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#483 — The Knots We Tie Ourselves Into

· 23 min

Episode #483 — The Knots We Tie Ourselves Into

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Sam Harris speaks with Alain de Botton about the psychology of unhappiness, the secular world's discomfort with ecstasy and ritual, psychedelics as a tool for self-discovery, Freud's legacy, AI as the ultimate mirror, the case against meritocracy, the cancel culture purity trap, the psychological meaning of death, and other topics.

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