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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“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.

Sam HarrisSam HarrisDavid J. ChalmersBabette DeutschTimothy SnyderRobert M SapolskyDaniel KahnemanMax TegmarkAnil SethDavid KrakauerGlenn C. LouryNick BostromThomas MetzingerPenguin Audio

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"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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This is a collection of podcasts and not technically an audiobook. As such, it is also somewhat less coherent but more diverse than an audiobook would be. I found each episode to be deeply interesting and, save for the first episode, relatively easy to follow. Where it falls somewhat short for me is that the guests Harris chose we're all people who agreed with his opinion. As a listener, this was not hugely problematic since it gives a deeper insight into what Harris's opinion actually is, means, and implies. However, it makes the episodes far more repetitive and loses a lot of interesting insights that could have come from showing opposing view points. Hence, 4/5

Interesting though mildly repetitive

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Amazing guests and great host. However some topics are very complicated.

The reason I gave 4 stars is that these are all podcasts, which I could have gotten for free.

Great talks!

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I have thoroughly enjoyed this collection of podcasts by Sam Harris. Intelligent, eye-opening and fun. Can only recommend it.

Brilliant and delightful

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If you like hearing an American socialist complaining about Trump every 5 minutes this is for you! Not a Trump fan but this was just annoying in some of the interviews... Very interesting where the subject is less political. Talks with Anil Seths, Sapolsky, Kahnemann were very interesting. For Sapolsky I would listen to his lectures on youtube.

Interesting - annoying sometimes.

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