Making Sense: Conversations on Consciousness, Morality and the Future of Humanity

Sam Harris

Overview

“Civilization rests on a series of successful conversations.” ―Sam Harris<br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>For Harris, honest conversation, no matter how difficult or contentious, represents the only path to moral and intellectual progress.<br/><br/>Featuring twelve 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.

Details
Bantam Press
9781787630420
N/A
2020
EN
464 pages
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