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#319 — The Digital Multiverse

Sam Harris speaks with David Auerbach about the problematic structure of online networks. They discuss the tradeoffs between liberty and cooperation, the impossibility of fighting misinformation, bottom-up vs top-down influences, recent developments in AI, deepfakes, the instability of skepticism, the future of social media, the weaknesses of LLMs, breaking up digital bubbles, online identity and privacy, and other topics. If the Making Sense podcast logo in your player is BLACK, you can SUBSCRIBE to gain access to all full-length episodes at samharris.org/subscribe.   Learning how to train your mind is the single greatest investment you can make in life. That’s why Sam Harris created the Waking Up app. From rational mindfulness practice to lessons on some of life’s most important topics, join Sam as he demystifies the practice of meditation and explores the theory behind it.  

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  #364 — Facts & Values

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  #363 — Knowledge Work

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  #362 — Six Months of War

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  #361 — Sam Bankman-Fried & Effective Altruism

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  #360 — We Really Don’t Have Free Will?

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  #359 — Getting Used to It

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  #358 — The War in Ukraine

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  #357 — America & World Order

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  #356 — Islam & Freedom

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  #355 — A Falling World

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  #354 — Is Moral Progress a Fantasy?

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  #353 — Race & Reason

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  #352 — Hubris & Chaos

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  #351 — 5 Myths about Israel and the War in Gaza

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  #350 — Sharing Reality

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  #349 — Generosity, Cynicism, and the Future of Doing Good