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Making Sense

Conversations on Consciousness, Morality, and the Future of Humanity

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Making Sense

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.

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Thought-provoking Conversations • Brilliant Insights • Authentic Voices • Diverse Expert Perspectives • Intellectual Depth

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Great way to sample a wide variety of ideas under a complex topic. Some obvious bias in some of the discussion, but he freely acknowledges it.

Wide Net

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Sam Harris is uniquely gifted at conducting a podcast. He knows when to let the guest speak and also allows himself to add significant value to the conversation, making it more interesting and understandable at the same time. In many podcasts the host is usually too egocentric, making the conversation about themselves, or too inquisitive, leaving little space for a genuine, double sided conversation where depth is added from both parties.

Also, the topics discussed are fascinating!

It’s not a real book, but it more than makes up for it in value!

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A collection of intelligent, clear minded conversations about profoundly interesting and relevant topics. Time very well spent in very mindful exploration.

A wonderful time with great thinkers

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It’s not hard to figure out what you’re getting here. If you like Harris’ free podcast - this is the best of it. I so enjoy learning about consciousness. It is perhaps the ultimate topic. Harris comes out swinging with the first interview with David Chalmers and the concepts evolve from there.

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A bit too mechanistic,reductionist,and not mindful of some fundamental biological differences that distinguish life from other forms of information and processes.

Great discussions. Great thinkers.

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