#365 — Reality Check

Sam Harris begins by remembering his friendship with Dan Dennett.
He then speaks with David Wallace-Wells about the shattering of
our information landscape. They discuss the false picture of
reality produced during Covid, the success of the vaccines, how
various countries fared during the pandemic, our preparation for
a future pandemic, how we normalize danger and death, the current
global consensus on climate change, the amount of warming we can
expect, the consequence of a 2-degree Celsius warming, the
effects of air pollution, global vs local considerations, Greta
Thunberg and climate catastrophism, growth vs degrowth, market
forces, carbon taxes, the consequences of political stagnation,
the US national debt, the best way to attack the candidacy of
Donald Trump, and other topics.


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