Sam Harris - Making Sense of Consciousness, Morality and The Future of Humanity

Season 1, Episode 38,   Sep 05, 2020, 12:08 PM

In this conversation, Richard Kilgarriff shares OMI with Sam Harris on his awkward clash with Jordan Peterson, his awakening with ecstasy, his love of new knowledge, the mystery of consciousness, cancel culture and the need to open our minds to new ideas, even though the age of the true polymath may have come to an end.

With a BA in philosophy and a PHD in cognitive neuroscience Sam Harris is the wildly popular podcaster, meditation app creator, entrepreneur, journalist and NY Times bestselling author who helps millions of people make sense of the world and their place within it.
In his latest book, MAKING SENSE ..CONVERSATIONS ON CONSCIOUSNESS, MORALITY AND THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY – he has transcribed and edited 12 of his most powerful podcast encounters with brilliant thinkers on matters that shape our past, present and future selves, asking the reader to question who, why and what they are in the current climate of  of political mayhem, violence and social uncertainty.
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