#359 — Getting Used to It

Sam Harris speaks with Cass Sunstein about habituation and its
consequences. They discuss habituation to positive and negative
experiences, marriage, happiness, meaning, variety, doing good vs
feeling good, midlife crises, kids, wealth and happiness, things
vs experience, the “illusory truth effect,” misinformation and
social media, echo chambers and extremism, what governments can
do to respond to misinformation, free speech on college campuses,
the 2024 Presidential election, and other topics.


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