Sam Harris speaks with Cass Sunstein about habituation and its consequences. They discuss habituation to positive and negative experiences, marriage, happiness, meaning, variety, doing good vs feeling good, midlife crises, kids, wealth and happiness, things vs experience, the “illusory truth effect,” misinformation and social media, echo chambers and extremism, what governments can do to respond to misinformation, free speech on college campuses, 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.
#187 — A Conversation with Paul Bloom
#186 — The Bomb
#185 — A Conversation with Paul Bloom
#184 — The Conversational Nature of Reality
#183 — A Conversation with Paul Bloom
#182 — Unlearning Race
#181 — The Illusory Self
#180 — Sex & Power
#179 — The Unquiet Mind
#178 — The Reality Illusion
#177 — Psychedelic Science
#176 — Knowledge & Redemption
#175 — Leaving the Faith
#174 — Life & Mind
#173 — Anti-Semitism and Its Discontents
#172 — Among the Deplorables
#171 — Escaping a Christian Cult
#170 — The Great Uncoupling
#169 — Omens of a Race War
#168 — Mind, Space, & Motion
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