Making Sense

Conversations on Consciousness, Morality, and the Future of Humanity

By: Sam Harris

Narrated by: Sam Harris, David Chalmers, David Deutsch, Anil Seth, Thomas Metzinger, Timothy Snyder, Glenn C. Loury, Robert Sapolsky, Daniel Kahneman, Nick Bostrom, David Krakauer, Max Tegmark

From
the bestselling author of Waking Up and The
End of Faith, a collection of the best conversations
from his wildly popular, often controversial podcast, Making Sense.

“Civilization rests on a series of successful conversations.” —Sam
Harris

Sam
Harris—neuroscientist, philosopher, and bestselling author—has been exploring
some of the most important questions about the human mind, society, and current
events on his podcast, Making
Sense. With over one million downloads per episode, these discussions
have clearly hit a nerve, frequently walking a tightrope where either host or
guest—and sometimes both—lose their footing, but always in search of a greater
understanding of the world in which we live. For Harris, honest conversation,
no matter how difficult or controversial, represents the only path to moral and
intellectual progress.

The Making
Sense audiobook
includes talks with Daniel Kahneman, Timothy Snyder, Nick Bostrom, and Glen Loury, on topics that range from the nature of
consciousness and free will, to politics and extremism, to living ethically.
Together they shine a light on what it means to “make sense” in the modern
world.

Makes you question reality

Great conversations with some of the best minds of our current times. Philosophy meets scientist. Question everything we know, without losing sight of what we currently know regarding science. Definitely worth checking it out.

Excellent work

After listening to this I can only give this my highest praise: It made me think.

Superb!

The conversations in this are excellent choices for this audiobook. The depth of mental stimulation I get from these is top notch.

A Best Of

It’s not hard to figure out what you’re getting here. If you like Harris’ free podcast - this is the best of it. I so enjoy learning about consciousness. It is perhaps the ultimate topic. Harris comes out swinging with the first interview with David Chalmers and the concepts evolve from there.

Great discussions. Great thinkers.

A bit too mechanistic,reductionist,and not mindful of some fundamental biological differences that distinguish life from other forms of information and processes.