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Making Sense

Conversations on Consciousness, Morality and the Future of Humanity

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Making Sense

By: Sam Harris
Narrated by: Sam Harris, David J. Chalmers, Babette Deutsch, Timothy Snyder, Robert M Sapolsky, Daniel Kahneman, Max Tegmark, Anil Seth, David Krakauer, Glenn C. Loury, Nick Bostrom, Thomas Metzinger
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Brought to you by Penguin.

“Civilization rests on a series of successful conversations.” —Sam Harris

Neuroscientist, philosopher, podcaster and bestselling author Sam Harris, has been exploring some of the greatest questions concerning the human mind, society, and the events that shape our world.

Harris’ search for deeper understanding of how we think has led him to engage and exchange with some of our most brilliant and controversial contemporary minds - Daniel Kahneman, Robert Sapolsky, Anil Seth and Max Tegmark - in order to unpack and understand ideas of consciousness, free will, extremism, and ethical living.

For Harris, honest conversation, no matter how difficult or contentious, represents the only path to moral and intellectual progress.

Featuring eleven conversations from the hit podcast, these electric exchanges fuse wisdom with rigorous interrogation to shine a light on what it means to make sense of our world today.

©2020 Sam Harris (P)2020 Penguin Audio Religious Studies Consciousness Morality

Critic Reviews

"I don’t have many can’t miss podcasts, but Making Sense is right at the top of that short list" Stephen Fry

"Sam Harris is the most intellectually courageous man I know" Richard Dawkins
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So many wonderful conversations… so many books to read now! Thank you Sam. Loved it!

Wonderful!

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wasn't sure what to expect but right from the start I knew this was for me.
very thought provoking, fascinating topics and ideas discussed in a podcast like setting.
much like the Joe Rogan episodes with Sam Harris.. if you like them, you'll love this

Amazing!

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this collection of conversations should be required Listening for high school students..if only to remind people of the phrase, you simply don't know what you don't know. brilliant and insightful.

Required Listening

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I now have a bunch of new thinkers to follow and books to read. Some of them expressed divergent views, which added depth to what I learned from listening. I like the plainness of the presentation—little music, no fluff. It’s exactly what it says on the box. Thanks Sam and guests. I will relisten more than once.

Excellent

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I recommend this book to as many people as will listen to me. I'm newish to many of the concepts in the book but I absolutely loved it.
A diverse range of discussions from some truly intelligent and interesting people

LISTEN TO IT!

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loved it. never thought I would keep interested in something for 22 plus hours

thank you

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Great book and lots of content, there’s a lot to keep up with for newbies in this space.

Lots of content

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There was no story, it was simply a podcast of people talking without any reasonable story line

Podcast NOT a book

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