In this episode of the podcast, Sam Harris speaks with Peter Attia about meditation and the nature of mind. They discuss types of meditation, the difference between pain and suffering, the difference between joy and wellbeing, the half-life of negative emotions, thinking and dreaming, the power of culture, the power of language, letting go of anger, MDMA, loving one's enemies, moral luck, the ethics of lying, and other topics.
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#331 — A Golden Age for Assholes
#330 — The Doomsday Machine
#329 — What Happened to the Republican Party?
#328 — Health & Longevity
#327 — Transformative Experiences
#326 — AI & Information Integrity
#325 — A Few Thoughts About RFK Jr.
#324 — Debating the Future of AI
#323 — Science & Survival
Making Sense of Meditation | Episode 10 of The Essential Sam Harris
#322 — Predicting Reality
#321 — Reckoning with Parfit
Making Sense of Death | Episode 9 of The Essential Sam Harris
#320 — Constructing Self and World
#319 — The Digital Multiverse
Making Sense of Social Media and the Information Landscape | Episode 8 of The Essential Sam Harris
#318 — Physics & Philosophy
#317 — What Do We Know About Our Minds?
#316 — Self-Defense: Reality and Fantasy
Making Sense of Existential Threat and Nuclear War | Episode 7 of The Essential Sam Harris
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