Sam, in many ways, is more than a voice of reason; he is a guiding star in the intellectual firmament, leading the way toward a more thoughtful and reasoned world.

Happy New Year Sam! Your voice is one of the most important in these unsettling times. Thank you

@mountainair

5 ай бұрын

Agree... I appreciate Sam's perspective on most any topic and find it more rational than most. This meseage though- it was far from settling "well we're very likely f-ed from here on out, but at least we can bask in the light of consciousness before we bask in the afterglow of nuclear winter"

@lSomeRandomGuyl

5 ай бұрын

@@mountainair He said potential more wars. Nuclear winter is a leap.

@wasdwasdedsf

5 ай бұрын

indeed. a glass too the man who said "well just for a second IMAGINE if trump had ACTUALLY committed insurrectio, destroyed the country, and had been the second coming of Hitl-. then it WOULD be the correct and right thing to prevent him from rightfully running for president, and inprisoning him for 800 years on bogus charges. so were ACTUALLY in the right here"

Sam, your podcast is like a saline drip of sanity in our lives. Just don't make us wait too long between drips please.

@charleshowie2074

5 ай бұрын

Methinks you're over-egging the pudding, just a tad, don't you think?

@radscorpion8

5 ай бұрын

@@charleshowie2074 I love people who type methinks!! And you're right lol

@wowzers1237____

5 ай бұрын

@@charleshowie2074 Is that right? Do youthinks I'm over egging the pudding?

@charleshowie2074

5 ай бұрын

@wowzers1237____ Incidentally, it isn't since you ask, but I wouldn't trouble yourself too much over it.

@wowzers1237____

5 ай бұрын

@@charleshowie2074 Methinks the lady doth over-egg the pudding!

Life is a bliss and challenging at the same time; I am glad to be able to listen to Sam Harris.

Please do an episode with Robert Sapolsky

@slashtrio

5 ай бұрын

He did in 2020ish. It’s a good one.

Thank you, Sam. Happy Sane New Year through 2024.

Keep up the great work Sam! ❤You've changed the world for the better

@wasdwasdedsf

5 ай бұрын

indeed. a glass too the man who said "well just for a second IMAGINE if trump had ACTUALLY committed insurrectio, destroyed the country, and had been the second coming of Hitl-. then it WOULD be the correct and right thing to prevent him from rightfully running for president, and inprisoning him for 800 years on bogus charges. so were ACTUALLY in the right here"

Let's continue to breathe in and out and stick to what is verifiably true, despite all tsunamies of lies and ignorance. Thank you Sam from Germany!

Good ol' Sam. He is the indispensable public intellectual of the 21st century. Eat your vegetables and work out, Sam. We want you alive and healthy for as long as possible.

@vidyanandbapat8032

5 ай бұрын

Had he became vegan?

@veli454

5 ай бұрын

@@vidyanandbapat8032 No, he didn't become a vegan. Elmo means Sam should eat veggies so he stays healthy and lives longer lol

@emaster01

5 ай бұрын

@@veli454 Its a good intention, but if he want him to increase his healthspan encouraging him to eat steaks and eggs would be more effective.

@wasdwasdedsf

5 ай бұрын

why not all three@@emaster01

@wasdwasdedsf

5 ай бұрын

indeed. a glass too the man who said "well just for a second IMAGINE if trump had ACTUALLY committed insurrectio, destroyed the country, and had been the second coming of Hitl-. then it WOULD be the correct and right thing to prevent him from rightfully running for president, and inprisoning him for 800 years on bogus charges. so were ACTUALLY in the right here"

Once I read Waking Up, I was able to understand the fundamentals of meditation. I've been practicing every day for the past 6 weeks and it is such a game changer to my life.

Finding meditation has been the best thing that could have happened to me. Finding “Waking Up” only made it an even more tipping point “for good” in my life. Thank you Sam and the team behind this incredible resource.

