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Making Sense

Conversations on Consciousness, Morality, and the Future of Humanity

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Making Sense

Written by: Sam Harris
Narrated by: Sam Harris, David Chalmers, David Deutsch, Anil Seth, Thomas Metzinger, Timothy Snyder, Glenn C. Loury, Robert Sapolsky, Daniel Kahneman, Nick Bostrom, David Krakauer, Max Tegmark
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From
the bestselling author of
Waking Up and The
End of Faith
, a collection of the best conversations
from his wildly popular, often controversial podcast, Making Sense.

“Civilization rests on a series of successful conversations.” —Sam
Harris

Sam
Harris—neuroscientist, philosopher, and bestselling author—has been exploring
some of the most important questions about the human mind, society, and current
events on his podcast, Making
Sense
. With over one million downloads per episode, these discussions
have clearly hit a nerve, frequently walking a tightrope where either host or
guest—and sometimes both—lose their footing, but always in search of a greater
understanding of the world in which we live. For Harris, honest conversation,
no matter how difficult or controversial, represents the only path to moral and
intellectual progress.

The Making
Sense
audiobook
includes talks with Daniel Kahneman, Timothy Snyder, Nick Bostrom, and Glen Loury, on topics that range from the nature of
consciousness and free will, to politics and extremism, to living ethically.
Together they shine a light on what it means to “make sense” in the modern
world.

Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Sociology Morality Consciousness Physical Exercise Medical Anthropology
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the flow from on idea to the next connects big ideas with pragmatic applications in a nonobvious fashion.

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Some great content and guests from the podcast. For regular podcast listeners, I don't think there's really anything new here, but it's nice to have it all in one place I guess.

I'm not the biggest Sam Harris fan, I agree with him on many points, and disagree on some, however I find that he very much has a "I'm right" attitude in most of the things I've encountered. It was refreshing to hear some of the guests quite directly contradict him or outright tell him he's wrong about something and not get a lot of pushback. Overall the dialogue between Sam and guests is very respectful and helpful for learning.

Sam Harris is a brilliant man and so are all of the guests featured in this compilation. Worth a listen to challenge your thinking.

Great Guests from the Podcast

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