Join neuroscientist, philosopher, and five-time New York Times best-selling author Sam Harris as he explores important and controversial questions about the mind, society, current events, moral philosophy, religion, and rationality—with an overarching focus on how a growing understanding of ourselves and the world is changing our sense of how we should live. Sam is also the creator of the Waking Up app. Combining Sam’s decades of mindfulness practice, profound wisdom from varied philosophical and contemplative traditions, and a commitment to a secular, scientific worldview, Waking Up is a resource for anyone interested in living a more examined, fulfilling life—and a new operating system for the mind. Waking Up offers free subscriptions to anyone who can’t afford one, and donates a minimum of 10% of profits to the most effective charities around the world. To learn more, please go to WakingUp.com. Sam Harris received a degree in philosophy from Stanford University and a Ph.D. in neuroscience from UCLA.
Title | Date published | ||
#394 — Bringing Back the Mammoth | 2024-12-03 | ||
#393 — Is History Repeating Itself? | 2024-11-26 | ||
#392 — Technology & Culture | 2024-11-19 | ||
#391 — The Reckoning | 2024-11-11 | ||
#390 — Final Thoughts on the 2024 Presidential Election | 2024-11-01 | ||
#389 — The Politics of Risk | 2024-10-25 | ||
#388 — What Is Life? | 2024-10-21 | ||
#387 — Politics & Power | 2024-10-15 | ||
#386 — Information & Social Order | 2024-10-07 | ||
#385 — AI Utopia | 2024-09-30 | ||
#384 — Stress Testing Our Democracy | 2024-09-23 | ||
#383 — Where Are the Grown-Ups? | 2024-09-17 | ||
#382 — The Eye of Nature | 2024-09-06 | ||
#381 — Delusions, Right and Left | 2024-08-26 | ||
#380 — The Roots of Attention | 2024-08-23 | ||
#379 — Regulating Artificial Intelligence | 2024-08-12 | ||
#378 — Digital Delusions | 2024-08-02 | ||
#377 — The Future of Psychedelic Medicine 2 | 2024-07-26 | ||
#376 — How Democracies Fail | 2024-07-19 | ||
#375 — On the Attempted Assassination of President Trump | 2024-07-16 |