@bluestephenson3246

5 ай бұрын

I second this entirely. I bought it in November and my life has been considerably better since. If you ever read this Sam, then thank you, truly.

@wasdwasdedsf

5 ай бұрын

indeed. a glass too the man who said "well just for a second IMAGINE if trump had ACTUALLY committed insurrectio, destroyed the country, and had been the second coming of Hitl-. then it WOULD be the correct and right thing to prevent him from rightfully running for president, and inprisoning him for 800 years on bogus charges. so were ACTUALLY in the right here"

Happy new year everyone. Very grateful for this community.

@laurelbp9971

5 ай бұрын

Happy New Year!

@wasdwasdedsf

5 ай бұрын

indeed. a glass too the man who said "well just for a second IMAGINE if trump had ACTUALLY committed insurrectio, destroyed the country, and had been the second coming of Hitl-. then it WOULD be the correct and right thing to prevent him from rightfully running for president, and inprisoning him for 800 years on bogus charges. so were ACTUALLY in the right here"

Thank you for your outstanding work, Sam. Happy new year and much, much more compassion, enlightenment and feeling of cohesion for all inhabitants of this very special and wonderful pale blue dot in the middle of a very vast desert of mostly empty space we and millions of other species and ecosystems call their home.. 🌎 Let's all work cool-headedly to change it for the better where we can.

Happy new year Sam! Really enjoyed your last discourse with Jordan ❤ I hope all the listeners have a fruitful and lucky new year

Thank you so much for all the work that you do. The app is amazing, it can be life changing. And I think it's really brave... how you try to answer life's biggest questions, taking a stance even though you know a lot of people wont agree, and even though you know you don't know everything. We need people who are brave enough to search for answers, to actually try, to experience, to think, really think, and to share it with the world. Thank you!

Thank you! Sam , For a very stoic talk. It reminded me of a book i need to read again. Happy new year!

Happy New Year, all the best It is thanks to your work that some of us even began reaching a level of sanity, so thanks again, keep up the good work ❤

Thanks Sam. I deeply appreciate your work.

Wishing you well this coming year. It is your desire to help others understand that keeps me coming back. It is your positivity that makes me remember your ideas. Thank you. 😊

I am grateful for Sam Harris’s voice in the world!

Sam is the ultimate voice of reason in the sea of American Craziness.

@compromisedssh

5 ай бұрын

Removing "American" from your comment improves it.

@Bokonon999

5 ай бұрын

@@compromisedssh No. It doesn't. As it is, it's right as rain.

@compromisedssh

5 ай бұрын

@@Bokonon999 incorrect. Try again.

@Bokonon999

5 ай бұрын

@@compromisedssh No need. American craziness exists. Being American, that must be acknowledged. To deny it it to deny water is wet. Get it???

@danield831

5 ай бұрын

@@compromisedssh Not really, many (but thankfully not all) American's are pretty mentally ill; delusional, paranoid, cynical, angry and violent. That's pretty "crazy" as far as I'm concerned. I should know. I'm American.

Happy new year Sam! Thank you for expressing what we all know and feel. Thank you for staying true and keeping it real in turbulent times. May the sun shine on you and your loved ones. Peace.

Thankyou Sam. That was a hearth-warming, mind-prompting and physically exciting new years greeting! Apart from the global & national challenges I have been navigating, the year began with a local weather event that is bordering on "natural(?) disaster"! You have been a sane & spirited voice for social and spiritual evolution during my now 9-yr-long sober life, and for that im extremely grateful. I have (on numerous occasions) eagerly approached your alluringly attractive app' WAKING UP, but I've backed away every time because I've been living in quite contentedly in a state of voluntary poverty, and cannot afford to subscribe. I have never been a 'beggar', but you kind offer of financial relief for low-income people seeking membership has rekindled my amply twigged curiousity! When it comes to attracting people to a fuller, more fruitful and spiritually focussed life, you are the most prolific and generous "bread-crumb droppers" I've ever encountered. So I look forward to consuming more of your nourishing insights and inspiriations via & within you WAKING UP platform. Much heart-felt gratitude Sam. ☝️😊✌

I get the same uneasy feeling of what's coming in the near future. Great mindful new year to you and much thanks for your contributions and voice!

