Making Sense -  Sam Harris - Making Sense with Sam Harris
Aired: 2020-12-07
Duration: 01:32


=== What Went Wrong (01:31) ===

[00:00:01]  There's so much here that's confusing.
[00:00:04]  So let's first talk about what went wrong and what could have not gone wrong.
[00:00:08]  Your whole podcast is about just having honest conversations about topics.
[00:00:12]  It's offensive to your and my sense of justice.
[00:00:15]  You actually care.
[00:00:17]  How has my mind been fundamentally warped?
[00:00:19]  So the topic today is the threat of nuclear war.
[00:00:23]  Slow erosion of the social fabric.
[00:00:25]  Synthetic media revolution.
[00:00:26]  Collapse of our economy.
[00:00:28]  The role of religion in public life.
[00:00:30]  Morality and moral disagreement.
[00:00:31]  Breakdown of truth.
[00:00:32]  I'm scared that us two in a room will egg each other on.
[00:00:36]  You can't have a subtle argument anymore.
[00:00:38]  There's no place for nuance.
[00:00:40]  Everything has to be binary for the right people to agree and disagree.
[00:00:45]  It's not a healthy place for society to be when everyone is afraid to say anything.
[00:00:50]  I've learned to exercise censorship on myself in a way that is deeply disturbing.
[00:00:56]  I don't feel that I should have to.
[00:00:59]  I appreciate who you are, really, and you elevated me and those ideas.
[00:01:03]  I'll never forget you for it.
[00:01:05]  Real danger during the Cold War was blundering into a nuclear war, and I believe that that is the same situation today, and with at least the same likelihood today.
[00:01:15]  You're so full of Christmas cheer.
[00:01:16]  Today I'm speaking with Robert Plowman.
[00:01:19]  Here I reached out to Jonathan Haidt, William J. Perry.
[00:01:22]  I am here with Gabriel Dance, Siddhartha Mukherjee, David Miliband, Graham Wood, Ricky Gervais, Stephen Fry, James Dillard, Chris Don Harris, Michael Sandel, Evonne Noah-Ferraro.
[00:01:31]  Welcome to the Making Sense Podcast.