In this episode of the podcast, Sam Harris speaks with Michele Gelfand about the difference between tight and loose cultures. They discuss the primacy of cultural norms in governing human behavior, the trade-offs between order and freedom, conservatism vs liberalism, sensitivity to threat, scarcity, the COVID pandemic, the Jeffrey Toobin affair, political polarization, the problem of extreme stereotypes, and other topics.
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#205 — The Failure of Meritocracy
#204 — A Conversation with Jonathan Haidt
#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
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#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
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