Happy new year! Thank you Sam, for all that you do.

Happy New Year everybody. I see more people waking up and taking control of their own lives. Talk more to your families about important stuff. 2024 could be a turning point if we stay brave and honest. I have a good feeling about this year.

Happy New Year Sam. Thx Sam, I will work to join you in the good possibilities, always.

Happy New Year Sam, love you brother!

This was so needed! Thank you, Mr. Harris!

I really appreciate Sam pointing out the importance of observing your own mind. I think it's very important to also emphasize acceptance. Acceptance of what you find going on with your mind and also accepting what happens in the world around you. I find the latter very difficult at times and I believe that was the motivation for this clip.

Sam, you’re still my dude, no matter what the rest of society says or does, you’ve remained a sane, compassionate, rational voice. And for that, I’m grateful my dude

Thanks Sam. Il check out your app. Happy New Year!

Thank you Sam, appreciate hearing from you

Needed this today, happy new year Sam!

Happy New Year Sam!!!!

Some wise messages on the pitfalls of materialism. Thank you Sam.

Happy New Year, Sam!

I truly believe you have one of the great minds of our time... I would love to see you give solutions for the big questions out there..

Thanks Sam. Wishing you all the best for 24 and beyond.

You are amazing Sam. Your app changed my life for the better. I will never stop meditating now. Thank you ❤

Happy New Year to you, too Sam. Thank you for counter-measuring many of the ills of our world. You’re a true blessing - even in the non- religious sense…😊

@renegaderootbeer

5 ай бұрын

Non religious blessing? 🤔

@wasdwasdedsf

5 ай бұрын

indeed. a glass too the man who said "well just for a second IMAGINE if trump had ACTUALLY committed insurrectio, destroyed the country, and had been the second coming of Hitl-. then it WOULD be the correct and right thing to prevent him from rightfully running for president, and inprisoning him for 800 years on bogus charges. so were ACTUALLY in the right here"

@meghan42

5 ай бұрын

@@renegaderootbeer Sure, why not?

Great job, Sam. I encourage you to speak more about these points of view-as they can inform everything else, without dragging you into the realm of subterfuge that will always surround us as we try to make sense of the ego-driven world, which results in war. I am happy to report you have helped me realize that all the moments in the last 13 years-in which I could only have contentment, due the conditions sapping me of Joy-were an achievement I can be proud of.

Id love to see a podcast with Alok Kanojia. He is a havard trained psychiatrist and founder of healthy gamer gg which focues on modern mental health issues espesially in young people. He frequently speaks about the benefits of meditation and at one point was even training to be a monk himself. I think it would be a great conversation and help get you to connect with a yonger audiance.

@DrAugurk

5 ай бұрын

I second this, would be quite interesting!

@wasdwasdedsf

5 ай бұрын

indeed. a glass too the man who said "well just for a second IMAGINE if trump had ACTUALLY committed insurrectio, destroyed the country, and had been the second coming of Hitl-. then it WOULD be the correct and right thing to prevent him from rightfully running for president, and inprisoning him for 800 years on bogus charges. so were ACTUALLY in the right here"

Happy New Year, Sam! Please find opening music that doesn't sound so ominous!

Happiness is pretty simple. Here's how I'm happy. 1) Found a good woman. Married her. Spend my time thinking how I can make her happy. 2) I was lucky, and got a great set of parents. Spend my time being a good son. 3) I have a few friends who I really enjoy. 4) Chose a profession that is satisfying. 5) Have found a few hobbies I enjoy. - I don't usually think in terms of 'happiness'. I find the word 'content' is far more accurate. How content am I, if I won a big lottery tomorrow, there would be very little that would change in my life. Achieving content, to me, means your DAILY existence is satisfying. There are a couple of big 'pluses' to this. First, achieving daily contentment doesn't require a whole lot of money. Nor does is require to achieve some pinnacle of greatness (like winning the Superbowl or something). This is to say daily contentment is easily obtainable. Second, daily contentment is along the lines of 'the simple life is a more rewarding life'.

