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#483 — The Knots We Tie Ourselves Into artwork
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#483 — The Knots We Tie Ourselves Into

Waking Up with Sam Harris by Waking Up with Sam Harris

Jul 1, 202622:54Religion & Spirituality

Sam Harris speaks with Alain de Botton about the psychology of unhappiness, the secular world's discomfort with ecstasy and ritual, psychedelics as a tool for self-discovery, Freud's legacy, AI as the ultimate mirror, th...

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