Episode · The Rich Roll Podcast · 2024-06-10
Books mentioned on Sam Harris On Consciousness, Meditation, Misinformation, AI, & What Ails The Modern World
Sam Harris is a renowned neuroscientist, philosopher, bestselling author, and host of the wildly popular Making Sense podcast. This conversation explores the crisis of misinformation and the erosion of critical thinking in society.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Closing of the American Mind
Closing of the American Mind by Allan Bloom is a sharply critical philosophical examination of modern higher education and the intellectual decay of contemporary Western culture.
Discussed“I was just reading the closing of the American mind which came out in 8 7 I think and so much of what alss US was was winged about in that book by Alan Bloom”
Where to get it
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Be Here Now
Be Here Now by Ram Dass is a classic spiritual guide and bestselling phenomenon that blends ancient Eastern teachings with countercultural mindfulness.
Discussed“he wrote this book be here now which was you know a huge bestseller back in I think probably came out in 19771 maybe”
Where to get it
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On Having No Head
On Having No Head by Douglas Edison Harding is a spiritual guidebook introducing a non-dual method of meditation focused on looking inward and realizing headlessness.
Recommended“he wrote a book called on having no head which is quite it's this beautiful little primer on on his method”
Where to get it
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Being and Nothingness
Being and Nothingness by Jean-Paul Sartre stands as a foundational text of existentialist philosophy, exploring concepts of consciousness, freedom, and human bad faith.
Discussed“you just actually Jean Paul SAR the the existential philosopher in his book I think it was being and nothingness he describes the what he considers the Primal circumstance of the Voyer”
Where to get it
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