Your Mind Has Been Lying to You - Sam Harris (4K)
Sam Harris is a best selling author, philosopher, neuroscientist and a podcaster.
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The entire world seems to be at each other's throats and finding peace in the chaos is becoming increasingly difficult. But there are tools at our disposal to improve the quality of our lives. As Sam says on this episode, βWisdom is a matter of making your mind your friendβ.
Expect to learn what Samβs life is like after Twitter, Samβs reflections on his famous talk on death and the present moment, how to live a life full of meaning, how to take your mindfulness off the cushion and into the real world, Sam's thoughts on Tucker Carlson's Twitter move, his opinion on Andrew Tate, RFK Jr, Andrew Huberman and Jordan Peterson, whether have reached peak woke, Samβs take on young Western men converting to Islam and much more...
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00:00 Intro
00:23 Life After Twitter
09:42 Is Tucker Carlson Leading the Media Revolution?
18:16 How to Live Well While Accepting Death
26:39 The Rise of Andrew Tate
33:19 Is the Bible As Wise as We Make it Out to Be?
37:12 Will Sam Rekindle His Relationship with Jordan Peterson?
45:37 What Sam Thinks When People Say Heβs βLost Itβ
49:38 Why Has RFK Jr Become So Popular?
58:50 Principles for Being More Present in Life
1:08:34 How Meditation Can Improve Your Mindset
1:13:31 How Our Consciousness is Influenced By What We Feel
1:22:39 Why Are Our Inner Voices So Critical?
1:25:55 Finding Balance Between Gratitude & Ambition
1:37:17 The Ability to Find Pleasure in Smaller Experiences
1:47:46 The Power of the Story You Tell Yourself
1:53:12 Does Sam Regret His Deconstruction of Religion?
2:02:46 Societyβs βKeeping Up With the Jonesesβ Mentality
2:08:21 What if Christopher Hitchens Was Alive Today?
2:14:37 Reacting to Western Men Converting to Islam
2:24:49 Will Our Civilisation Make it to the Next Century?
2:28:15 Are We Prepared if a Worse Pandemic Occurred?
2:43:23 Samβs Advice to People Feeling Lost in Life
2:49:03 Sam's Opinion on Andrew Huberman
2:53:21 How Sam Avoids Audience Capture
3:07:49 Recording Samβs Daily Meditations
3:11:26 Where to Find Sam
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