongoing war in Gaza, the global rise of antisemitism, and the enduring problem of jihadism. If the Making Sense podcast logo in your player is BLACK, you can SUBSCRIBE to g...

7 Nov 202359min

#339 — The Infernal Logic of Jihad

#339 — The Infernal Logic of Jihad

Sam Harris speaks with Graeme Wood about the October 7th atrocities in Israel, the unfolding war in Gaza, and the ongoing problem of global jihadism. If the Making Sense podcast logo in your player is...

3 Nov 202350min

#338 — The Sin of Moral Equivalence

#338 — The Sin of Moral Equivalence

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12 Okt 202314min

#337 — The Future of Psychedelic Medicine

#337 — The Future of Psychedelic Medicine

Sam Harris speaks with Jeannie Fontana and Robin Carhart-Harris about the TREAT Initiative in California and the growing promise of psychedelics for mental health care. If the Making Sense podcast log...

4 Okt 20231h 41min

#336 — The Roots of Identity Politics

#336 — The Roots of Identity Politics

Sam Harris speaks with Yascha Mounk about identity politics. They discuss Yascha's concept of the "identity synthesis," skepticism about "cancel culture," racial segregation in schools, the ideologica...

27 Sep 20231h 2min

#335 — A Postmortem on My Response to Covid

#335 — A Postmortem on My Response to Covid

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22 Sep 20231h 10min

#334 — The Low-Trust Society

#334 — The Low-Trust Society

Sam Harris speaks with David Brooks about the state of American democracy and the liberal world order. They discuss the weakness of moral individualism, the loss of social trust, the dangers of identi...

18 Sep 202349min

#333 — Sanity Check on Climate Change

#333 — Sanity Check on Climate Change

Sam Harris speaks with Chris Field about climate change and its consequences. They discuss skepticism about climate change, the accuracy of climate models, the magnitude of temperature increases, how ...

5 Sep 20231h 7min

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