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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#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
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#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
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#318 — Physics & Philosophy
#317 — What Do We Know About Our Minds?
#316 — Self-Defense: Reality and Fantasy
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#315 — The Great Derangement
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