#468 — More From Sam: Gratitude, Bad Conversations, Conspiracy Addiction, Waffle House Teleportation, and More
4/7/202633 min
In this latest episode of the More From Sam series, Sam and Jaron talk about current events. They discuss how to cultivate gratitude and navigate anxiety in uncertain times, the role of mindfulness in coping with AI-driven job displacement, the slowing of religious decline in America, a FEMA official's claim that he teleported to a Waffle House, the irresponsibility of conspiracy-fueled podcasting, Sam on which conversations are worth having, and other topics.
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First 90 secondsJaron Zaid· Host0:00
[gentle music] You're listening to Making Sense with Sam Harris. This is the free version of the podcast, so you'll only hear the first part of today's conversation. If you want the full episode, and every episode, you can subscribe at samharris.org. There are no ads on this show. It runs entirely on subscriber support. If you enjoy what we're doing here and find it valuable, please consider subscribing today. [chuckles] Welcome back to another episode of More From Sam. Once again, we are taping this live in front of subscribers, where anything goes. We've had them submit questions in advance of the show, and I will try to get to as many of those as possible. And then we've asked them to provide any follow-ups using the chat feature so that Sam can address their feedback in real time. This worked really well last week, or last episode I should say, and it's, uh, it's very helpful to have a bunch of smart people feeding me lines, so please keep those comments coming. All right. Before we get to our first topic, I just wanna give a quick rundown of the guests you'll be recording with on the podcast over the next few weeks. We have Tristan Harris, Lloyd Blankfein, Rahm Emanuel, Francis Fukuyama, Ben Shapiro, Michael Pollan, and Siddhartha Mukherjee, and that's just April. So for, uh- Yeah.
Sam Harris· Host1:05
A lot, a lot coming up, yeah.
Jaron Zaid· Host1:06
Yeah, so for anyone who wanted more- Looking forward to it ... more content from you, got a lot coming up. So... And I'm hopeful that, uh, you'll have another essay for us soon. Nobody does them quite like you do, and I'm certain the audience agrees with me. All right, let's get to our first topic. We're going to get, uh, your updated thoughts on Iran, AI, and other concerns, but first, a lot of people feel overwhelmed by many things these days, including the pace of change and the fear of being left