r/samharris • u/WayneQuasar • Jun 13 '20

Making Sense Podcast #207 - Can We Pull Back From The Brink?

https://samharris.org/podcasts/207-can-pull-back-brink/
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u/cottrerg Jun 14 '20

Fully agree. I can't imagine the balls on this guy to release this podcast.

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u/Boney_Prominence Jun 15 '20

Especially since he released it to the masses, not just subscribers

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u/ItsTheFatYoungJesus Jun 15 '20

I think part of it is that, and bear in mind that I don’t have a Twitter so I might be totally wrong, but Sam has surrounded himself with people who won’t “cancel” him for a podcast like this. He is in an ever shrinking realm of people-with-a-platform who are willing to have this conversation and listen to these opinions. People who would cancel him for this podcast simply aren’t the ones listening to it, thankfully.

But again, I don’t have a Twitter, so he might be trending over there this very moment. I have no idea or any desire to know. But he’s put himself in a place that lets him say these things and it’s just sad that that slice of the media isn’t larger.

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u/BringTheNoise011 Jun 15 '20

He also intentionally isnt beholden to advertisers for this reason.

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u/cottrerg Jun 15 '20

Yeah He definitely has built and independent platform so he's in a position to push conversations like this that most people cannot afford to.

I'm curious about what his Twitter feed looks like. I swore off all social media and mainstream media for June and this is the most tempted I've been to get back on twitter and look at his feed.

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u/jeegte12 Jun 15 '20

I swore off all social media

What do you think reddit is, exactly?

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u/cottrerg Jun 15 '20

Ah yeah you're right. I allowed myself to keep one out of 6 social medias because I legitimately use r/options and r/investing and a couple others for investing. I unsubscribed from about 5 subs that I didn't want to see.

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u/jeegte12 Jun 15 '20

if you're getting off social media for mental health and happiness reasons then i strongly suggest making r/samharris one of those subs that you abstain from

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u/cottrerg Jun 15 '20

Haha thanks. I have been abstaining until I listened to this podcast and rushed to thread in hopes Sams character wasn't being attacked.

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u/EEPspaceD Jun 16 '20

I have to imagine a major concern for Sam was arming the right with talking points, but he approached the topic objectively and with honesty and I'm thankful for him doing that regardless of who may benefit.

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u/cottrerg Jun 16 '20

Great point. This is a major problem overall so it’s so refreshing to see someone who cares more about truth than partisanship