In this episode of the Waking Up podcast, Sam Harris speaks with Yuval Noah Harari about his new book “21 Lessons for the 21st Century.” They discuss the importance of meditation for his intellectual life, the primacy of stories, the need to revise our fundamental assumptions about human civilization, the threats to liberal democracy, a world without work, universal basic income, the virtues of nationalism, the implications of AI and automation, and other topics.
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#296 — Repairing Our Country
#295 — Philosophy and the Good Life
#294 — Status Games
#293 — What I Really Think About Trump and Media Bias
#292 — How Much Does the Future Matter?
#291 — Where is Happiness?
#290 — What Went Wrong?
#289 — Time Management for Mortals
#288 — The End of Global Order
#287 — Why Wealth Matters
#286 — The Paradox of Psychedelics
#285 — American Division
#284 — The Funny Business
#283 — Gun Violence in America
#282 — Do You Really Have a Self?
#281 — Western Culture and Its Discontents
#280 — The Future of Artificial Intelligence
#279 — The Rules of the Stage
#278 — The Man Who Will Be King
#277 — How Does the War in Ukraine End?
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