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That sounds fascinating. Do you happen to have a link to anything he's written or recorded on the subject?

by phkn1 10y ago

johnthedebs 10y ago
I've listened to Sam Harris' stuff too not long ago and I'm not sure if it changed my life, but it definitely blew my mind and is part of a broader interest in this type of stuff that is changing my life. I don't agree with all his opinions, but his interview with Tim Ferriss and his book Waking Up are both fantastic. Tim Ferriss Interview: http://fourhourworkweek.com/2014/06/18/sam-harris/ http://fourhourworkweek.com/2014/06/18/sam-harris/ Waking Up (narrated by Sam himself, which I prefer): http://www.audible.com/pd/Religion-Spirituality/Waking-Up-Audiobook/B00M9KCT12 http://www.audible.com/pd/Religion-Spirituality/Waking-Up-Au...
- dionidium 10y ago
  Harris was initially my least favorite of the Four Horsemen -- Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris, and Daniel Dennett -- but my opinion has completely changed over the last year. With Hitchens gone, he's playing the role of public intellectual better than anybody else I'm aware of right now. I highly recommend his podcast.
  - gdilla 10y ago
    I lost some respect for Harris when he tried to lay into Noam Chomsky and failed miserably http://www.alternet.org/books/what-happened-when-sam-harris-tried-and-failed-embarrass-noam-chomsky http://www.alternet.org/books/what-happened-when-sam-harris-...
    - dionidium 10y ago
      I was able to make it through about half of that before the irrelevant mewling about "privileged powerful male elites in U.S. society" became too much for me. If anybody is interested in what Harris actually had to say, they should go read it for themselves: https://www.samharris.org/blog/item/the-limits-of-discourse https://www.samharris.org/blog/item/the-limits-of-discourse
      - gdilla 10y ago
        yeah, because that's a totally neutral take on what happened.
dionidium 10y ago
It was either on his "Waking Up" podcast or during one of his many (very long) appearances on Joe Rogan's show. Sorry, I don't remember which episode.

That sounds fascinating. Do you happen to have a link to anything he's written or recorded on the subject?

by phkn1 10y ago

That sounds fascinating. Do you happen to have a link to anything he's written or recorded on the subject?

I've listened to Sam Harris' stuff too not long ago and I'm not sure if it changed my life, but it definitely blew my mind and is part of a broader interest in this type of stuff that is changing my life. I don't agree with all his opinions, but his interview with Tim Ferriss and his book Waking Up are both fantastic. Tim Ferriss Interview: http://fourhourworkweek.com/2014/06/18/sam-harris/ http://fourhourworkweek.com/2014/06/18/sam-harris/ Waking Up (narrated by Sam himself, which I prefer): http://www.audible.com/pd/Religion-Spirituality/Waking-Up-Audiobook/B00M9KCT12 http://www.audible.com/pd/Religion-Spirituality/Waking-Up-Au...

dionidium 10y ago
Harris was initially my least favorite of the Four Horsemen -- Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris, and Daniel Dennett -- but my opinion has completely changed over the last year. With Hitchens gone, he's playing the role of public intellectual better than anybody else I'm aware of right now. I highly recommend his podcast.
- gdilla 10y ago
  I lost some respect for Harris when he tried to lay into Noam Chomsky and failed miserably http://www.alternet.org/books/what-happened-when-sam-harris-tried-and-failed-embarrass-noam-chomsky http://www.alternet.org/books/what-happened-when-sam-harris-...
  - dionidium 10y ago
    I was able to make it through about half of that before the irrelevant mewling about "privileged powerful male elites in U.S. society" became too much for me. If anybody is interested in what Harris actually had to say, they should go read it for themselves: https://www.samharris.org/blog/item/the-limits-of-discourse https://www.samharris.org/blog/item/the-limits-of-discourse
    - gdilla 10y ago
      yeah, because that's a totally neutral take on what happened.

dionidium 10y ago

It was either on his "Waking Up" podcast or during one of his many (very long) appearances on Joe Rogan's show. Sorry, I don't remember which episode.