@bryanutility9609

5 ай бұрын

Make her happy by having a beautiful family.

@wasdwasdedsf

5 ай бұрын

indeed. a glass too the man who said "well just for a second IMAGINE if trump had ACTUALLY committed insurrectio, destroyed the country, and had been the second coming of Hitl-. then it WOULD be the correct and right thing to prevent him from rightfully running for president, and inprisoning him for 800 years on bogus charges. so were ACTUALLY in the right here"

@SireJoe

5 ай бұрын

​@@bryanutility9609and what if she doesn't want a family?

Thanks Sam. A recent podcast with another reasoned voice made a point similar to one here. Delaying things for a supposed or hoped for better or perfect time sounds a bit like waiting for different circumstances in order to feel happiness. Very useful. It does seem that things will get worse before they improve, but one thing that never fails to keep my hope up is that evil has an accidental side effect. The pushback against It creates marvellous things and people who otherwise would not become who or what they are in a perfect world. I imagine oysters would chose an irritation free lifetime, but if that's not possible, at least you sometimes get pearls out of it.

@clivespendlove5993

5 ай бұрын

My god, that's such a hopeful little message. High five to you!

@wasdwasdedsf

5 ай бұрын

indeed. a glass too the man who said "well just for a second IMAGINE if trump had ACTUALLY committed insurrectio, destroyed the country, and had been the second coming of Hitl-. then it WOULD be the correct and right thing to prevent him from rightfully running for president, and inprisoning him for 800 years on bogus charges. so were ACTUALLY in the right here"

What a gift, thoughts like islands in a menacing sea.

Happy New Year Sam 😉

If a person treats life artistically their brain is their heart. - Oscar Wilde

Thx teacher!

"It is possible to surrender one's thoughts about the past and future so that the beauty of the present shines through".. pure gold

I've watched this video several times and I am utterly astonished by how heavily Sam's views are borrowed from Buddhism! Consider the 1st of the Buddha's 4 Noble Truths: Suffering (unsatisfactory-ness) Sam gave the example of -and I paraphrase here- consumerism/materialism not giving us fulfillment and contentment. Gosh there's so much in this video that is Buddhism that I almost cannot list them all...The most glaring ones are Meditation, Impermanence ( a huge Buddhist tenet!), Self as an Illusion (non-duality), and Waking up!!.....and more... He also uses (in his own words ) the 3 Poisons of Buddha-Dharma: Attachment, (desire), anger/hatred and ignorance. Love and Compassion: While these are of course universal in nature and do not belong to any one religion, these two especially are prominent tenets of Buddhism. I could go on, but I'll spare listeners for the sake of brevity.

Happy New Year to all!

Sam, proud of you to make "Finding Sanity" your new year's resolution

Happy New Year Sam Harris and thank you for forcing me to stop pretending to know things I do not know. I feel saved lol seriously Thank you

Thanks very much!!

Thanks for this Sam.

Happy new years Sam 👊😎

Beautiful stuff Sam.

It kinda feels like 2024 will be the best year in the last decade. Feeling good about it.

@Tupemo

5 ай бұрын

Knock on wood, buddyboy

@matteframe

5 ай бұрын

don't jinx it, man!!!

@illbeV.

5 ай бұрын

It can certainly be, but it can also be an absolute nightmare. The stakes are just so high

@wasdwasdedsf

5 ай бұрын

indeed. a glass too the man who said "well just for a second IMAGINE if trump had ACTUALLY committed insurrectio, destroyed the country, and had been the second coming of Hitl-. then it WOULD be the correct and right thing to prevent him from rightfully running for president, and inprisoning him for 800 years on bogus charges. so were ACTUALLY in the right here"

Thank you, Sam!

