In this episode of the Waking Up podcast, Sam Harris speaks with Cass Sunstein about the polarization and fragmentation of American society, “choice architecture,” the importance of face-to-face interactions for problem solving, group polarization and identity politics, virtuous extremism, the wisdom of crowds, direct democracy, the limits of free speech, the process of Presidential impeachment, and other topics.
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#203 — A Conversation with Caitlin Flanagan
#202 — A Conversation with Andrew Yang
#201 — A Conversation with Yuval Noah Harari
#200 — Creatures of Habit
#199 — A Conversation with Caitlin Flanagan
#198 — A Conversation with Paul Bloom
#197 — A Conversation with Caitlin Flanagan
#196 — The Science of Happiness
#195 — Social Cohesion is Everything
#194 — The New Future of Work
#193 — Meditation in an Emergency
#192 — A Conversation with Paul Bloom
#191 — Early Thoughts on a Pandemic
#190 — How Should We Respond to Coronavirus?
#189 — Wealth & Happiness
#188 — A Conversation with Paul Bloom
#187 — A Conversation with Paul Bloom
#186 — The Bomb
#185 — A Conversation with Paul Bloom
#184 — The Conversational Nature of Reality
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