Book · 2012 · Free will and determinism
Free Will
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You are not controlling the storm and you are not lost in it, you are the storm.
Lex Fridman · Lex Fridman Podcast · May 2021 Listen at 3:16:55 What they say about it
- Finds it unsettling“it freaks you out”3
- Reads the book“reading when Sam Harris wrote the book”2
The best things said about it
It's a very short book so I can really recommend it. You get through it very quickly.
Sabine Hossenfelder Modern Wisdom · Sep 2022 Look into it, if you read Sam Harris's book Free Will, the concept that you have any control over anything you do.
Nikki Glaser This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von · May 2021 I actually sam harris has a book about it and he totally right he does not believe there is and i it freaks you out here's why also i think you need to put a lot of um weight into what he's saying is because you don't want to believe it.
Not to bring up sam harris again but that whole like you know free will book mm-hmm you know that kind of that's a mindfuck that somebody it really is.
Joe Rogan The Joe Rogan Experience · Jun 2018 Sam Harris argued it to me the best and made me really reconsider.
Joe Rogan The Joe Rogan Experience · May 2018 Where and when it comes up
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Why people recommend it
Free Will is a concise philosophical book by Sam Harris that argues humans do not possess conscious control over their actions. Sabine Hossenfelder recommended the book on Modern Wisdom, noting that its short length makes it a quick and accessible read, though she disagreed with a specific paragraph on physics. Lex Fridman concluded an episode of his podcast by reading a poignant passage from the text about the illusion of personal control. Nikki Glaser also recommended the book on This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von, explaining how the realization that humans lack control over their actions helped shift her personal perspective. Angela Duckworth discussed on No Stupid Questions how her brother gifted her a copy of the book during adulthood, which sparked her intellectual interest in the philosophy of free will. On the same podcast, she reflected on receiving the book from her brother. Russ Roberts briefly brought up the title on EconTalk in anticipation of a conversation with the author. Finally, Kyle Dunnigan spoke on This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von about agreeing with Harris's unsettling conclusions, noting that the book is so challenging to accept that it nearly forced him to put it down.
Every mention
Lex Fridman and now let me leave you with some words from sam harris in his book free will you are not controlling the… 1
Recommended
“and now let me leave you with some words from sam harris in his book free will you are not controlling the storm and you are not lost in it you are the storm”
Nikki Glaser look into it if you read sammy harris's book free will the concept that you have any control over anything… 1
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“look into it if you read sammy harris's book free will the concept that you have any control over anything you do you want to talk about”
Sabine Hossenfelder and so yeah I'm basically I'm I'm uh I'm with uh sam uh I like his book uh I mean to begin with it's a very… 1
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“and so yeah I'm basically I'm I'm uh I'm with uh sam uh I like his book uh I mean to begin with it's a very short book so I can really recommend it You get through it very quickly I like the book except for the one paragraph that he has about physics when I came I think that”
Joe Rogan I mean Sam Harris argued it to me the best and made me really reconsider 2
Discussed
“not to bring up sam harris again but that whole like you know free will book mm-hmm you know that kind of that's a mindfuck that somebody it really is”
Discussed
“I mean Sam Harris argued it to me the best and made me really reconsider”
Kyle Dunnigan i actually sam harris has a book about it and he totally right he does not believe there is and i it freaks… 2
Discussed
“i actually sam harris has a book about it and he totally right he does not believe there is and i it freaks you out”
Discussed
“I actually sam harris has a book about it and he totally right he does not believe there is and i it freaks you out here's why also i think you need to put a lot of um weight into what he's saying is because you don't want to believe it”
Angela Duckworth I'm going to admit I hadn't until I got into adulthood and he was reading a book called Free Will by Sam Ha… 1
Discussed
“I'm going to admit I hadn't until I got into adulthood and he was reading a book called Free Will by Sam Harris which he gave me”
Ben Shapiro and then he'll write a full book about why freewill doesn't exist and i just don't understand how those two… 1
Discussed
“and then he'll write a full book about why freewill doesn't exist and i just don't understand how those two things can co-exist”
Daniel Schmachtenberger I remember when reading when Sam Harris wrote the book Free Will and then denet critiqued it and then there… 1
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“I remember when reading when Sam Harris wrote the book Free Will and then denet critiqued it and then there was some writing back and forth between the two”
Russ Roberts You wrote a book called Free Will. We might talk about it in a few minutes. 1
Discussed
“You wrote a book called Free Will. We might talk about it in a few minutes.”
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Discussed
“I'm going to admit I hadn't thought about it until I got into adulthood, and he was reading a book called 'Free Will' by Sam Harris, which he gave me.”
Speaker No Stupid Questions 183. Does Free Will Exist, and Does It Matter? 2024-02-18 Listen at 1:45
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Other mentions (7: passing, ad reads, own books)
Passing
“As the host of the "Making Sense Podcast," creator of the Waking Up App, and the author of many seminal books on human nature and the human mind, including "The End of Faith," "The Moral Landscape," "Lying," "Free Will," and "Waking Up."”
Passing
“As the host of the "Making Sense Podcast," creator of the Waking Up App, and the author of many seminal books on human nature and the human mind, including "The End of Faith," "The Moral Landscape," "Lying," "Free Will," and "Waking Up," he has had a significant impact.”
Plugged
“I think I talk about it in my book Free Will, but I I often talk about it when I I talk about this subject.”
Passing
“His books include The End of Faith: The Moral Landscape, Free Will, Lying, and Waking Up.”
Passing
“he's the host of the making sense podcast and the author of many seminal books on human nature and the human mind including the end of faith the moral landscape lying free will and waking up”
Plugged
“Uh why was it unpleasant? Is he angry at you? Well what yeah, I mean what happened is I so I wrote this very short book free will uh which uh was actually there was a short section in in my book the moral landscape”
Plugged
“and Free Will is the most recent one and Free Will is the PDF”