I like your interviews, but your solo episodes are my favorite

Thank you 😊 Sam.

Thank you Sam!

Dziękuję za film. Pozdrawiam z Poland

this is the best podcast in all possible universe

Happy new year to you all

I love it! Please do this for all of 2024, talking about the Waking Up app and all the positives associated with it. No orange man bad, no vaccine nonsense, just back to good ol Sam.

@fullfildreamz

5 ай бұрын

Vaccine nonsense? Misinformation in that regard kills people. If it's relevant, it's fine to talk about.

@matthewzang6688

5 ай бұрын

Is he allowed to criticize Biden though? What about politics in general? Is there a certain amount of criticism of Trump that you’re uncomfortable with, especially given the upcoming 2024 presidential election?

@wasdwasdedsf

5 ай бұрын

@@matthewzang6688 could you name one criticism of trum that you think is legitimate, that sam has said? outside of the infinite versions of endless wordsallad of "pompous, egoistical"

Thanks Sam

Happy New Year from Denmark to everyone. Including you, Sam. In case you should wonder 😁

@timeticker326

5 ай бұрын

Tak, velkommen fra Amerikas 😅

@tommyvictorbuch6960

5 ай бұрын

@@timeticker326, mange tak 😁

Thank you!

Wishing the project all the best in 2024🎉

thank you

Happy new year🎉🎇🥰

Talking about sanity, I hope Sam brings Alain de Botton to his podcast! My 2 favorite down to earth philosophers talking would be awesome!

Happy New Year

Thank you.

Toward the end of his life, George Carlin seemed to surrender. He had begun to look on the terrible daily events that happened around the world as fantastic entertainment. I am sixty-seven years, and with each that passes, I lower my expectations for humanity. 2024 promises to be a highly entertaining year. With good fortune, I will greet again in 2025, only slightly more cynical, but highly entertained.

@PoetlaureateNFDL

5 ай бұрын

Sad that many of us think this way. 😢

@ponyboygarfunkel1675

5 ай бұрын

@@PoetlaureateNFDL >"Sad that many of us think this way." To paraphrase Mark Vonnegut; I'm just trying to get through this thing, whatever it is.

@illbeV.

5 ай бұрын

I loved George Carlin and it kinda broke my heart that he became so very cynical towards the end of his life. Humankind tends to evolve (socially speaking) at a frustratingly slow pace, peppered with setbacks along the way, but hope (however feeble) should be cherished

@ponyboygarfunkel1675

5 ай бұрын

@@illbeV. We stumble along. I'm afraid I have drawn the conclusion that we humans have been dealt an unplayable hand. I am grateful for the many conveniences, like plumbing and electricity, that our modern world affords me. I am lucky.

@PoetlaureateNFDL

5 ай бұрын

@@illbeV. Beautifully stated.

Much appreciated ❤

Sam, I hope you've been able to maintain your mental and physical health with all the haters out there. You are a force to be reckoned with and I hate seeing them get under your skin. Happy Holidays.

Hello, I was raised by a Midwest Mom and I was taught please and thank you should always be the set standard, so... Respectfully, Thank you Dr. Sam Harris 😊✨🍺 Mac. Nebraska, Omaha ✨🌽✨🌽✨🌽

Thank you, legend 👍

If I could reach out across the ocean, I would say Happy New Year to you and your family and to thank you, Sam Harris, and your colleagues of high standards and lofty intellect and with especially fond memories of 'Hitch', whom so many of us miss dearly and who seemed to take the standard idea of debate to a new level and most of all because you really have made this world a better place for all of us. Now; how you can live with yourself for doing that is a mystery---of course----I am kidding----but thanks for your thoughts and ideas and pointing out the sort of details that can make people see through the smoke and mirrors we have been conditioned into thinking is really the way it is. We start this year where we live 2,000 kilometers from Kiev world with President Putin’s charming words ringing in our heads that he is going to pound and punish the Ukrainians harder than ever in 2024. Christmas Cheer comes in so many colors these days…

Great entry Sam thank you 🙏

we're all riding out the same storm .. just floating in very different boats .....

