#68 — Reality and the Imagination

Making Sense with Sam Harris

Waking Up with Sam Harris

Samharris, Currentevents, Politics, Ethics, Religion, Neuroscience, Science, Society & Culture, Philosophy

4.6 • 29.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2017

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Sam Harris speaks with Yuval Noah Harari about meditation, the need for stories, the power of technology to erase the boundary between fact and fiction, wealth inequality, the problem of finding meaning in a world without work, religion as a virtual reality game, the difference between pain and suffering, the future of globalism, and other topics.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Making Sense Podcast.
0:09.1	This is Sam Harris.
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0:47.1	Today I'm speaking with Yvall Noah Harari.
0:50.2	Yvall has a PhD in history from Oxford University, and he's a tenured professor in the Department
0:55.4	of History at Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
0:58.9	He specialized in world history and medieval history and military history, but his current
1:04.8	research focuses on macro-historical questions.
1:08.9	For instance, what is the relationship between history and biology?
1:12.2	What is the essential difference between human beings and other animals?
1:15.9	Is there justice in history?
1:18.4	Does history have a direction?
1:20.4	Did people become happier as history has unfolded?
1:23.8	These are all fascinating questions.
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