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Making Sense

Conversations on Consciousness, Morality and the Future of Humanity

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“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.

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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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It gets a bit repetitive by the end, mostly because many of these people are in the same academic circles and don't disagree all that much. Still a good listen and some interesting perspectives on our future.

A good listen, and Sam is awesome as always

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90%+ of what is said by both Sam and his guests is incredibly insightful and valuable. A couple of guests have some left field ideas (which Sam carefully unpicks but leaves you to weigh up on the true/false likely/unlikely scales).

The interviews with Daniel Kahneman and Max Tegmark are ABSOLUTE MUSTs

I loved it and will be re-listening multiple times.
I will be investigating most of the interviewees work independently, as they are all clearly ‘brains the size of a planet’ in their specialist spheres.

Sam’s calm, balanced, poignant commentary and questioning is wonderful.

BOY ! This absolutely DOES make sense.

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In a way this is more fun than regular audiobooks, because we get to listen to alive conversations rather than dead narrations.

It's also better than subscribing to his podcast, because it's a neatly packaged collection that you can easily revisit to try to absorb as much as you can.

The content is great and far-reaching too. There are conversations from consciousness to multiverses, and then back down to Earth to discuss racism and much more. Highly recommended!

Best of Both Worlds

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As always, eye opening and life changing. A great read/listen on some of the world's most important topics.

must listen

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excellent accounts from experts in their fields, not a dull moment. I will definitely return to refresh my memory and would not hesitate to recommend.

interesting from start to finish.

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