@bridgham1

5 ай бұрын

600 pounds of sin!

We love you bro!

I agree with what Harris is saying . For me I continue to work on having as many beliefs that can be justified my evidence and reason , run through a buffer of appropriate skepticism. I will fail often at this goal . I am challenges by my biases that always interfere in with my objectives of living a factually based life

I have discovered that living your life to fit into the concept of time is to limit the fullness of your life. Now I'm not saying time isn't important or doesn't have relevance in our lives, we all know the world works on time. But you don't have to live your life strictly within the concept of time. Certain parts, yes, but everything? No. You can separate what's important from what is routine. Living your life as experiential existence allows you to move time to the background. It becomes less important than the experience itself. So, I have chosen to look at life as not the time we are given but the experiences we are given. Good or bad. That is essentially what life is, moving from one experience to the next. Time is linear, experience is fluid. For example, the expression time flies when you're having fun is, in my opinion, a fallible observation. Time neither speeds up or slows down, it's how the particular experience is making you feel that allows you push time to the background so as not to allow it to interfere with your good experience. You forget about time and that is freeing. The same goes for bad experiences, time appears to slow down and makes the pain worse, when really it is your unwillingness or inability to confront the issue head on. Time doesn't care if you are having a good time or a bad time, it doesn't speed up or slow down, it is our perception of the experience that causes the disconnect. Living one's life as an experience is far more rewarding than waiting for an expiration date where you feel you have to cram as much into it as you can. Just enjoy the moments you're given, learn the lesson it's teaching, and stop worrying about how many you will have. Quality over quantity.

I would love to see you have John Vervaeke on, and get into the dialectical weeds of the collective and individual nature of the meaning crisis, and ways of navigating and overcoming such on individual and societal levels.

one can be truly fulfilled before the next good thing happens..... on point

Would Sam Harris be open to analyzing the philosophy of Thus Spoke Zarathustra in relation to the evolution of human consciousness?

Trying to meditate is difficult. The mind is a distraction machine.

Thank you Sam, you are an awesome voice of reason. 👏

I was wondering if you have ever heard of the KZread channel Dr John Campbell. I left a comment about of my mom is sick and refuses to see a real doctor. Instead she takes homeopathic remedies prescribed by her naturopath. That are doing absolutely nothing and she is not improving yet she wants to believe so badly. And what i was met with in that comment section was not, your mom should see real medical advice, but rather good for her. She has her reasons to be skeptics about the medical establishment. And that I should respect her choices. I am shocked at the level of ignorance. It’s one of the reasons I watch this channel. Thank you Sam you have been the voice of reason when it feels like I’m surrounded by egotistical people who know it all.

Perfect timing for this, for me personally. I just started reading your book, Waking Up. I've listened to you for almost a decade now, I thought there weren't be much in the book that I didn't already hear from you. I'm pleasantly surprised

Hearing a sane person speak, makes the insanity of some of the voices out there even more glaring.

Love sam

When your life is just finding food and trying not to die...that can be a fulfilling life.

Welcome to 2024 - buckle up and keep your towel handy!

Whenever I hear people talking about things such as meditation (and religiousity) that purport to increase happiness, i look at the people and see if they actually appear to be happier. I can't say that i have ever found it to be so. I see that people get a purpose out of commiting to some form of activity and community, but that's about it. As for mindfulness, it certainly is great to try to be self aware of your emotions and how your brain works, but there is a problem in using your own brain to know how itself is operating. I get the impression that this form of knowledge about oneself can be self deceptive and it reminds me of people who think they become really interesting or better when drunk, but to anyone sober they are as boring as ever. I guess my conclusion is there is a limit to how much you can know yourself, and one of the big things is to know that.